What You'll Be Doing

Job Scope: The primary mission of the Planner is to support the execution of projects by ensuring project managers, project teams, and other key stakeholders are provided with detailed project analysis, information, systems, and processes needed to effectively manage project forecasts, schedules, and other essential project information to execute projects safely, on time, and on budget. The role is based in Houston near the Galleria area.

Primary responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise, and understands terms, acronyms, and definitions relating to Scheduling.

• Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services

• Interprets internal or external business issues and recommends best practices

• Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions

• Thinks beyond the status quo to develop solutions to complex problems that improve performance, efficiency and safety

• Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations

• Manages projects or programs with moderate resource requirements, risk and/or complexity; monitors and controls schedules

• May lead teams and involved in complex projects

• Makes decisions guided by policies in non-standard situations; impacts the achievement of customer, functional, operational, project or service objectives

• Anticipates internal/external customer needs; assesses requirements and identifies new solutions

• Stays informed about business news relevant to own area of expertise.

• Raises difficult issues to ensure that they are addressed.

• Makes sound independent decisions in urgent and non-routine situations.

• Knows personal strengths and weaknesses.

• Identifies the underlying issues and root causes of problems.

• Learns from mistakes and adjusts accordingly.

• Identifies clear development goals and tactics.

• Takes initiative to practice and apply new knowledge and skills.

• Seeks additional job responsibilities to broaden skills.

• Adapts to changing needs, conditions, priorities, or opportunities.

• Works through potential conflicts appropriately to provide balanced solutions

• Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external stakeholders

• Considers various inputs, criteria, and trade-offs to arrive at effective decisions and recommendations

• Familiar with major producer program type projects or EPC projects with multiple interfaces within Primavera P6.

Ideal Background

Education: High School Diploma or equivalent is required. Bachelor or Master of Science degree in Construction Science, Building Science or related field is highly preferred.  

Experience: Requires 5+ years of relevant industrial experience in planning, scheduling, cost control and estimating.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Initiates timely action to address important issues.

• Takes action to resolve problems when they arise.

• Welcomes and acknowledges the ideas and input of others.

• Demonstrates a strong drive to achieve meaningful results.

• Drives tasks to successful completion and closure.

• Shows determination in the face of obstacles and setbacks

• Sets high standards for own performance.

• Takes ownership of own work.

• Takes responsibility for successes and failures in own work.

• Follows through on commitments.

• Knowledge of pipeline projects, projects with Horizontal Directional Drilling, Diving, etc.

• Maintains integrity and professional codes of conduct

• Clear, concise, and professional in communication

• Shares information and updates with others as needed.

• Searches for ways to improve customer service.

• Follows up with customers to ensure problems are solved.

• Independently anticipates and meets customer needs.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit, stand or walk for long periods of time.

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Hargrove Culture

We work to create an environment founded on trust, personal integrity, and a “team mentality” so that each person understands the value of their contributions both on a project and company-wide level. We know that each person on our team contributes to the success of our company by pairing expertise and passion to meet and exceed the needs of the clients we serve across the globe.  

Our safety culture protects and promotes the well-being of every person who works with us and every person touched by our work. 

As a 100% Teammate owned company, we proudly offer a comprehensive benefits package including, paid holidays, personal paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, 401(k), and other benefits to eligible Teammates.

Equal Opportunity Employment Statement

Hargrove is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex (including gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, sexual identity, marital or family status), disability, military service or obligations, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Hargrove is a drug-free workplace.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.