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Bechtel Corporation Senior Planner/Scheduler, Sentinel in Ogden, Utah

Requisition ID: 277119

  • Relocation Authorized: National - Family

  • Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project

  • Work Location: Ogden, UT

Extraordinary teams building inspiring projects:

Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.

Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers' objectives to create a lasting positive impact. We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals, and the Manufacturing and Technology markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations.

Core to Bechtel is our Vision, Values and Commitments . They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver. Learn more about our extraordinary teams building inspiring projects in our Impact Report .

Project Overview:

Bechtel is the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) partner on the Northrop Grumman team to deliver the Sentinel Program, which is modernizing the ground-based leg of the U.S. nuclear deterrent triad, including intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) systems and launch infrastructure. Bechtel’s scope of service in Sentinel’s current Engineering & Manufacturing Development phase focuses on the ground infrastructure component of the program.

A major contractor for the United States and allied governments, Bechtel has handled such efforts as chemical weapons demilitarization projects, missile-defense, infrastructure, base operations, procurement and project management, and restoration and recovery spanning half a century. We use our expertise to help our customers securely and effectively transform mission delivery.

Job Summary:

The Senior Scheduler will help lead and perform scheduling analysis and control activities including:

  • Schedule development, maintenance, monitoring, impact identification, and recovery planning

  • Reporting and analysis including P6 metrics / Acumen Fuse

  • Support studies, forecasts, problem solving exercises as required. #LI-AM3

Major Responsibilities:

  • Performs schedule data analysis, identifies problems, and assists with recommendations.

  • Plans and/or supervises the effort to establish milestones for total project or major portions of the project. Reviews project work activities to ensure support of project milestones.

  • Performs schedule resource loading and leveling.

  • Development/status/report of all bulk commodity release and installation curves.

  • Maintains open communications with other organizations to support schedule maintenance and reporting. Identifies schedule restraints.

  • Monitors and reports critical path and schedule performance.

  • Performs schedule analysis and studies of problem areas to determine criticality of schedule activities.

  • Identifies alternatives for schedule improvement to project team for discussion and/or decision.

  • Prepares schedule recovery plans when required.

  • Ascertains that the correct scope of work and the project execution plan are reflected on all schedules.

  • Integrates interdisciplinary schedule requirements and constraints to establish logical work sequences for assigned disciplines or specialties. Works with the performing organizations to coordinate work sequences with the total project plan.

  • Establishes and implements methods for determining activity durations within assigned disciplines or specialties.

  • Develops quantity release or installation curves for assigned disciplines or specialties. Reviews and evaluates quantity records to ensure total quantities are represented for a particular discipline or specialty. Develops required job hour expenditure for assigned disciplines or specialties. Assists in determining leveling decisions. Performs quantity, personnel, and cost resource loading for assigned schedules. Performs performance monitoring and control functions.

  • Assists cost engineer in reviewing cost and job hour information. Coordinates trends with the field project cost engineer. Analyzes quantity and cost information and predicts changes and trends. Assists with the review and issuance of the monthly project cost and trend reports. Coordinates quantification and estimates for trends and scope changes and provides feedback to estimating regarding cost trends and lessons learned. Interfaces with other members of the project team and provides miscellaneous cost support as requested. Provides plans and recommendations to mitigate the impact of potential trends.

  • Analyzes schedule data and identifies and acquires the information needed to complete work logics to interface between assigned disciplines or specialties. Assists in developing specific project codes of accounts and work breakdown structures and recommends appropriate modifications and revisions.

  • Determines critical-path activities for assigned discipline or specialties and identifies significant activities supporting interdisciplinary requirements. Identifies critical path for discipline or specialty work activities.

  • Develops and monitors detailed and summary level engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning schedules.

  • Monitors schedule deviation for assigned disciplines or specialties including subcontractor submittals and recommends corrective action/workaround solutions for project considerations.

  • Develops and writes the schedule commentary that appears in the monthly progress and similar reports.

  • Identifies and reports activities that have a critical or potential impact on the schedule.

  • Provides analysis and reports to the project.

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, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Demonstrated advanced capability level with Primavera (P6) and experience in its application on complex engineering, procurement, and construction projects.

  • Experience in preparing, monitoring, and reporting schedule information in construction environments.

  • Knowledge in the use of computers for executing work processes.

  • Skilled in oral and written communication.

  • Knowledge of engineering and construction management customarily acquired over time through specialized instruction or practical experience.

  • Proficiency in using Microsoft software applications such as Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint

  • Demonstrated ability to work with people of varied backgrounds and objectives.

  • Preferred Qualifications: U.S. Government Earned Value Management System (EVMS) experience.

Total Rewards/Benefits:

For decades, Bechtel has worked to inspire the next generation of engineers and beyond! Because our teams face some of the world's toughest challenges, we offer robust benefits to ensure our people thrive. Whether it is advancing careers, delivering programs to enhance our culture, or providing time to recharge, Bechtel has the benefits to build a legacy of sustainable growth. Learn more at bechtel.com/total-rewards.

Diverse teams build the extraordinary:

As a global company, Bechtel has long been home to a vibrant multitude of nationalities, cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. This diversity has made us a more trusted partner, more effective problem solvers and innovators, and a more attractive destination for leading talent. We are committed to being a company where every colleague feels that they belong-where colleagues feel part of "One Team," respected and rewarded for what they bring, supported in pursuing their goals, invested in our values and purpose, and treated equitably. Click here to learn more about the people who power our legacy.

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 five global businesses: Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals; and Manufacturing & Technology. 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.

Bechtel employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or show proof of a negative test result prior to accessing Bechtel sites/facilities to the extent required by applicable law or by customer requirements.

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