Job Title: Principal Project Planner
Location: Mesa, AZ
Job Type: Contract (Full-Time, 12 Months)
Openings: 1
Start Date: May 5, 2025
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 40 hours/week (5/40 schedule), 100% On-Site
About the Role We are seeking a Principal Project Planner to join our team in Mesa, AZ on a long-term contract. This high-priority role is critical to maintaining project continuity due to the departure of the current incumbent. The successful candidate will provide expert-level planning and scheduling support to a dynamic and fast-paced project environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed, resource-loaded project schedules using Primavera P6
• Conduct planning sessions with multi-disciplinary leads to align timelines and deliverables
• Coordinate with procurement teams on critical supply items
• Perform critical path and delay analyses to support timely project delivery
• Track and communicate scope changes and potential impacts; contribute to mitigation planning
• Support project cash flow forecasting and reporting
• Foster strong collaborative relationships with project stakeholders
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities in scheduling and planning processes

Qualifications Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• Minimum 6 years of hands-on experience with Primavera P6 (10 years strongly preferred)
• Proven background in planning/scheduling for Oil & Gas projects
• Solid understanding of cost and schedule integration, project controls (AACEE & PMI), and constructability
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to work full-time on-site in Mesa, AZ (no remote or hybrid option)

Preferred:

• Experience with Mining project planning/scheduling
• Degree in Construction Management, Business, or a related field

If you’re a proactive, detail-oriented planner with a passion for complex projects and a commitment to excellence, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today to be considered for this exciting opportunity!

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As an international workforce business, we are committed to sourcing personnel that reflects the diversity and values of our client base but also that of Orion Group. We welcome the wide range of experiences and viewpoints that potential workers bring to our business and our clients, including those based on nationality, gender, culture, educational and professional backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, and age differences, job classification and religion. In our inclusive workplace, regardless of your employment status as staff or contract, everyone is assured the right of equitable, fair and respectful treatment.