Sr. Project Planner

Job Summary

The Senior Project Planner is responsible for developing material handling project schedules in Microsoft Project to support commercial proposals as well as developing maintaining and analyzing detailed project schedules for projects from order handoff through engineering procurement manufacturing installation commissioning and project closeout. This role serves as a key planning support resource to Project Managers by translating proposal schedules into logic-driven execution schedules monitoring schedule performance identifying risks to milestone achievement and supporting mitigation and recovery actions on complex and high-risk-rated projects.

Serves as a critical support role to the Project Manager on complex and high-risk-rated projects by providing schedule development progress analysis milestone forecasting schedule risk visibility and recovery planning support needed to achieve contractual and customer commitments.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop customerfacing Microsoft Project schedules to support commercial pursuits proposals and sales negotiations for key accounts including Parcel and Distribution & Fulfillment customers.

• Own commercialphase scheduling by translating proposal documents and commercial commitments into credible executioninformed timelines.

• Convert proposal and sales schedules into fully developed Microsoft Project schedules with clear work breakdown structure activity logic durations milestones calendars and constraints.

• Build and maintain project schedules covering engineering controls procurement manufacturing factory testing shipping site activities installation commissioning and turnover.

• Coordinate with Project Managers and cross-functional teams to define sequencing dependencies key deliverables and milestone dates.

• Maintain schedule baselines and perform regular progress updates forecast revisions and variance analysis.

• Monitor critical path near-critical path float erosion long-lead items customer deliverables site readiness subcontractor activities and installation windows.

• Prepare look-ahead schedules milestone reports schedule narratives and other planning deliverables for internal and customer-facing project reviews.

• Support Project Managers with schedule impact analysis for changes in scope customer delays procurement issues manufacturing constraints and field conditions.

• Participate in risk reviews and project status meetings; identify schedule threats and assist in developing mitigation and recovery plans.

• Ensure schedule integrity logic quality and compliance with company planning standards and project controls procedures.

• Support continuous improvement of scheduling templates reporting methods and proposal-to-execution planning handoff processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Construction Management Operations Project Management or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.

• Typically 58 years of project planning/scheduling experience preferably in material handling automation capital equipment manufacturing or EPC/project-based environments.

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Project.

• Working knowledge of project lifecycle execution including engineering procurement fabrication installation and commissioning.

• Strong analytical organizational and communication skills.

• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with Project Managers and cross-functional teams.

Base Salary Range and Other Relevant Information

The base salary range for this role is $87600 to $131300. This base salary range represents the low and high end of the base salary range for this position. Actual base salary offered will vary based on various factors including but not limited to location level job-related knowledge skills experience and performance.

This job description describes the general nature and level of work expected of a person assigned to this position. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. Employees may be required to perform any other job-related duties as requested by their supervisor.

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