Brunel has an exciting opportunity for a Project Planner with our client who is a leading mining company in El Paso, Texas. If not local to site, our client offers a 4 weeks on, 1 week off rotation.
Responsible for project planning and scheduling, monitoring, progress measurement, risk management and reporting. Participates in establishing operating policies to mitigate risk. Provides guidance and consultation for project team members. Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks.
Essential Functions:
- Interact with the Project Management team and Corporate team in the development of the project schedule and participate in regular project meetings.
- Gather information, conduct analysis and prepare reports and presentations of information to communicate potential issues and concerns as needed on the project.
- Integrate multiple schedules into a master project schedule.
- Identify, determine and communicate design changes, scope changes, schedule slippages and potential impacts and participate in the identification of mitigations.
- Ensure trends of cost and schedule are identified, well documented and ensure the change management process is followed and communicate and suggest corrective actions
- Coordinate with cross functional team in project setting, ensure project controls team members are interfacing with engineering, procurement, contracts and construction on concepts and relationships to the scope of work.
- Manage project baseline process for schedule and participate in progress measurement as well as forecasting of final schedule throughout the project. Ensure all planning is conducted in accordance with company standards and procedures and that schedule version control processes, policies, and procedures are followed.
- Analyze critical path and constraints to determine effect of changes to schedule and recommend mitigations and potential work-arounds
- Participate in risk management; this includes identification, documentation, mitigation and tracking of potential risks on the project. In addition determine potential schedule/progress impacts of potential risks as they are identified
- Mentor and lead other project planner/scheduling members, ensure project planning team is staffed appropriately, conduct regular staff performance reviews and manage any staffing issues that may arise
- Conduct analysis to determine alternative courses of action or recovery on slippages identified in schedule
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business or related fields and five (5) years’ experience in scheduling with Primavera
- High School diploma or GED and twenty (20) years’ experience in engineering, construction, project controls or business-related field with at least eight (8) years of experience in a leadership role in project controls planning and scheduling
Language Skills, Certifications and/or Training
- At least Five (5) years’ experience in project planning/scheduling and capable of demonstrating their expertise knowledge of Primavera
- Broad knowledge of the principles and practices of heavy industrial construction
- Ability to research and analyze information of considerable difficulty and draw valid conclusions
- Skill in effective communication, both verbal and written, including the ability to actively listen and to adapt behavior and communication style based upon the audience
- Ability to develop and maintain awareness of occupational hazards and safety precautions
- Skill in following safety practices, and recognizing, controlling and/or eliminating hazards Ability to build trust and credibility with employees/peers and establish common goals and expectations
- Strong analytical skills
Preferred Education and Experience:
- Experience with construction of metal mining operations, especially with regards all disciplines of construction.
- Experience with construction mega projects.
- Skilled in related scheduling software (Primavera, MS Project, etc. )
Offer
- Position can offer a 4x1 rotation for someone not local. Our client will set you up in all expense-paid, single-status furnished housing for 4 weeks working on site, then fly you home for 1 week of remote work. If you're not local to the area, you'll also receive $750/month stipend, and transportation to and from site.
- You will be eligible for benefits starting on your first day of employment. Benefits include medical, dental and vision, as well as 401K match.
Brunel is an EEO Employer:
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for all positions without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Brunel participates in the E-Verify Employment Verification Program.
