Senior Planner

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Project Overview:

Port Arthur LNG, LLC (PALNG Ph2) is expanding a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) production and export facility on a site located on the western shoreline of the Port Arthur Canal in Jefferson County, Texas. The project base scope will include two (2) identical LNG trains, one (1) LNG Storage Tank, and associated utilities/facilities. The Project is to be constructed on a parcel of land located at State Highway 87 south of Port Arthur, Texas, between the inner coastal waterway bridge and Keith Lake.

Job Summary:

In this role, you will provide non-routine cost engineering/planning and scheduling needs to projects. You will establish stakeholder relationships, conduct schedule analysis and integrate activities, identify restraints, quantify risks, monitor cost and performance, recommend alternatives, and deliver training sessions and workshops. Your activities will synthesize project components into seamless execution.

Major Responsibilities:

• Provides and/or coordinates generally non-routine cost engineering/planning and scheduling needs to projects
• Responsible for total integration of schedule activities. Identifies schedule considerations and problems resulting from inter-discipline or functional restraints and interfaces
• Conducts project schedule analysis and studies of problem areas to determine criticality of schedule activities
• Recommends alternatives for schedule improvement to project team for discussion and/or decision
• Responsible for leading, when requested, the development and review of schedule recovery plans, including evaluation of additional resources/costs required to affect such plans
• Monitors cost recording and reporting practices for compliance with applicable standards
• Responsible for the development and accuracy of cost reports. Verifies consistency with previous reports to ensure compatibility and consistency
• Leads risk workshops, interviews and information gathering as it relates to risk identification, review, and update
• Responsible for the establishment and continued improvement of project functional stakeholder relationships towards effective PERM execution and Customer interface with PERM activities including training as necessary
• Delivers training sessions and facilitates workshops

Education and Experience Requirements:

Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 10-13  years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to be proactive in determining project direction and communicating that direction to Project and Client management.
• Demonstrated skill in management, supervisory, and personnel administrative functions.
• Must have a good working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite and advanced knowledge in Excel.
• Advanced knowledge of standard industry automation tools used in construction planning.
• Thorough knowledge of and demonstrated experience in directing all planning and scheduling functions in the field.
• Skilled in oral and written communication, with demonstrated ability to present Project Controls information to management/client.
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