Site Execution Planner - Nuclear Construction

Position Overview

As a Site Execution Planner, you’ll play a key role in leading planning and scheduling activities on Nuclear and Heavy Industrial Projects. This hands-on role will give you the opportunity to directly impact the scheduling outcome over a broad range of projects in various stages of development and progress. By analyzing, monitoring, and maintaining the project’s progress, you’ll prepare and analyze reports, develop alternative solutions, and drive successful project completion. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in planning and managing large heavy industrial projects. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in planning and managing large heavy industrial projects, with a proven ability to lead and mentor a team of planners. This role requires strategic vision, exceptional organizational skills, and the ability to drive project success in a dynamic environment.

District Overview

Kiewit Nuclear Canada. is a full-service engineering, project management, and construction provider operating. Our experience and expertise span all aspects of the nuclear-related market from carbon-free, small modular reactors to Dept of Energy science, environmental and nuclear security mission capabilities. With these broad capabilities, we operate in the power utility, renewable energy, industrial, and infrastructure markets.  As part of Kiewit, we are integrated with 135 years of construction and engineering excellence that provides wholistic solutions, differentiating our team from the rest of the industry. 

Location

The position will be based on our project in Darlington, ON. The successful candidate will be local to Darlington, Oshawa or surrounding areas, or willing to relocate. 

One of the many things that makes Kiewit’s culture unique is that we go where the work is, which exposes your career to abundant opportunities. We relocate our teams based on the work that is available, combined with the development plans, skill sets and career goals of each team member. This means your Kiewit adventure is custom-designed to meet our shared needs. The successful candidate will also be open to traveling and relocating for future projects.

Responsabilities

• The Site Execution Planner responsibilities include supporting the construction execution team in monitoring day-to day field site activities, and prioritizing work execution against the project schedule, this to include: 
• Ensures execution is driven by project priorities and critical path milestones. 
• Aligns daily, weekly, and 12-week lookahead planning with field execution teams. 
• Own the daily and weekly schedule progress tracking to ensure execution remains on track. 
• Prepare and regularly update the project integrated schedule in Primavera P6, linked to current site progress and changes is erection sequencing and day-day progress. 
• Manage, report and escalate on deviations from the approved Primavera P6 schedule and their specific impact to complete dates. 
• Work closely with Project Manager and Site Execution Team to ensure schedules are accurate and comprehensive, and include milestones, activities and associated durations, dependencies, predecessors, successors, lag time, and all other pertinent project data to allow for monitoring and control. 
• Ensure accurate resource planning and validate schedule logic, activity durations, float allocation and critical path identification. 
• Liaise with the Engineering, Supply Chain, Construction, Operations, Finance, Subcontractors and any other project specific stakeholders, whose actions may impact project plan/progress/schedule, to devise, agree and carry on any mitigation action. 
• Prepare month end reports/corporate dashboards and management presentations. 
• Attend meetings on the project and inform relevant project personnel on schedule updates. 
• Perform detailed schedule analysis. 
• Attend meetings with site Execution Teams at site and update schedules. 
• Produce reports and graphics for earned value reporting. 
• Maintaining liaison with project management regarding scheduling activities and assisting them in determining schedule priorities. 
• Provide timely feedback to Project Managers and Construction Executing Team with regards to activities trending away from the set plan.  

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or a related experience is preferred. 
• Minimum 10 years construction experience in a site co-ordination capacity across multi-disciplines with specific reference to construction industry. 
• Minimum of 3 years of related planning & scheduling experience, specifically with Primavera P6. 
• Experience in an EPC environment is preferred but not essential. 
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excell and use of SharePoint and project databases. 
• Have an understanding in design and construction requirements. 
• Demonstratable strong coordination and organization skills. 
• Advanced ability to communicate effectively, both verbal and written, with all internal organization departments, Alliance partners, subcontractors, and regulatory authorities. 
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with demonstrable collaborative working experience and stakeholder management capabilities. #LI-IS1