Lifecycle Planner

Extraordinary teams building inspiring projects:

Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place. 

Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers' objectives to create a lasting positive impact. We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals, and the Manufacturing and Technology markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations. 

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Project Overview:

Job Summary:

To produce, manage and update a schedule to completion, including interfaces outside of core scope, liaising with key stakeholders within and outside the team, including with client stakeholders. identifying critical paths, to achieve shortest possible time to completion of contracted scope, estimated for completion in 2031.

Major Responsibilities:

Direct Disciplines & Distribs 

• Conducts capital cost estimates 
• Reviews design scope criteria and develops quantities for undefined scope assumptions in coordination with other stakeholders/departments 
• Participates in establishing pricing structures to be applied to quantities for estimates 

Services 

• Conducts detail pricing for non-manual labor service using functional staffing and other direct cost (ODC) inputs 
• Develops pricing/rates to apply to non-manual staffing in support of project-specific requirements 

Overall 

• Prepares estimate basis and assumption documentation for their area of responsibility in support of overall estimate development 
• Supports complex order of magnitude (OOM) estimates 
• Prepares cost studies, trend estimates, and life cycle cost estimates in specialized areas or in specialized discipline area 
• Identifies risk items and assigns risk levels to portions of the project work and identifies measures to mitigate risk in area of responsibility 
• Interfaces with designated management personnel on specific sections of estimate presentations 

Education and Experience Requirements:

Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 8-10  years of relevant experience or 12-14 years of relevant work experience

Required Knowledge and Skills:

Essential

• Experience in a customer-facing role
• Proficient user of Primavera
• Nuclear experience

Desirable

• Complex nuclear decommissioning programmes
• Cost estimating experience
• Sellafield experience
• Experience of business case preparation and presentation

Total Rewards/Benefits:

For decades, Bechtel has worked to inspire the next generation of employees and beyond! Because our teams face some of the world's toughest challenges, we offer robust benefits to ensure our people thrive.  Whether it is advancing careers, delivering programs to enhance our culture, or providing time to recharge, Bechtel has the benefits to build a legacy of sustainable growth. Learn more at Bechtel Total Rewards

Diverse teams build the extraordinary:

As a global company, Bechtel has long been home to a vibrant multitude of nationalities, cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. This diversity has made us a more trusted partner, more effective problem solvers and innovators, and a more attractive destination for leading talent.

We are committed to being a company where every colleague feels that they belong-where colleagues feel part of "One Team," respected and rewarded for what they bring, supported in pursuing their goals, invested in our values and purpose, and treated equitably. Click here to learn more about the people who power our legacy.