Project Planning Lead
Posted: 04/24/2026
Job Number: 22402
Job Description
Position Overview
The Project Planning Lead will play a critical role in the successful delivery of large-scale capital projects by developing, managing, and optimizing integrated project schedules across a growing project portfolio. This individual will serve as a key planning partner to project leadership, ensuring alignment across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning activities.
This role requires a highly experienced project planning professional who has operated as a true “project owner,”with the ability to drive schedule performance, manage dependencies, and provide accurate forecasting in fast-paced, schedule-intensive environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development and management of Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) for complex capital projects
- Partner with project managers, engineering, procurement, and construction teams to ensure schedule alignment and execution
- Drive schedule development from early-stage planning through project execution and closeout
- Identify critical path activities, risks, and constraints, and implement mitigation strategies
- Manage portfolio-level planning activities across multiple concurrent projects
- Develop and maintain detailed project schedules using Primavera (P6 / Primavera Cloud)
- Integrate cost, resource loading, and schedule data to support accurate forecasting and performance tracking
- Support development and alignment of Statements of Work (SOW) with project timelines and deliverables
- Provide regular schedule updates, variance analysis, and executive-level reporting
- Ensure alignment between scheduling tools and ERP systems (e.G., SAP)
- Collaborate in highly cross-functional, fast-paced environments with multiple stakeholders
- Establish and maintain planning standards, processes, and best practices
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field
- 7–10 years of project planning/scheduling experience supporting large capital projects
- Advanced experience with Primavera P6 and/or Primavera Cloud
- Experience working with SAP and/or Oracle-based systems in a project environment
- Proven experience developing and managing Integrated Master Schedules (IMS)
- Demonstrated experience operating as a project planning lead or project “owner”
Preferred Skills & Attributes
- Strong portfolio planning and multi-project coordination experience
- Deep understanding of project lifecycle phases (engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning)
- Experience with schedule-driven forecasting and performance tracking
- Strong knowledge of SOW development and alignment to project execution plans
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to operate effectively in schedule-intensive, fast-paced environments
- High attention to detail with strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
- Proactive mindset with the ability to identify risks and drive solutions
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