Senior Site Construction Planner

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Project Overview:

Bechtel and Westinghouse Electric Company have partnered to deliver the first AP1000 nuclear power reactors in Poland for our customer, the Polish Entity Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe (PEJ). Bechtel will be the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contractor for the project. As the EPC, our responsibilities will include providing the design for the Turbine Island and Balance of Plant as well as the construction of the entire facility.  This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity, and we are looking for the talent that will help expand Poland’s nuclear base and build a strong and long-lasting energy future for generations to come. This position is subject to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) regulations at 10 CFR Part 810 (Part 810), which govern the transfer of hardware, materials, and technology to support the construction and operation of commercial nuclear power plants overseas.

Job Summary:

As one of our Senior Construction Planners, you will support construction-related planning and scheduling analysis and control activities expected to occur during the EPC phase of the project at its Lubiatowo-Kopalino, Poland site location including:

• Engineering, procurement and construction schedule development, maintenance, monitoring, impact identification, and recovery planning.
• EPC phase related studies, forecasts, reporting and analysis including P6 schedule quality metrics.

Major Responsibilities:

• Supports construction schedule development, data analysis, issue resolution, and improvement efforts.
• Supports efforts to establish and communicate milestones for the procurement phase of the project.
• Reviews scheduled EPC phase construction work activities to ensure their support of project milestones.
• Develops EPC phase construction schedule resource loading and levelling and all bulk commodity curves.
• Identifies and works to resolve EPC phase construction related schedule restraints and complexities.
• Monitors and reports EPC phase critical path and schedule performance and makes recommendations for improvement.
• Performs P6 schedule analysis and studies of problem areas to find criticality of schedule activities.
• Identifies alternatives for EPC schedule improvement for discussion and/or decision.
• Ascertains that the correct scope of work and the project execution plan are reflected on all schedules.
• Works with the performing organizations to coordinate work sequences with the total EPC project plan.
• Works with quantity records to ensure total quantities are represented by discipline and or specialty.
• Incorporates job hours within schedules. Assists in levelling decisions.
• Analyses quantity and cost information and predicts changes and trends.
• Monitors schedule deviation including subcontractor submittals and provides solutions.
• Develops and writes schedule commentary that appears in the monthly progress and similar reports. 

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and at least 5-8 years of relevant experience or 9-12 years of relevant work experience.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience in preparing, monitoring, and reporting schedule information in engineering, procurement, and construction environments.
• Knowledge in the use of computers for executing work processes.
• Skilled in oral and written communication.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Advanced capability level with Primavera (P6) or similar applications on complex construction projects.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, perform, review, and present planning and scheduling products.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare work products independently using a high level of professional judgment.
• Demonstrated ability to work with people of varied backgrounds and objectives.
• Demonstrated flexibility to respond to urgent project requests and/or changing priorities.

Preferred Knowledge and Skills:

• Prior nuclear power / industrial plant development, permitting, engineering, and procurement experience.
• Proficiency in using Compass, Power BI, Synchro 4D and Acumen Fuse software.

Total Rewards/Benefits:

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