Planner 3

The Role

Interested applicants will have a degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or applicable discipline and 3-6 years of CPM scheduling experience. Working with some guidance from the Planning Manager or Director, this person will independently develop and manage schedules for medium or routine projects, analyze schedule performance, and support project teams in resolving issues that affect milestones. The Planner 2 will apply Short-Term Planning concepts and use Oracle Primavera P6, Procore Schedule, SmartPM, and other planning tools to connect the CPM schedule with field execution.

• Provides on-site schedule support to project teams by preparing and updating pre-construction and construction schedules using Oracle Primavera P6 scheduling software.
• Develops and manages schedules for medium or routine projects, generally between 3,000 and 5,000 activities, with guidance from the Planning Manager or Director.
• Collects and incorporates project information, including trade partner awards, submittals, procurement, delivery, design, permitting, coordination, and detailed construction activities.
• Calculates activity durations using production rates, historical data, and construction cycle times.
• Assembles baseline schedules using Suffolk's standard Work Breakdown Structure and required level of detail.
• Performs schedule updates a minimum of twice per month, or more frequently when required by contract requirements.
• Supports the Schedule Review Meeting by preparing standard schedule reports, identifying planned-versus-actual variances, documenting causes and impacts, and verifying field progress through periodic project walks.
• Provides schedule information to support enterprise reporting and dashboards; applies activity and schedule coding and addresses schedule exceptions and action items.
• Applies Short-Term Planning concepts, including pull or granular planning, constraint management, and weekly work planning, and supports alignment between Procore Schedule and the P6 schedule.
• Prepares baseline and monthly schedule narratives using Suffolk's standard templates and communicates recommendations for resolving project issues.
• Prepares schedule fragnets and Time Impact Analyses, to support the schedule aspect of contract revisions and change management.
• Tracks ongoing schedule issues and unresolved Time Impact Analyses in the monthly narrative and maintains schedule quality and documentation standards as measured by SmartPM and applicable quality tools.
• Analyzes planned-versus-actual progress and schedule variances to facilitate conversations with the project team and determine the cause and impact of variances.

• Bachelor's degree in an applicable discipline and 2-4 years of CPM scheduling experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
•  Understands CPM scheduling principles, including activity relationships, critical path, float, data date, actual progress, remaining duration, and schedule update procedures.
• Proficient with Oracle Primavera P6 for schedule development, updating, reporting, and data entry; able to import and export information using Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project.
• Capable of independently supporting schedule development and updates for one or more medium or routine projects, generally between 3,000 and 5,000 activities.
• Can read construction drawings and translate building systems and construction activities into logical schedule sequences; understands the general workflow for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and sprinkler systems.
• Understands Short-Term Planning, including pull or granular planning, constraint management, and weekly work planning, and can support the use of Procore Schedule to align the 6-8 week look-ahead with P6.
• Can apply schedule analysis, progress tracking, and reporting tools to identify variances, communicate impacts, and support issue resolution.
• Communicates professionally with project teams, Trade Partners, Owners, and internal stakeholders; demonstrates sound organization, follow-through, customer service, and Suffolk's Core Values of Passion, Integrity, Hard Work, Professionalism, and Caring.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; talk or hear; perform fine motor, hand and finger skills in the use of a keyboard, telephone, or writing. The employee is frequently required to stands; walk; and reach with arms and/or hands. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. The employee will spend their time in an office environment with a quiet to moderate noise level. Job site walking.

Where required by law, pay ranges can be found in Suffolk's job postings. Base Salary for this position is just one component of Suffolk’s total rewards package for employees. Actual salaries may be based on several factors including, but not limited to, a candidate's skill set, experience, education and other qualifications. Suffolk offers a comprehensive benefits package as part of its overall total rewards strategy. Salary ranges are reviewed regularly to reflect market trends.