Employer: Bechtel Energy Inc. 

Job Title: Area Field Planner

Job Requisition: B978.608.2

Job Location: Port Arthur, Texas

Job Type: Full Time

Duties: Maintain and update Primavera P6 Level 3 construction schedules, including logic relationships, activity sequencing, and critical path analysis. Coordinate with Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Subcontracts, and Logistics teams to integrate discipline work scopes into the overall EPC schedule. Perform weekly and monthly progress measurement, including earned value updates, physical progress inputs, quantity tracking, and variance analysis. Conduct Work Front Analysis to identify available work, constraints, and resource needs to support construction execution planning. Prepare schedule reports, look-ahead plans, forecasts, and visual storyboard updates for area leadership, project management, and client review. Analyze schedule impacts related to delays, changes, trends, and field execution risks, and recommend mitigation or acceleration actions. Support manpower planning and resource loading in P6 to align labor requirements with work packaging, construction priorities, and forecast targets. Due to the nature of construction projects, work may be required at various unanticipated locations nationwide with relocation a possibility; however, the primary reporting location will be the Port Arthur, TX location with domestic travel limited to less than 10%.

Requirements: Must have a Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Engineering (any field) or related and 3 years of experience in the job offered or in an Area Field Planner related occupation. Position requires experience in the following: Developing and maintaining schedules using Primavera P6 and Critical Path Method (CPM) techniques; Creating and managing Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and progress-tracking systems; Engineering and construction management principles for EPC-type projects; Quantity take-off, Estimation, and material management; Cost control, earned-value management, and financial forecasting methods; Interpret and analyze engineering drawings, design specifications, and technical documentation; Resource planning, manpower allocation, and productivity tracking; Risk-management techniques and identifying schedule or cost impacts; Coordinating activities between engineering, procurement, and construction disciplines; Developing, maintaining, and monitoring Level 3 CPM schedules for construction projects; Engineering work sequencing and integration of procurement and construction scopes into overall EPC schedules; and Analyzing comparative data such as scope, quantities, and hours between similar projects to support schedule optimization

Contact: To apply Email Resume to bechtelusjobs@bechtel.com. Must reference job B978.608.2.