Lead Project Planner (Hydropower)

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Lead Project Planner (Hydropower) based in the United States.

This senior role will shape planning strategy for complex, high-risk hydropower and energy projects across North America.

You’ll serve as a strategic partner to project leadership, translating execution priorities into robust schedules and actionable insights.

The position combines advanced planning, schedule analysis, risk mitigation, and stakeholder leadership across multidisciplinary project teams.

You’ll play a key role in protecting cost, schedule, performance, and contractual commitments throughout the project lifecycle.

The role also provides an opportunity to influence customer and consortium discussions through clear, data-driven schedule analysis.

As a senior planning professional, you’ll mentor planners and schedulers while helping strengthen project controls, standards, and execution practices.

This is a remote U.S. position with approximately 10% travel and collaboration across U.S. time zones.

Accountabilities

• Lead the development, integration, optimization, maintenance, and governance of project schedules and baselines for complex projects.
• Define planning approaches, schedule strategies, governance frameworks, and baseline requirements in alignment with project execution plans and contractual commitments.
• Drive baseline development and schedule freeze processes across multiple project functions.
• Conduct advanced schedule analysis, including critical path assessment, float erosion, impact and interface analysis, and what-if scenario modeling.
• Identify schedule risks and opportunities and work with project teams to develop mitigation, acceleration, and recovery strategies.
• Support committed schedules, rebaselines, and schedule strategies associated with project changes, delays, or evolving execution requirements.
• Prepare planning deliverables that support project reviews, management decisions, customer communications, and contractual obligations.
• Lead planning reviews with project leadership, customers, consortium partners, and other key stakeholders.
• Challenge execution assumptions and use schedule insights to help project teams establish priorities and make informed decisions.
• Oversee schedule quality, planning assumptions, data consistency, and the reliability of planning outputs.
• Mentor Planners and Schedulers while promoting planning methodologies, standards, tools, and best practices.
• Support claims analysis, delay assessments, and evaluations of schedule impacts related to project changes.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives involving planning processes, tools, project controls, and overall project execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• 10+ years of planning and scheduling experience within EPC or similarly complex project environments.
• Advanced knowledge of project planning and scheduling methodologies.
• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6.
• Significant experience supporting hydropower, energy, infrastructure, industrial, or similarly complex projects.
• Demonstrated experience with schedule recovery, change management, delay analysis, and schedule impact assessment.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, collaboration, and communication skills.
• Ability to analyze complex project information, challenge assumptions constructively, and communicate recommendations clearly to senior stakeholders.
• Experience with cost control and earned value management systems is preferred.
• PMI-SP, PMP, AACE-PSP, or comparable certification is preferred.
• Knowledge of Lean principles and the Last Planner System is a plus.
• Experience supporting U.S. Government projects is advantageous.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Must be available to travel to U.S. project sites approximately 10% of the time.
• Must be able to adjust working hours to collaborate across U.S. time zones.

Benefits

• $87,000-$145,000 U.S. base salary range, with geographic differentials of 110%, 120%, or 130% in certain locations.
• Eligibility for a discretionary annual bonus.
• Remote work environment with approximately 10% travel.
• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Access to a 24/7 nurse-based health support resource and Employee Assistance Program.
• 401(k) retirement savings opportunity with company matching and retirement contributions.
• Access to financial planning resources and retirement support.
• Tuition assistance and professional development opportunities.
• Adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Disability benefits and life insurance.
• 12 paid holidays and permissive time off.
• Opportunity to work on complex projects supporting reliable and sustainable energy infrastructure.
• No relocation assistance is provided.