Lead Engineering Planner

******Job Description Summary****** =================================== The Lead Engineering Planner will be responsible for developing, integrating, and maintaining high-quality engineering project schedules across HDNU Gas Power Engineering. This role supports proposal, contract, and execution phases, ensuring schedule rigor, transparency, and alignment with business objectives. The position plays a key role in improving planning maturity, schedule quality, and delivery performance across projects and portfolios. **Job Description** =================== **Roles and Responsibilities** **Engineering & Project Scheduling** * Develop, release, and maintain complex, integrated engineering project schedules using **Primavera P6**, ensuring alignment with scope, execution strategy, and contractual requirements. * Execute project schedules for assigned Gas Power Business scopes (including GT/GEN/ST/HRSG and BoP engineering), ensuring schedule integrity throughout the project lifecycle. * Convert proposal and tender schedules into fully integrated **contract schedules**, adjusting activity logic, durations, and sequencing based on finalized engineering scope. * Prepare and manage **Tender Time Schedules (TTS), Overall Time Schedules (OTS), Master Time Schedules (MTS), System Time Schedules (STS)**, and portfolio-level schedules as required. * Establish and maintain **baseline schedules**, manage revisions (**Rebaseline**), and control schedule changes through formal change logs. **Proposal & Contract Support** * Partner with **ITO and Proposal teams** to define engineering support requirements, develop schedule assumptions, scope matrices, and delivery sequences. * Participate in deviation and clarification meetings, supporting schedule alignment during proposal and contract finalization. * Provide schedule inputs for contract negotiations and support preparation of contract documentation. **Schedule Control & Performance Monitoring** * Monitor, update, and control project schedules based on engineering progress inputs (including PLM interfaces). * Identify and analyze **critical and near-critical paths**, float consumption, and schedule risks; proactively recommend mitigation and recovery actions. * Evaluate schedule impacts resulting from customer-requested scope changes and support **Extension of Time (EOT)** and “as-impacted” schedule analyses. * Perform micro-planning for critical or delayed work packages and develop “what-if” scenarios to support recovery planning. **Reporting, Analytics & Communication** * Prepare and release **project dashboards, KPIs, progress reports, and management presentations** for steering committees and senior leadership. * Develop and maintain **S-Curves**, progress measurement systems (**Earned value management**), and forecast completion metrics for engineering scopes. * Issue weekly look-ahead schedules, monthly progress reports, and on-time delivery (OTD) performance reports. * Track and report engineering and customer deliverable milestones (LD). * Clearly communicate schedule status, risks, and recovery plans to cross-functional stakeholders. **Collaboration & Continuous Improvement** * Partner with senior engineering planners to define and continuously improve planning standards, templates, and data management practices. * Collaborate across Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Finance, and external vendors to maintain schedule rigor and execution discipline. * Capture **lessons learned** and planning best practices during project close-out to support continuous improvement across HDNU Gas Power Engineering. **Required Qualifications** * Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical , Electrical or Civil engineering**.** * Minimum **8+ years of experience** in Engineering Planning, Project Planning, or Equipment Planning within complex industrial or EPC environments. * Strong hands-on experience with **Primavera P6** scheduling and reporting. **Desired Characteristics** * Demonstrated leadership in planning, scheduling, and cross-functional coordination. * Proven expertise in **baseline management, float analysis, schedule optimization, and risk-based planning**. * Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complex schedule data into actionable insights. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills; confident presenting to senior leadership and customers. * High energy, self-starter mindset with a consistent track record of delivery and execution excellence. * Experience supporting proposal, contract, and execution phases in large-scale power or industrial projects. * Demonstrated behaviors aligned with **The Vernova Way**. ******Additional Information****** ================================== **Relocation Assistance Provided:** Yes