Senior Project Planner, Minerals & Metals - US

Job Description

Overview

We are seeking a Senior Planner in Henderson, NV. The Senior Planner will lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of project planning and scheduling systems to support successful delivery of studies and execution projects. Provide schedule leadership, progress assessment, forecasting, and schedule analytics to project management and client teams.

Your role

• Develop, maintain, and control integrated project schedules from study through execution.
• Establish planning and scheduling procedures, standards, and reporting requirements.
• Perform critical path analysis, schedule risk assessments, and schedule recovery evaluations.
• Monitor progress, analyze schedule performance, and identify emerging risks and opportunities.
• Prepare schedule forecasts and provide recommendations to support project decision-making.
• Interface with engineering, procurement, construction, project controls, and client teams to ensure schedule alignment.
• Develop progress measurement systems and produce regular schedule status reports.
• Support project execution planning, phase transitions, and gate reviews.
• Provide guidance, training, and functional leadership to project planners and schedulers.
• Support staffing forecasts and resource planning activities for planning and scheduling functions.

About you

• 10–15+ years of project planning and scheduling experience on large capital projects.
• Demonstrated experience developing schedules for mining studies, FEED, detailed engineering, and EPCM execution projects.
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6 and schedule reporting tools.
• Strong understanding of engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning workflows.
• Experience performing critical path, what-if, and schedule risk analyses.
• Ability to interface effectively with project managers, engineering managers, discipline leads, and clients.
• Mining, minerals processing, or heavy industrial project experience strongly preferred.

Rewards & benefits

At AtkinsRéalis, our values—Safety, Integrity, Collaboration, Innovation, and Excellence—are more than just words. They are the foundation of who we are and how we work. These principles shape our culture, guide our decisions, and inspire us to create an environment where every team member feels empowered to grow, succeed, and make a meaningful impact.

Depending on your employment status, AtkinsRéalis benefits may include medical, dental, vision, company-paid life and short- and long-term disability benefits, employer-matched 401(k) with 100% vesting, employee stock purchase plan, Paid Time Off, leaves of absences options, flexible work options, recognition and employee satisfaction programs, employee assistance program, and voluntary benefits. You can review our comprehensive benefits page here.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Expected compensation range is between $110,700 - $120,600 annually depending on skills, experience, and geographical location.

Are you ready to expand your career with us? Apply today and help us shape something extraordinary.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.