Requisition ID: 180415
Job Level: Senior Level
Home District/Group: Kiewit Nuclear Solutions
Department: Project Controls
Market: Nuclear
Employment Type: Full Time
Position OverviewThe Planning Manager provides functional leadership for planning and scheduling across nuclear EPC projects. This role establishes standards, drives execution readiness, and supports predictable project delivery across both U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and commercial work.
The Planning Manager governs planning discipline across projects and partners closely with Area Managers and Project Managers to ensure consistency and performance, without direct ownership of individual project outcomes.
LocationThis is an in office position, located in Lenexa, KS.
Qualifications- Lead planning activities, including project kickoffs, readiness reviews, and schedule governance.
- Monitor schedule performance and communicate progress, risks, and forecasts to stakeholders and senior leadership.
- Support execution readiness across safety, quality, staffing, procurement, and project controls.
- Drive workforce planning and forecasting aligned with project objectives and critical path requirements.
- Lead, mentor, and develop planning and scheduling personnel.
- Evaluate subcontractor schedules and ensure alignment with overall project schedules.
- Develop and present schedule performance metrics and reports.
- Promote continuous improvement in planning tools, systems, and methodologies.
- Coordinate with engineering to ensure construction-ready information is available to support timely package creation.
- Train planners, field engineers, and construction leaders on IWP standards, workface planning practices, and package quality expectations.
- Support turnover and commissioning readiness by ensuring package completion status, punch resolution inputs, and handover requirements are incorporated into workface planning.#LI-LH1
Responsibilities- Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, project controls, or related field.
- Proven experience supporting large-scale EPC project delivery.
- Advanced knowledge of integrated EPC project execution, including engineering, procurement, construction, and startup processes.
- Demonstrated leadership experience managing teams and driving performance.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to travel to project sites for extended periods of time to support the team and resolve issues.
Other Requirements:• Regular, reliable attendance
• Work productively and meet deadlines timely
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.
• Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that's among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.
