Planning Manager - Major Capital Projects

Location: Houston, Texas, United States

Project scope: $500M–$10B+ major capital projects

Company

hirify.global Sustainable Technology Solutions provides process technologies, advisory services, technical expertise, energy transition solutions, design capabilities, and asset optimization services across the full asset life cycle.

What you will do

• Own integrated Level 1–4 schedules for major capital projects from FEL/FEED through engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, commissioning, and handover.
• Develop WBS and schedule architecture, establish baselines, maintain change control, and secure stakeholder approval.
• Integrate contractor, subcontractor, and vendor schedules while managing interfaces with operations, shutdowns, tie-ins, permitting, utilities, and logistics.
• Define progress measurement and earned value rules; produce critical path analysis, S-curves, milestone reports, manpower histograms, and look-ahead schedules.
• Deliver forecast completion dates, quantify schedule threats, and recommend recovery or mitigation actions.
• Lead the planning team, improve standards and procedures, and support contract, change, claims, audits, and project reviews.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, quantity surveying, or a related technical discipline; equivalent technically grounded experience may be considered.
• 12+ years of planning or scheduling experience on EPC or EPCM capital projects, including 5+ years at lead or manager level on projects exceeding $500M.
• Experience owning a full-lifecycle schedule from FEED through commissioning and handover.
• Expert-level Primavera P6 experience in multi-project, resource-loaded, and cost-loaded environments.
• Working knowledge of earned value management, critical path method, contractual progress measurement, and multiple contractor schedules.
• Position location: Houston, Texas, United States.

Nice to have

• Experience in oil and gas, LNG, mining and minerals, power and renewables, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, data centers, or water infrastructure.
• AACE PSP, CCP, PMI-SP, RICS, or equivalent credentials.
• Experience with Deltek Acumen, Primavera Risk Analysis, Safran Risk, Power BI, EcoSys, SAP PS, or comparable platforms.
• Knowledge of advanced work packaging, systems completion, 4D planning, FIDIC, NEC, LSTK, reimbursable contracts, and delay analysis protocols.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with a People First and Zero Harm culture.
• Benefits may include a 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending accounts, disability coverage, and paid time off.
• Flexible work schedule options may be available.
• Professional training, development, and career advancement support.