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McDermott Principal Planner in Houston, Texas

Company Overview:

People power our future. That is why advancing a dynamic, inclusive environment, where everyone grows and thrives is critically important to us.

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 offshore platforms hundreds of miles from shore, and using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure.

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.

Here, what you do matters.

Job Overview:

The Principal Planner oversees the planning team. Develop and Maintain project schedule. Advise Management on schedule impacts and recommended recovery plans.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Works with project team to properly update the schedule

  • Able to create and run prepared or ad-hoc reports

  • Able to evaluate validity of the critical path based on prior experience

  • Able to resource load the schedule and match to earned value system

  • Able to suggest recovery plans or areas of potential improvement

  • Have a strong understanding of typical project logic and flow

  • Able to run Accumen Fuse to analysis schedule quality

  • Able to run schedule risk analysis and facilitate risk review meeting

  • Able to develop typical project logic and duration based on experience for review by project team

  • Able to set-up overall schedule parameters (WBS / OBS/ Project/ Global Codes / Calendars…)

Essential Qualifications and Education:

  • Basic knowledge of EPC Contract Types (LS, Cost Plus, Reimb, etc..)

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At McDermott, we proudly work together to create and deliver innovative engineering and construction solutions for the energy industry. Our customers trust our technology-driven approach to design and build infrastructure solutions to responsibly transport and transform natural resources into the products the world needs today. Because we’re powered by the most innovative minds, we rise to every challenge to make what was once just an idea a reality.

McDermott is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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