Contract â Senior Project Planner / Master Scheduler (P6 )
Location: Houston, TX (Onsite â No Relocation Available)
Type: Contract
Pay Rate: $100â$120/hr
Primavera P6 Expertise Required
This role requires
advanced, hands-on Primavera P6 expertise.
Candidates must have extensive experience
building, owning, and driving integrated EPC schedules â not simply updating schedules created by others.
Required Qualifications
- Advanced Primavera P6 expertise (REQUIRED)
- Minimum 10+ years Sr. Project Controls, Master Scheduling, or Resource Planning experience (more experience the better)
- Demonstrated experience supporting EPC, Nuclear or major capital projects
- Experience serving as:
- Senior Project Planner
- Master Scheduler
- Project Controls Specialist
- Resource Manager
- Proven ability to independently own and drive planning activities
- Experience working within large project organizations
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
Position Overview
We are seeking a
Senior Project Planner / Master Scheduler to serve as a key operational planning leader supporting a portfolio of complex energy and infrastructure programs. Experience supporting
nuclear projects is a
major advantage.
This individual will own
schedule integration, resource planning visibility, and workforce forecasting across both active execution projects and legacy programs.
The role is best suited for a senior planning professional who understands how
engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations must align to successfully deliver major capital projects.
You will work directly with project leadership, functional managers, engineers, and field teams to gather schedule inputs, drive accountability, and ensure planning activities remain accurate, executable, and forward-looking. This is
not a passive scheduling role.
The successful candidate is someone known for:
- Making the schedule work
- Bringing structure to complex organizations
- Building trust across teams
- Professionally pushing schedules forward when execution begins to drift
What the Ideal Candidate Looks Like
The ideal candidate is typically a:
- Senior Project Planner or Master Scheduler from a large EPC or energy organization
- Professional with 15â20+ years supporting major capital or EPC projects
Common industry backgrounds include:
- Nuclear (huge plus)
- Power generation
- LNG
- Oil & Gas
- Utilities
- Offshore EPC
- Industrial megaprojects
- Highly regulated project environments
Who You Are
You are:
- Highly personable and easy to work with
- Comfortable interacting with executives, engineers, and construction teams alike
- Able to challenge timelines professionally while maintaining strong relationships
- Known for holding teams accountable without creating friction
- A natural collaborator who still drives execution discipline
- Someone organizations rely on when schedules must be stabilized or recovered
Key Responsibilities
Scheduling & Project Controls Leadership
- Serve as Primavera P6 Subject Matter Expert and Master Scheduler.
- Develop and maintain integrated EPC schedules across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning.
- Drive schedule updates and ensure timely, accurate inputs from project teams.
- Lead schedule recovery planning when projects deviate from execution targets.
- Align schedules with organizational resource availability.
JSG offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance options, short-term disability, 401(k), weekly pay, and more. Johnson Service Group (JSG) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. JSG provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
