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Project Overview:

The PALNG Project involves construction of a grassroots liquefaction and export facility along the Sabine-Neches waterway in Port Arthur, Texas. The Project is located in Southeast Texas on a region of land off the Sabine-Neches Waterway, which is connected to the Gulf of Mexico and the Intracoastal Waterway. Bechtel’s scope includes:  Two liquefaction trains, with capacity of producing 6.73 million tons per annum. Two 160,000 m³. LNG tanks. A marine facility with up to two LNG berths. A Material Offloading Facility (MOF) and all other associated facilities and utilities, including electrical power, condensate and refrigerate storage, and flares.

Job Summary:

Lead Planner for schedule development, maintenance, and monitoring activities. Supports project organizational and administrative activities. Supervises planning/scheduling activities for entire project. Ensures work is completed as scheduled. Identifies schedule-associated cost trends for management attention

Major Responsibilities:

• Daily supervision and training of personnel to support Bechtel’s Project Control Plan, work processes and procedures. 
• Understanding the complete project scope, project schedule objectives, and developing / maintaining various schedule requirements to accomplish the same.
• Planning and coordinating schedule interfaces with owners, other Bechtel project team members, vendors, and subcontractors for the assigned sections of the schedule. 
• Coordinating all activity sequences for the project construction and CSU schedules so that they are fully integrated with the total project plan. 
• Continually monitoring critical path for Bechtel Management. 
• Proactively assessing and facilitating weekly progress and monthly reporting, completion forecasts, and providing solutions to mitigate schedule delays or optimize project completion. 
• Evaluating project progress against historical indicators and providing Bechtel Management with comparative analysis. 
• Responsible for implementation of scheduling and progress monitoring systems, including but not limited to milestone completion tracking, Construction progress measurement, and CSU progress measurement. 
• Implements all approved changes into appropriate Project Controls tools; supports the Trend Program with schedule analysis and changes. 
• May be required to complete schedule integration activities with existing plant interfaces.
• Interface management plan coordination with client
• Coordinates, as needed, the baselining of schedules, checking and integrating data into tools, support risk management program, coordinating schedule impacts for scope and non-scope changes, and claims support.  
• Additional duties include maintenance and monitoring activities necessary for reporting and analysis
• Will be required to coordinate and set-up Project Controls tools and systems.
• Provide other support as required

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:

• Strong oranizational skills and ability to multi-task
• Must have advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Thorough knowledge of and demonstrated experience 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.
• Candidates must be proactive in determining project direction and informing Bechtel and Client management. 
• Strong knowledge with Primavera software
• Knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and startup work processes, as performed by Bechtel.
• Knowledge and work experience on previous lump sum projects

Total Rewards/Benefits:

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