What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Planner V - Contract position at ConocoPhillips?
Highlights
Job Description
The Facilities Planner / Scheduler will report to the Facilities Planning/Scheduling Lead, supporting the Project through the Execution and Commissioning phase. Will establish and maintain project logic networks, schedules, forecasting, earned value (labor/quantities) analysis and audit trails.
The successful candidate must have extensive knowledge of Primavera software, Construction and Commissioning Planning experience on major large-scale projects.
The scheduler will apply their knowledge to ensure schedules integrity, forecasts and resources and updates are implemented in accordance with project controls principles utilized within the ConocoPhillips organization.
This position interacts closely with other entities such as contractors, suppliers, vendors, and subcontractors. Within ConocoPhillips and the other organizations, but not limited to Engineering, Quality Management, Construction Management, Project Management, Project Controls, Contracts Administration, Procurement, Expediting, Transportation, and Logistics.
Responsibilities
- Job Number 4205
- Location Houston, TX
- Date Posted Feb 3, 2025
- Start Date Feb 10, 2025 to Feb 9, 2026
- Number of Positions 1
- Remote Position Type On-Site Work Only
- Contracts Administration
- Project Control
- Project Plan
- Construction Management
- Project Management
- oil and gas
- Planning and Scheduling
- World's largest independent upstream oil and gas business
- SPIRIT values-Saftey People Integrity Responsibility Innovation Teamwork
- Operations in 13 countries
Job Description
The Facilities Planner / Scheduler will report to the Facilities Planning/Scheduling Lead, supporting the Project through the Execution and Commissioning phase. Will establish and maintain project logic networks, schedules, forecasting, earned value (labor/quantities) analysis and audit trails.
The successful candidate must have extensive knowledge of Primavera software, Construction and Commissioning Planning experience on major large-scale projects.
The scheduler will apply their knowledge to ensure schedules integrity, forecasts and resources and updates are implemented in accordance with project controls principles utilized within the ConocoPhillips organization.
This position interacts closely with other entities such as contractors, suppliers, vendors, and subcontractors. Within ConocoPhillips and the other organizations, but not limited to Engineering, Quality Management, Construction Management, Project Management, Project Controls, Contracts Administration, Procurement, Expediting, Transportation, and Logistics.
Responsibilities
- Identify all construction and commissioning activities on the project and develop logic using CPMS.
- Attend contractors’ meetings to discuss concerns, overall project strategies, and expectations related to construction and commissioning phases.
- Effectively communicate changes to various stakeholders and recommend mitigations as needed, focusing on construction and commissioning impacts.
- Track and analyze contractors’ schedules, notifying project managers of unapproved deviations or delays impacting project completion, particularly during the commissioning phase.
- Integrate data provided by cost engineering into the project schedule and project control reports.
- Prepare procedures for project control reporting.
- Prepare Reports of Earned Value and variance of the Project Plan.
- Program approved recovery or work-around plans.
- Interface with the Contractor’s Planning and Scheduling Specialists to ensure that task data is incorporated in the integrated project schedule.
- Maintain document trails to facilitate internal audits of critical commercial internal control systems.
- Incorporate approved change orders into cost & schedule logic and reports.
- Maintain project documentation and data preservation procedures.
- Other duties as required and directed by the Planning/scheduling Lead and/or the Project Control Manager.
- Bachelor ‘s Degree and/or equivalent experience
- Minimum 10 years project controls experience on major Capital Projects in Oil Industry / Petrochemicals.
- Experience working with Construction and Commissioning teams to build and maintain schedules.
- Extensive experience with Primavera.
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Suite.
- Technical competency in preparation of automated and integrated project controls.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Attention to detail, high level of accuracy and high sense of responsibility.
- BS Degree in Construction Management, Engineering or other equivalent experience (i.e. mathematics, statistics or project management).
- Knowledge of Project Controls, Cost Engineering, Planning & Scheduling, Forecasting (Work in Progress/Earned Value), Accruals and General Accounting.
- Demonstrable ability to develop reports for, and presentations to management.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment and meet tight deadlines.
- Strong technical, interpersonal and team working skills.
- Demonstrated analytical skills.
- Efficiently prioritize work to meet deadlines.
