Manager, Planning/Scheduling

Planner/Scheduler Manager

 

Location: Bat Canyon Site, Arizona

 

Summary:

The Planner/Scheduler Manager is a senior project controls professional responsible for leading all planning and scheduling activities for major capital projects. This role provides strategic direction, oversight, and mentorship to project planning resources while ensuring compliance with established planning standards, procedures, and project controls requirements. The successful candidate will serve as a subject matter expert in project scheduling, risk mitigation, schedule analysis, and Primavera P6 administration, supporting successful project execution from engineering through construction.

 

Job Duties:

Project Planning & Scheduling Leadership

• Lead and direct project planning and scheduling resources within the project controls function.
• Ensure all project planning and scheduling activities comply with established corporate standards, procedures, and requirements.
• Review and evaluate project schedules to ensure alignment with overall project execution strategies.
• Establish, implement, and continuously improve planning procedures, guidelines, and best practices.
• Maintain ownership of planning policies and procedures that support schedule integrity and risk mitigation.
• Ensure schedule version control processes are consistently followed across projects.

Schedule Analysis & Risk Management

• Analyze complex project execution and planning challenges and develop effective solutions.
• Conduct detailed schedule reviews to identify project risks, opportunities, constraints, and areas requiring corrective action.
• Lead in-depth analyses of project schedules and provide recommendations to management.
• Ensure baseline schedule quality requirements are met and communicate risks, concerns, and solutions to project stakeholders.
• Support effective project decision-making through schedule performance assessments and forecasting.

Project Controls & Systems Administration

• Serve as the primary administrator for Primavera P6 scheduling systems.
• Manage P6 configuration, licensing, security profiles, and user access controls.
• Develop and maintain corporate and project-specific EPS and OBS structures.
• Ensure the integrity, functionality, and security of the corporate Primavera P6 Cloud environment.
• Support continuous enhancement of scheduling tools and methodologies.

 

Team Leadership & Development

• Mentor, coach, and provide technical guidance to planners and schedulers.
• Serve as a resource for issue resolution and professional development within the planning team.
• Establish organizational structures and resource plans for planning and scheduling functions.
• Participate in the recruitment, development, and management of strategic planning resources.
• Promote excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement within the project controls organization.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Collaborate with senior management, project management teams, and operational leadership.
• Provide strategic guidance on engineering, procurement, contracting, and construction scheduling activities.
• Facilitate communication regarding schedule performance, project risks, and mitigation strategies.
• Support project teams throughout all phases of project development and execution.

 

Job Requirements:

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or a related field with a minimum of fifteen (15) years of industrial project planning experience, preferably in mining, including at least ten (10) years of project planning experience; OR
• High School Diploma or GED with a minimum of twenty (20) years of industrial project planning experience, preferably in mining, including at least ten (10) years of project planning experience.

Technical Requirements

• Expert-level proficiency with Primavera P6 Scheduling Software.
• Extensive experience managing large-scale industrial construction schedules.
• Strong knowledge of project controls principles, planning methodologies, and schedule risk management.
• Experience administering Primavera P6 environments, including security profiles, licensing, EPS, and OBS structures.
• Knowledge of additional scheduling platforms such as Microsoft Project and related project management software.

Industry Knowledge

• Strong understanding of heavy industrial construction principles and practices.
• Experience supporting major capital projects and large-scale construction programs.
• Knowledge of engineering, procurement, contract management, and construction execution processes.
• Preferred experience in metal mining operations across multiple construction disciplines.
• Preferred experience supporting mega-project construction programs.
• Preferred experience with Combined Cycle Power Plants and/or LNG facilities.
• Preferred experience with cost estimating, project controls, and civil construction projects.

Skills & Competencies

• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to research complex issues, evaluate information, and develop actionable recommendations.
• Proven leadership, mentoring, and team development capabilities.
• Ability to build credibility and collaborative relationships across all organizational levels.
• Commitment to workplace safety and hazard recognition.
• Spanish language proficiency is preferred.

 

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk and stand; talk or hear, both in person and by telephone; use hands repetitively to finger, handle, feel or operate standard office equipment. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.

 

About Teal Energi

TealEnergi is a technical manpower provider with extensive experience supporting the successful execution and operation of major capital project investments. Forged through a desire to provide best-in-class service to clients, candidates, and contractors alike, TealEnergi works through its offices nationwide to provide regional support to a wide range of sectors including both traditional energy and energy transition initiatives (e.g., LNG, hydrogen, wind, solar), as well as manufacturing, mining, and infrastructure.

TealEnergi is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, disability, ethnicity, gender or gender identity, language, national origin, physical or mental ability, political affiliation, religion, sexual orientation, or protected veteran status.