Project Planner

• Visit work sites to collect information and assist with determining scope for low- to moderate-complexity additions and modifications to company gas and/or electric facilities
• Meet with customers to identify design limitations and customer requests
• Prepare service orders, field memos and light construction work orders
• Produce safe, reliable and cost-effective designs conforming to company policies, safety orders and CPUC regulations
• Apply design and engineering principles, distribution practices, CPUC Rules, gas and electric theory and construction calculations
• Identify site-specific obstacles and communicate them to customers
• Present design options for consideration
• Report and provide advice and recommendations on scope identification, customer communication, regulations and standards
• Collaborate with project team members and customers on compliant designs
• Substitute in project meetings for the Project Manager or Project Designer when needed
• Manage design files and design comments and iterations

Distribution Project Planner I & II

• Coordinate and maintain the planning process for large-load opportunities and related strategic initiatives from intake through decision, implementation handoff, withdrawal, or closure
• Maintain portfolio visibility, including stages, schedules, milestones, responsible parties, dependencies, decision needs, commitments, and next actions
• Coordinate cross-functional participation across impacted departments while preserving functional ownership, technical authority, resource accountability, and decision rights
• Establish meeting cadences, prepare agendas, facilitate working sessions, document decisions, assign action items, follow up on commitments and unresolved issues, and prepare report out documents
• Identify schedule slippage, resource conflicts, data gaps, unresolved dependencies, decision needs, and potential risks; clarify status and elevate unresolved items through the Manager when needed
• Serve as coordination-process steward for Large Power Solutions project data in SalesHub CRM, including stage definitions, documentation expectations, data quality, and routine reviews
• Summarize CRM and portfolio data to highlight trends, aging items, milestone performance, forecasted load, bottlenecks, and risks for leader review and planning discussions
• Coordinate special economic-development processes and other high-priority requests requiring cross-functional review, documentation, status tracking, and communication of approved outcomes
• Document decisions, assumptions, requirements, commitments, process changes, closeout status, lessons learned, and relevant project information
• Recommend improvements to the coordination system as Dairyland’s growth strategy, project portfolio, and organizational needs evolve
• Participate as a member of the Community and Economic Development team
• Perform other duties as assigned

Project Coordination Planner

• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules using Primavera P6 and other planning tools
• Coordinate and manage planning activities across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning functions
• Monitor schedule performance through earned value management and forecasting techniques
• Integrate cost and schedule information to support comprehensive project reporting
• Identify schedule risks and opportunities and recommend mitigation actions
• Collaborate with project teams to gather progress information and maintain accurate project updates
• Prepare dashboards, schedule metrics, and executive-level reports for project stakeholders
• Support change management activities and claims evaluation through time impact assessments
• Ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines

Senior Planner – Project Controls

• Manage project planning for an assigned project as a coordination partner to project leadership
• Develop, maintain, and analyze integrated schedules in Primavera P6
• Prepare and maintain Master Time Schedules, Overall Time Schedules, baseline schedules, and periodic planning deliverables
• Lead regular schedule reviews and monthly update cycles with project functions and stakeholders
• Analyze critical path, longest path, float consumption, schedule deviations, and performance trends
• Identify scheduling conflicts, bottlenecks, risks, and opportunities, and propose mitigation or optimization scenarios
• Facilitate collaborative planning discussions on priorities, assumptions, interfaces, and recovery actions
• Ensure schedules reflect contractual milestones, payment milestones, obligations, and key interfaces
• Prepare project planning reports and schedule inputs for management reviews and customer reporting
• Support progress measurement, S-curves, KPI tracking, and other time-performance indicators
• Support baseline freeze, change management, rebaseline, and committed schedule activities
• Escalate risks to project float, critical paths, and contractual commitments
• Capture lessons learned and contribute to continuous improvement of planning practices

Project Planner, Hydropower

• Manage project planning for an assigned project as a key coordination partner to project leadership
• Develop, maintain, and update integrated project schedules in Primavera P6
• Prepare and maintain Master Time Schedules, Overall Time Schedules, baseline schedules, and periodic planning deliverables
• Lead regular schedule reviews and monthly update cycles with project functions and stakeholders
• Analyze critical path, longest path, float consumption, schedule deviations, and performance trends
• Identify scheduling conflicts, bottlenecks, risks, and opportunities
• Propose schedule mitigation or optimization scenarios
• Facilitate collaborative planning discussions on priorities, assumptions, interfaces, and recovery actions
• Ensure schedules reflect contractual milestones, payment milestones, obligations, and key interfaces
• Prepare project planning reports and schedule inputs for management reviews and customer reporting
• Support progress measurement, S-curves, KPI tracking, and other time-performance indicators
• Support baseline freeze, change management, rebaseline, and committed schedule activities
• Escalate risks to project float, critical paths, and contractual commitments
• Capture lessons learned and contribute to continuous improvement of planning practices

• Serve as lead planner on a combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) project in a field role
• Independently apply advanced project controls techniques and analyses with minimal supervision
• Handle commercial issues as needed
• Provide leadership and guidance to less experienced project control personnel
• Supervise project team activities
• Lead a team of project controls professionals
• Positively influence internal and external clients to achieve successful results
• Achieve a high level of forecasting accuracy
• Proactively address project issues to support successful project outcomes
• Lead planning and schedule preparation on complex projects
• Address contractual requirements related to schedule control
• Perform scheduling forensics as required by the business unit
• Measure progress and earned value
• Recognize critical issues and interfaces
• Confer with the project management team on project execution matters
• Participate in key risk management discussions
• Ensure compliance with tools and processes in the Field Project Controls Manual, as applicable
• Act as a lead person providing work direction without formal management responsibility

Project Planner jobs in United States

Distribution Project Planner I & II

Project Coordination Planner

Senior Planner – Project Controls

Project Planner, Hydropower

Project Planner, Hydropower

Field Project Controls Planner