Principal Planner

Job Overview:

Supervise assigned planning team and lead planning activities including but not limited scheduling, progress, productivity analysis and reporting activities.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Comply with Company procedures and Safety, Ethics and Quality.
• Supervises and coordinates the daily activities of assigned planning staff.
• Develops and maintains the contract master schedule in line with the project requirements.
• Ensures that the project's priorities are clearly communicated to the PMT, Engineering and yard supervision.
• Develops and maintains detailed work schedules for all the main phases of the project.
• Implements the progress and productivity reporting systems in accordance with established procedures.
• Reviews and integrates subcontractor schedules and ensures compliance with project requirements.
• Interfaces with other projects to ensure efficient usage of resources.
• Identifies and communicates to project management potential delays and assesses the impact to the project.
• Produces and updates forecast manpower histograms for input to the yard manning forecasts.
• Attends the client, PMT and fabrication weekly meetings.
• Assists in the professional development of the junior planning staff.
• High standard of safe working practice, quality, and productivity as well as compliance with the code of business conducts.

Essential Qualifications and Education:

• Having strong leadership skill.
• Possess Undergraduate Degree
• Strong experience in fabrication planning and scheduling
• Possess 10 years’ experience in fabrication planning and scheduling

Project / Area / Regional Specifics:

Position will start in Houston, TX 2-3 years and then transfer to Squamish, BC, Canada.

Company Overview and Core Values:

McDermott is a premier, fully-integrated provider of technology, engineering and construction solutions to the energy industry. For more than a century, customers have trusted McDermott to design and build end-to-end infrastructure and technology solutions—from the wellhead to the storage tank—to transport and transform oil and gas into the products the world needs today.

At McDermott, we hold all employees accountable to follow our 5 core values.

• Integrity – we maintain a firm adherence to legal and ethical conduct
• One Team – we are one company, where everyone is equally important
• Go Beyond – we seek courageous and creative solutions
• Well-Being – we promote all forms of well-being
• Commitment – we are reliable and dependable in delivering quality solutions