Overview:
This role is responsible for planning and scheduling medium to large-scale utility solar and BESS projects. ($25MM - $300MM). The role would be ideally suited to planners/schedulers who have full project lifecycle experience but have an emphasis on EPCC projects. Candidates must have held at least one Lead Planner role and be comfortable running multi-discipline planning sessions.
Key areas of responsibility:
- Lead the development and implementation of the Master Schedule for multiple projects.
- Develop portfolio level schedule to report to the business executives.
- Perform interactive planning sessions with all relevant disciplines, including engineering, procurement, subcontracts, construction, and commissioning disciplines to define schedule requirements and work sequences.
- Provide WBS-coded, resource-loaded, leveled project schedules (L1-L5) using various planning and scheduling methodologies. Work with subcontractors to integrate their schedules into the master schedule.
- Develop and maintain regular scheduling reporting to senior management, including but not limited to look-ahead schedules, Manpower, Earned Value Reporting, Key Commodity Tracking, Project KPI Dashboarding, and client reports as required. Monitor, collect, and enter progress on a regular basis for the project, with assurance reviews to ensure realistic progress is being captured.
- Lead project schedule reviews and drive communication to project leadership when risk areas are identified, with appropriate mitigation plans to assure on-time delivery.
- Perform ongoing schedule analysis, critical path analysis, earned value analysis, risk analysis reporting, evaluate, and recommend schedule improvements and opportunities.
- Support the project team by providing clear visibility on status and schedule.
- Provide guidance and support to other planning/scheduling staff as required.
- Facilitate Project Planning sessions with stakeholders (Development, Engineering, Procurement, Construction) to help define project strategy and workflow to ensure team ownership of schedules as they are developed.
- Proactively work with the EPC departments to ensure timely and accurate reporting of weekly status.
- Manage the company-wide Schedule portfolio (Microsoft Project Enterprise or Primavera EPS) and continually develop its capacities (OBS, Resources, etc.) to accommodate increased functionality as the company works towards integrated systems.
- Develop standardized and “ad-hoc” reports for EPC team members.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Leads a team of 3 Project Schedulers
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
- Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
- 5 years of experience in an EPC environment, both in self-perform and subcontracted scopes of work; solar experience is a plus.
- Minimum 2-3 years of full-time experience using Primavera P6 (8.2+) (or advanced level expertise in Microsoft Project) in the role of Project Scheduler or Project Controls Specialist
- Solid understanding of CPM methodologies and applications
- Expert knowledge of planning, scheduling, Earned Value Management, Work Breakdown Structure, Critical Path Method, Risk Path, Program Evaluation Review Technique, Systems and Sub-systems, Advanced Work Packaging, and Time Impact Analysis.
- Well-versed in tracking progress and monitoring performance, communications reporting, measuring project performance, and project evaluation.
- Solid functional understanding of EPC operations and Construction processes
- Advanced competency with Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project, including:
- Using best practices for planning/scheduling (minimal use of constraints, extensive use of activity codes, focus on pure logic-driven schedules, production-based duration basis, etc.)
- Understanding and capacity to create and maintain portfolio-level infrastructure within the planning/scheduling software
- Capacity to work with programmers/developers to provide criteria for systems integration.
- Resource, cost, and quantity loading of activities
- Proactive attitude
- Attention to detail and diligence with completeness/accuracy of information
- Ability to travel to site locations for short visits as needed (max 1-2 days per week)
- Able to manage multiple workflows, including distributing the workload among a pool of planners and schedulers.
Strata Clean Energy is a leading developer, EPC, and service provider for utility-scale solar and storage systems in the United States. We control and self-perform all processes from our nationwide solar and storage developments, to construction, O&M, and Asset Management.
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