Lead, Project Planner

🕒 June 15

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $100.7k - $151.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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FORTNA

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1001 - 5000 employees

🛍️ eCommerce

💰 Private Equity Round on 2019-03

eCommerce • Warehouse Automation • Supply Chain

FORTNA is a company that specializes in warehouse optimization, design, and automation services. They leverage proprietary processes, tools, and algorithms to design and deliver solutions that incorporate the best-fit automation technologies and intelligent software for supply chain operations. By focusing on unique industry challenges, FORTNA provides comprehensive and data-driven solutions aimed at improving operational efficiency and profitability across various sectors.

📋 Description

• Lead the development of integrated master schedules in Microsoft Project from project handoff through final commissioning and closeout. • Translate proposal schedules into detailed execution schedules with robust logic, interface milestones, functional ownership, and realistic durations aligned with project scope and contractual commitments. • Facilitate schedule development workshops with Project Management, Engineering, Controls, Procurement, Manufacturing, Field Operations, Commissioning, subcontractors, and other stakeholders. • Drive alignment of project execution strategy with schedule structure, sequencing, milestone plans, and resource assumptions. • Perform advanced schedule analysis, including critical path review, scenario modeling, float trend analysis, milestone forecasting, and schedule recovery planning. • Support Project Managers in managing complex and high-risk-rated projects by identifying execution risks early and recommending proactive corrective actions. • Lead schedule impact assessments for scope changes, supply chain disruptions, customer-driven changes, field access issues, and installation or startup constraints. • Prepare and present schedule health updates, executive summaries, recovery plans, and milestone forecasts for internal leadership and customer reviews. • Mentor and provide functional guidance to Senior Project Planners and other planning resources. • Drive consistency in scheduling practices, templates, logic standards, update routines, and reporting across projects. • Support lessons learned and provide feedback to proposal and estimating teams to improve future schedule assumptions and execution planning.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Operations, Project Management, or related field; equivalent experience may be considered. • Typically 8–12 years of planning/scheduling experience, with proven success on large, complex, engineered-to-order or high-risk projects. • Expert-level proficiency in Microsoft Project. • Strong understanding of integrated project delivery across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, installation, and commissioning. • Demonstrated ability to lead schedule strategy and support Project Managers in high-pressure execution environments. • Strong facilitation, communication, and leadership skills.