Planning and Scheduling Lead III

Brunel Energy is recruiting a Planning and Scheduling Lead to work with a major oil and gas company on an 1-year contract in Houston, TX.

The Planning and Scheduling Lead (PL) is a specialist in project schedule development, control and forecasting. The PL assess Contractor and company generated schedules for usefulness, logic, level of detail, input sources, timing, lines of communication, and interfaces with other functional elements and consistency with Current Control Estimate, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), and the Project Plan The PL also establishes the schedule requirements and frequencies of issue for all of the contractor schedule deliverables. The PL strives for timely detection of trends and specifically deviations from the plan.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the Contractor's project controls organization, including schedule development, control, progress measurement, and reporting.
• Develop and maintain Level 1 and Level 2 integrated project schedules.
• Review and endorse, as appropriate, Contractor-developed schedule and progress baselines, forecasts, and supporting documentation.
• Evaluate the adequacy of project controls tools, reports, scheduling methods, and progress measurement systems.
• Monitor project performance against approved baseline schedules, analyze progress and schedule trends, and forecast potential impacts to support management decision-making.
• Identify potential schedule issues and lead the development, review, and implementation of corrective actions and recovery plans.
• Review project changes and Contractor change proposals to assess schedule and progress impacts, monitor schedule implications, and incorporate approved changes into project schedules and reporting.
• Ensure Contractor scheduling practices and progress measurement systems comply with project coordination procedures and requirements.
• Lead the development of contract control schedules and milestones, ensuring appropriate integration of subcontractor schedules and progress measurement systems.
• Ensure Contractor schedules align with external requirements and interfaces, including permitting and regulatory milestones.
• Participate in contract bid evaluations, as required, with a focus on schedule evaluation.
• Provide direction and feedback to owner and Contractor schedule engineers regarding schedule development, control, and execution expectations.
• Participate in gathering and documenting project lessons learned related to scheduling and progress measurement.
• Maintain regular communication and coordination with the Functional Organization.
• Promote and support capital efficiency across projects under the department's oversight.