Planning & Scheduling Manager

Planning & Scheduling Manager JOB-10047946 Anticipated Start Date December 7, 2026 Location Huntsville, AL Type of Employment Contract Hire Employer Info Our client is a global provider of differentiated professional services and technologies across the asset and program life cycle within the Government Services and Hydrocarbons sectors. Job Summary The Planning & Scheduling Manager provides independent planning leadership and schedule assurance across the project lifecycle, from FEL/FEED through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover. This role focuses on client-side governance, contractor oversight, integrated schedule integrity, forecast credibility, interface management, and early identification of potential delays. Job Description Define and administer planning and scheduling requirements, governance frameworks, coding standards, calendars, control levels, and reporting expectations. Review and challenge contractor WBS, schedule architecture, planning basis, logic, durations, resources, and narratives. Lead baseline readiness reviews and provide evidence-based recommendations for approval or rejection of contractor baseline submissions. Maintain baseline integrity through disciplined change control and traceability of approved revisions. Oversee development and maintenance of the integrated master schedule, consolidating contractor, subcontractor, vendor, operations, and third-party schedules. Verify alignment of contractual milestones, package interfaces, long-lead procurement, permitting, tie-ins, shutdowns, systems completion, commissioning, and handover. Facilitate cross-functional planning and interface reviews to resolve logic gaps, ownership conflicts, and schedule disconnects. Ensure schedule information is integrated with cost, risk, change, procurement, progress, and project reporting. Establish requirements for progress measurement, rules of credit, schedule updating, forecasting, and variance analysis. Validate contractor-reported progress and forecasts against objective evidence, quantities, productivity, resources, field conditions, and procurement status. Provide weekly and monthly insights on milestones, critical and near-critical paths, float erosion, trends, look-aheads, constraints, and recovery priorities. Develop independent completion forecasts and scenario analyses, distinguishing contractor positions from the PMC assessment. Lead schedule quality reviews and quantitative schedule risk analysis, aligning results with the project risk register and contingency strategy. Administer schedule-related contract provisions and assess contractor compliance with submission, update, narrative, recovery, and record-keeping requirements. Review time impact analyses, extension-of-time requests, delay narratives, recovery schedules, and concurrency positions; advise commercial and legal teams. Lead the PMC planning team, define package responsibilities and escalation protocols, and serve as the principal planning interface with client and contractor stakeholders. Support stage gates, audits, peer reviews, tender evaluations, contract exhibits, milestone payment structures, and lessons learned. Skills Required 12+ years of planning and scheduling experience on major EPC/EPCM projects, including 5+ years in a lead or management role. Demonstrated PMC, owner's team, consultant, or independent assurance experience overseeing contractor schedules. Lifecycle experience covering FEL/FEED, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover. Advanced Primavera P6 capability. Strong knowledge of Critical Path Method (CPM), progress measurement, earned value, schedule risk, change control, and delay analysis. Strong client-facing facilitation, negotiation, and written reporting skills. Ability to defend independent recommendations and provide evidence-based advice. Professional credential such as AACE PSP/CCP, PMI-SP, RICS, or equivalent preferred. Experience with Deltek Acumen, …

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