• Senior Project Controls Planner (PH)

    The Walt Disney Company (Glendale, CA)


    About the Role & Team

     

    Provide planning and scheduling expertise to all WDI project teams and functional disciplines. Develop comprehensive implementation strategies and incorporate deliverables into project schedules. Prepare project life cycle and master schedules. Integrate all schedules (design disciplines, vendors, production, and construction) to provide a comprehensive project perspective. Monitor and evaluate risks and present recovery/mitigation plans to support turnover/opening schedules. Perform earned value analysis when needed. Provide progress reports and management presentations, as appropriate. You will report to Executive Project Controls. This position is a Project Hire position, meaning it will have a set duration based on business needs.

    What You Will Do

    + Lead development and implementation of project scheduling processes, tools, and deliverables.

    + Lead project schedule reporting and planning sessions with all levels of project and organizational management.

    + Coordinate with contractors, responsible project team members, WDI performing work groups, and WDI systems planners to develop and integrate activity durations and logic sequences required to perform project work.

    + Lead manpower loading/resource analysis, and develop and update earned man-hour progress curves as required.

    + Scope of responsibility may include lead discipline planning coverage on some projects involving show/ride concept development, show, ride, facility and area development design, show/ride production and installation, show/ride test and adjust, and show programming, in addition to core building construction and field disciplines.

    + Responsible for preparation of the schedule reporting specification for contract bid packages and determining schedule milestones and/or key dates for incorporation into the contract specification.

     

    Required Qualifications & Skills

    Minimum 6 years of engineering/construction planning and scheduling and/or themed entertainment planning/coordination experience, which includes a combination of:

    + At least six years of Critical Path Method scheduling experience utilizing scheduling software.

    + At least six years of construction, production, and/or design experience.

    + Good understanding of practical project controls applications and earned value measurement.

    Preferred Qualifications

    + Industry-relevant certifications or completed course studies preferred.

    + Prior experience as a Lead Project Planner/Scheduler.

    + Prior supervisory experience of junior staff.

    + Work experience in the following industries: theme parks, cruise lines, major resorts, or show/ride product lines.

    Required Education

    BS degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering, or equivalent.

     

    Additional Information

     

    Benefits and Perks: Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities, and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits .

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    • The hiring range for this position is $124,900.00-$167,500.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

    **Job ID:** 10124851

    **Location:** Glendale,California

    **Job Posting Company:** Walt Disney Imagineering

     

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