Senior Planner

Job Description Summary

The Senior Planner provides integrated project planning leadership across the full project lifecycle for nuclear power projects. The role develops the project's planning framework — WBS, execution strategies, milestone logic, progress measurement systems, and integrated baselines — ensuring that scope, schedule, cost, and resources are planned coherently and that the project can measure, forecast, and control performance from contract award through to handover.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Establish the project planning framework: WBS, control accounts, milestone hierarchy, planning procedures, and the project execution plan (PEP) planning inputs.
• Develop integrated plans combining schedule, cost, resources, risk, and procurement strategy into a single project baseline.
• Define and maintain the progress measurement system: earned value rules of credit, quantity-based progress curves (S-curves), physical progress measurement for engineering, procurement, and construction.
• Lead planning workshops with engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning leads to build realistic execution logic and sequence of work.
• Produce integrated master plans and executive planning documents: execution narratives, histograms, manpower loading plans, and mobilization plans.
• Coordinate the estimate-to-plan integration: ensure budgets, quantities, and hours are mapped to schedule activities and control accounts.
• Analyze trends and forecast completion: develop estimate-at-completion (EAC) views, what-if scenarios, acceleration/recovery plans, and contingency drawdown forecasts.
• Support the project change control process with planning impact assessments for scope, schedule, and cost changes.
• Prepare planning content for monthly project reviews, steering committee papers, and stakeholder presentations.
• Interface with contractors and partners on planning alignment, baseline acceptance, and integrated program reporting.
• Coach and supervise planners and planning engineers; ensure consistent application of planning standards across the project.
• Capture and apply lessons learned; contribute to continuous improvement of project controls processes and templates.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, or a related discipline; equivalent experience considered.
• Minimum 10 years of project planning experience, of which at least 5 years on nuclear or other highly regulated megaprojects (energy, oil & gas, defense, infrastructure).

Desired Characteristics

• Expert proficiency in Primavera P6 and planning/reporting toolsets (Power BI, Excel at advanced level); familiarity with EcoSys, PRISM, or similar cost/planning systems is an asset.
• Strong knowledge of EVM, progress measurement methodologies, and ANSI/EIA-748 guidelines.
• Experience developing planning frameworks from first principles on large, multi-contract EPC programs.

• One or more of the following certifications is preferred:

• AACE International PSP (Planning & Scheduling Professional) or CCP (Certified Cost Professional)
• PMI-SP or PMP
• APM PMQ/PPQ or equivalent chartered project management credential
• Strategic, big-picture planning mindset combined with attention to baseline detail and data quality.
• Strong facilitation skills to lead multi-disciplinary planning workshops.
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication for executive and regulatory audiences.
• Collaborative leadership; ability to influence without direct authority across engineering, procurement, and construction.
• Resilience and structured problem-solving in a high-scrutiny nuclear project environment.
• Planning framework: WBS, procedures, and measurement systems established and approved within project mobilization targets.
• Baseline integrity: integrated baseline maintained with all changes processed through change control.
• Progress data quality: progress measurement accuracy validated through periodic audits.
• Forecast reliability: EAC and completion forecasts within agreed tolerance versus actual outcomes.
• Stakeholder satisfaction: planning deliverables rated as decision-ready by project leadership.

Eligibility Requirements:

• For Canada GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in Canada for this opening.

• This position will report onsite to the Markham office 3 days a week

Note:

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in Canada for this opening.

This position requires access to and/or use of information subject to U.S. Export Control Laws, which mandate all citizenships (including dual citizenships) be from the U.S. Department of Energy’s List of Generally Authorized Countries (10 CFR Part 810 Appendix A, which includes Canada and can be found here: ) unless a specific authorization from the U.S. Department of Energy is obtained or unless you are a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, U.S. permanent resident, or protected individual under the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Act (8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)). More information can be found here: / .

You must have legal authorization to work in Canada and any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation. The drug screen requirement in the background check process is not required if the role is based in Canada.

Strong consideration will be given to Indigenous persons. The term Indigenous refers to individuals who identify as being descended from the original inhabitants (the first peoples) of what is now known as Canada. In this context, Indigenous people are First Nations, Métis and/or Inuit.

For candidates applying to a Canadian-based position, the pay range for this position is between $110,100 to $160,100k CAD. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. 

Bonus eligibility: 10%

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes