Job Title: Area Planner and Scheduler – SAP
Work Location: Thacker Pass, NV
Duration: 12 Months
 
Relocation Authorized: National - Camp
No per diems offered
 
Project Overview:
Thacker Pass is the largest known lithium resource in the United States. Once complete, the mine and processing facilities will produce more lithium carbonate than any other facility in the United States by far – enough to power 1 million electric vehicles per year.
As the EPCM contractor for Lithium Americas, Client is responsible for managing and integrating the efforts of a team contractors engineering and building the facility. We are also managing procurement of about $1 Billion in goods and services.
Earth work began in 2023 and design and procurement of long-lead equipment is underway.
The project is located in the high desert and wide-open spaces of north-central Nevada about 25 miles from the Oregon border, 1 hour northwest of Winnemucca, Nevada and 3 hours northeast of Reno.
Planned with sustainability and the environment in mind, the facility will use its excess process heat to generate electricity and will recycle process water up to seven times. Once the second phase of the project is complete, Thacker Pass will produce more than 16 times the current U.S. output of lithium.
Client is proud to play a critical role in the U.S. transition to cleaner energy and offers the following opportunity on the Thacker Pass Project.
 
Job Summary:

• The planner/scheduler will be assigned to the project full-time, taking direction from the assigned project supervisor with GBU functional oversight for processes and procedures.
• This role performs construction schedule development, maintenance, monitoring, and recovery plan development activities with a focus on the Sulfuric Acid Plant (SAP) area. Responsible for scheduling and planning activities for large or major projects with significant non-routine requirements; discipline/project/integrated project scheduling activities, including potential interface with owner and other design contractors/vendors, that require a high degree of technical skill and experience. Supports/performs 90-day lookahead (Work Front Analysis) and 3WKLA (3-week lookahead) schedule activities for their respective area, plus progress variance assessments. Demonstrated skill in identifying, analyzing, and providing innovative solutions to planning and scheduling issues which may arise. Provides generally non-routine scheduling guidance and assistance to the project.
• This position is required to be a well-organized 'people' person with strong verbal and written communication skills. They will be able to help drive the project team members, create a focus for the team on planning/scheduling, forecasting/lookaheads, and helping to develop workarounds when appropriate.
• This site-based position will be located in Winnemucca, Nevada. Single-status, Workforce Hub (Camp) housing is provided, and bussing to/from the Thacker Pass Site is provided/available. #LI-SM2

 
Major Responsibilities:

• Performs and/or coordinates, collects, verifies, and integrates the work scope for all entities into the total project plan.
• Reviews design scope criteria and quantities for completeness and reasonableness, and coordinates with the project to develop additional estimating bases when information is incomplete.
• Reviews project work activities to ensure support of project milestones.
• Obtains required schedule information from all disciplines and functions.
• Coordinates with all departments to ensure understanding of schedule needs.
• Responsible for Sub-Contractors Schedule activities integration into Project Master Schedule.
• Responsible for Construction Schedule monitoring, 3 week look ahead reviews, monthly updates and reporting.
• Identifies restraints and their effect on the schedule.
• Identifies construction schedule considerations and challenges resulting from inter-discipline or functional restraints and interfaces.
• Monitors and reports critical path and schedule performance.
• Performs productivity analysis of construction operations and verifies.
• Conducts schedule analysis and studies of problem areas to determine the criticality of scheduled activities.
• Recommends alternatives for schedule improvement to the project team for discussion and/or decision.
• Reviews completeness and reasonableness of quantities and labor.
• Reviews and evaluates schedule durations for all disciplines’ activities relative to the support of project milestones.
• Participates in schedule resource loading and leveling for assigned scope.
• Verifies consistency with previous reports to ensure compatibility.
• Responsible for issuing reports required by Clientbe management and project procedures.
• Coordinates information input into specific studies.
• Evaluates study results and recommends conclusions for project team consideration and discussion.

 
Education and Experience Requirements:

• B.S. degree required, preferably in Engineering or Construction Management.
• 10 or more years of EPC/EPCM experience in Project Controls with the most recent 3 years preferably on a Client large or major project.

 
Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Skilled in oral and written communication, including direct interface with Client project team members, owner and potential design contractors/vendors.
• Professional experience in the field and home office performing, monitoring, and reviewing planning and scheduling functions, which include schedule development, control, and analysis.
• Experience and strong knowledge of schedule development and administration, as well as training of technical and non-technical personnel on scheduling requirements.
• Analytical approach to problem solving.
• Proficiency with Client Project Controls scheduling operating systems (e.g., P6, MS Office applications) and with proficiency in several basic Client standard application programs.
• Advanced level of knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction, and startup work processes, as performed by Client (with focus on construction and typical interfaces).
• Knowledge of engineering and procurement customarily acquired over time through specialized instruction or practical experience.

 

 


At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $51.40/hr.