Planner 1

Overview

The Role

Interested applicants will have a degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or applicable discipline and foundational skills in scheduling vertical and horizontal building projects. This person will work with guidance from the Planning Manager or Director, provide onsite support to project teams by preparing and updating project schedules, learn how to integrate Short-Term Planning with the CPM project schedule, and support the use of Procore Schedule, SmartPM, and other planning tools. At various stages of the project, this person will provide technical and analytical support for schedule updates, variance identification, workflow sequencing, and issue resolution to help projects finish within their prescribed timeframe.

Responsibilities

- Provides on-site schedule support to project teams by preparing and updating pre-construction and construction schedules using Oracle Primavera P6 scheduling software.

- Develops project schedules for small or routine projects and capable of managing multiple projects.

- Collects and incorporates project information, including trade partner awards, submittals, procurement, delivery, design, permitting, coordination and detailed construction activities with guidance.

- Performs schedule updates a minimum of twice per month, or more frequently when required by the 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 for data collection and analytics, addresses schedule exceptions, and action items.

- Prepares baseline and monthly schedule narratives using Suffolk's standard templates.

- Identifies weather impacts and out-of-scope issues affecting critical or near-critical work, applies required schedule coding, and prepares simple fragnets and Time Impact Analyses.

- Tracks ongoing schedule issues and unresolved Time Impact Analyis in the monthly narrative and maintains schedule quality and documentation standards as measured by SmartPM and applicable quality tools.

- Analyze planned vs actual progress and analyze the variances to facilitate conversations with the project team to determine causation of variances.

- Prepare Time Impact Analysis as necessary to support the schedule aspect of contract revisions

Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in an applicable discipline and 1-2 years of CPM scheduling experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

- Understands foundational CPM scheduling principles, including activity relationships, critical path, float, data date, actual progress, and remaining duration.

- Proficient with Oracle Primavera P6 for schedule data entry, basic schedule development, updating, and reporting; able to import and export information using Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project.

- Capable of supporting schedule development and updates for one or more small or routine projects, generally between 1,000 and 3,000 activities.

- 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 read construction drawings and translate into construction workflows for small or routine projects.

- 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.

Working Conditions

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.

EEO Statement

Suffolk provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, national origin, citizenship, genetic information, disability, protected veteran, gender identity, age or any other status protected by law. This policy applies to recruiting, hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, compensation, benefits, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Suffolk will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination toward, or harassment of, applicants or employees by anyone at Suffolk, or anyone working on behalf of Suffolk.

Compensation Information

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.

About Suffolk

Suffolk is a national enterprise that builds, innovates, and invests. We provide value across the entire project lifecycle through our core construction management services and complementary business lines in real estate investment, design, self-perform construction, and technology start-up investment (Suffolk Technologies). By integrating data, artificial intelligence, and advanced technology through our Seamless Platform, we connect design, construction, and operations to deliver smarter, more predictable results and redefine how America builds.

Suffolk – America’s Contractor – is a national company with more than $13 billion in annual revenue, 3,000 employees, and 17 offices, including Boston (headquarters), New York City, Miami, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Estero, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas, Herndon, U.S. Virgin Islands, and other key markets. Suffolk manages some of the most complex and transformative projects in the country, serving clients across healthcare, life sciences, education, gaming, aviation, transportation, government, mission critical, and commercial sectors. Suffolk is privately held and is led by founder, chairman and CEO John Fish. Suffolk is ranked #8 on ENR’s list of “Top CM-at-Risk Contractors.” For more information, visit www.suffolk.com and follow Suffolk on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram.

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