Senior Engineering Planner/Scheduler, WTP

Requisition ID:  265751

• Relocation Authorized:  National - Family
• Grade:  25-26
• Position to be Panel Interviewed?  No
• Telework Type: Part-Time Telework 
• Work Location: Richland, WA 
• Salary Range: $82,740 - $145,680 annually (Determined by function, education, experience, and qualifications of the applicant. A 15% salary uplift is provided on top of base salary for positions that are worked in New York City or San Francisco, which is subject to change depending on market conditions.).

Project Overview

Bechtel is a global engineering, construction and project management company that has “built the world” for more than 120 years, having constructed Hoover Dam, the English Channel Tunnel, entire cities in the Middle East, the second-largest solar thermal power project in the world, and millions of miles of roads and pipelines. We produce a lasting, positive legacy by creating jobs, growing economies, connecting communities to resources, shoring up and expanding infrastructure, and making the world a cleaner, greener, safer place.

Join us as we make history at the Hanford Vit Plant, known as the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant. We are designing and building a one-of-a-kind facility that will turn radioactive and chemical waste left over from World War II and Cold War plutonium production into a form safe for disposal. Your efforts will help protect the nearby Columbia River and the communities, salmon, and wildlife along its shorelines throughout the Northwest.

Sitting at the confluence of the Columbia, Snake and Yakima rivers near two mountain ranges, our community provides access to year-round outdoor recreation, 300 days of sun a year, more than 200 wineries within a 50-mile radius, and the amenities of large cities just a three-hour drive (or short flight) to Seattle and Portland.

This position is a full-time role that offers part-time telework flexibility in the Richland, Washington project office. This position works a 9/80 schedule, offering every other Friday off. The work hours are from 7:00am – 4:30pm Monday – Thursday and 7:00am – 3:30pm every other Friday. Flex Schedule options available within prescribed range.

Position Summary

Provide planning and scheduling support for the completion of High -Level Waste (HLW) Facility. Individual would be responsible for working with managers and group supervisors in planning and scheduling to go deliverables and ensuring schedule integration between engineering disciplines, procurement, and construction interface activities. Position will be responsible in creating, planning, and facilitating schedule reviews, obtaining weekly schedule progress, developing, and implementing change control against performance baseline, monitoring and updating schedule quality metrics, and monitoring other schedule metrics and assisting in providing cost and schedule variance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate/integrate schedule activities as well as providing interface planning support with Construction personnel.
• Timely preparation of schedule development, progress updates and schedule reporting.
• Comply with schedule guidance and procedure requirements for schedule control and maintenance.
• Perform schedule status, monitoring, progress, and variance reporting on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Participate and conduct schedule reviews with project team members.
• Prepare and present schedules and analysis information to management/client.
• Review or assist in reviewing proposal provisions related to schedule and reporting requirements of vendors.
• Review and analyze comparisons of scope, quantities, and activity duration data when supporting engineering group supervisors in developing to go plans and schedules.

Qualifications and Skills

Basic Qualifications

• Level 1: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university and at least 6 years of professional experience, or in lieu of a degree, a high school diploma or equivalent and at least 12 years of professional experience.
• Level 2: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university and at least 9 years of professional experience, or in lieu of a degree, a high school diploma or equivalent and at least 15 years of professional experience.
• Must have the right to work and remain in the United States without sponsorship.
• Must be able to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check that includes verification of employment and education.
• Must be able to obtain a Department of Energy badge for access to the Hanford Site.

Minimum Qualifications

• Skilled in oral and written communication.
• Knowledge of engineering, procurement, construction, and / or plant operations customarily acquired over time through specialized instruction or practical experience.
• Experience in Project Controls with advanced level understanding of Project Controls general technical skills and tools.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities.
• Ability to work under pressure and with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to work with people of varied backgrounds and objectives.
• Proficiency in scheduling software applications (Primavera P6) and software applications such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, direct, perform, review, and present schedule analysis with minimal supervision using a high level of professional judgment and knowledge using P6 and summary graphical layouts.
• Knowledge of engineering, procurement, material and craft performance methods and reporting (Bechtel Engineering Performance Report, Bechtel Procurement System, Bechtel Quantity Unit Rate Report)
• Experience with change management such as baseline change proposals and trending.
• Flexibility to respond to urgent project requests and/or changing priorities.
• Experience in multiple Project Controls roles and disciplines or other functions.

Bechtel’s internal staffing policy includes the minimum time that you need to be in your current position before applying to a new position. Please refer to the applicable policy manual and ensure you meet the minimum requirements.

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At Bechtel, our employees enjoy a competitive total rewards package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, along with optional disability and supplemental insurance options, generous paid time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave, discretionary bonuses, and a well-designed 401K plan with matching and profit-sharing components. 

Shaping tomorrow together

Bechtel is one of the most respected global engineering, construction, and project management companies. Together with our customers, we deliver landmark projects that foster long-term progress and economic growth. Since 1898, we’ve completed more than 25,000 extraordinary projects across 160 countries on all seven continents. We operate through four global businesses: Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; and Mining & Metals. Our company and our culture are built on more than a century of leadership and a relentless adherence to our values, the core of which are safety, quality, ethics, and integrity. These values are what we believe, what we expect, what we deliver, and what we live.  
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Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

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