Senior Principal Planner

We are currently exploring potential candidates for an upcoming role at McDermott. While this position is not yet open for active recruitment, we want to connect with talented individuals who may be interested in future projects with us. If you are passionate about building energy's future and want to be considered when this role becomes available, we encourage you to submit your details. Job Overview: The Senior Principal Planner is tasked with solving unique and complex problems that have a broad impact on the business. They must proactively identify and solve the most complex problems that impact the management and direction of the business. The Senior Principal Planner is considered a specialist in the field of Planning/Scheduling, and they offer a broad base of knowledge about the Project Controls function. They impact the direction and resource allocation of programs and projects in their discipline and work within general functional policies and industry guidelines. The Senior Principal Planner role requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop creative solutions to Planning/Scheduling challenges. Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing platforms hundreds of miles from shore, using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure, and reshaping the onshore landscape to deliver the energy products the world needs safely and sustainably. For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries. Key Tasks and Responsibilities: Planning & Schedule Development Lead the development, integration, maintenance, and governance of complex Level 3 and Level 4 schedules using Primavera P6. Translate project execution strategies, contract requirements, and scope deliverables into fully integrated and logically linked project schedules. Establish schedule structures, work breakdown structures, coding systems, calendars, milestones, and reporting frameworks. Facilitate multidisciplinary planning workshops and schedule reviews to validate scope, sequencing, durations, interfaces, and execution assumptions. Develop integrated schedules covering Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Construction, Installation, Hook-Up, Commissioning, Start-Up, and operational readiness activities. Ensure project schedules reflect resource availability, long-lead procurement requirements, contractor interfaces, permitting constraints, marine logistics, weather impacts, and other key execution drivers. Schedule Analysis & Forecasting Analyze project performance and forecast completion dates through critical path analysis, trend analysis, productivity assessments, and schedule performance evaluation. Validate critical and near-critical paths and assess schedule integrity through regular schedule quality reviews. Evaluate schedule impacts resulting from scope changes, design development, procurement delays, contractor performance, field conditions, and emerging project risks. Develop schedule narratives and forward-looking forecasts that clearly communicate project status, key risks, opportunities, and management actions. Conduct "what-if" and scenario analyses to support strategic project decisions and execution planning. Risk Management & Recovery Planning Lead schedule risk assessments and quantitative schedule risk analyses using Deltek Acumen Risk or equivalent tools. Identify emerging schedule threats, execution constraints, and potential delays before they impact project milestones. Develop mitigation, acceleration, and recovery strategies to improve schedule performance and protect key project objectives. Facilitate schedule recovery workshops with project leadership and execution teams. Evaluate the effe…

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