Project Planner, PHX

About the role

Marketech International Corporation USA is seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Project Planner to support detailed construction scheduling, project coordination, schedule tracking, and progress reporting for semiconductor construction and facility-related projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and update detailed construction project schedules using drawings, specifications, scope documents, baseline schedules, contractor inputs, and project requirements.
• Build integrated schedules covering multiple project phases, including site preparation, civil work, structural work, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, cleanroom build-out, utility installation, tool installation, commissioning, turnover, and project closeout.
• Establish and maintain work breakdown structures, activity logic, task durations, dependencies, milestones, constraints, and schedule assumptions.
• Identify critical path activities, near-critical work, long-lead materials, key milestones, schedule constraints, and sequencing requirements.
• Cover coordination with project managers, engineers, subcontractors, vendors, general contractors, and owner representatives to collect schedule inputs and validate construction sequencing.
• Incorporate engineering changes, scope adjustments, design revisions, claims, delays, recovery plans, and approved project changes into the project schedule.
• Support the development of baseline schedules, detailed look-ahead schedules, milestone plans, and project-specific reporting tools.
• Monitor actual construction progress against approved baseline schedules through site walks, contractor updates, daily reports, weekly reports, field observations, and project meetings.
• Track progress by work area, contractor, trade, discipline, milestone, construction phase, and project scope.
• Prepare reports identifying completed work, upcoming activities, delayed tasks, constraints, schedule risks, and critical path impacts.
• Maintain accurate schedule records, progress updates, completion percentages, assumptions, revisions, and supporting documentation.
• Identify schedule slippage early and communicate potential impacts, root causes, and corrective-action needs to the project team.
• Support short-term planning efforts by providing look-ahead schedules and activity forecasts to field and construction teams.
• Identify potential schedule risks, including material delays, labor shortages, design changes, access restrictions, permitting delays, regulatory approvals, weather impacts, safety concerns, and contractor performance issues.
• Support schedule recovery planning when delays occur by evaluating acceleration options, resequencing opportunities, mitigation strategies, and resource-adjustment plans.
• Develop and evaluate what-if schedule scenarios to assess the impact of project changes, delays, scope changes, and recovery efforts.
• Communicate schedule risks, critical path impacts, and mitigation recommendations clearly to project leadership and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and site teams to maintain alignment on project schedules and milestone commitments.
• Participate in project meetings, schedule review meetings, contractor coordination meetings, progress-update discussions, and planning sessions.
• Present schedule status, critical path updates, risk items, milestone forecasts, delays, and recovery recommendations to internal and external stakeholders.
• Support communication between field teams, engineering teams, construction teams, project controls personnel, and project leadership.
• Coordinate with project teams to obtain timely progress updates, validate completion status, and resolve discrepancies in schedule information.
• Prepare management reports, schedule narratives, executive summaries, progress dashboards, and other project-control documentation as needed.
• Ensure schedules align with contract requirements, construction sequencing requirements, project standards, safety expectations, quality requirements, and semiconductor site protocols.
• Maintain accurate documentation of schedule updates, assumptions, revisions, changes, delays, recovery actions, and project impacts.
• Support lessons learned, schedule-template development, reporting standardization, and improvements to scheduling practices.
• Contribute to continuous-improvement efforts related to scheduling tools, project controls, progress reporting, coordination workflows, and schedule-risk management.
• Support the adoption of improved project-control systems, 4D/5D scheduling methods, BIM coordination tools, and reporting processes where applicable.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Project Management, or a related field preferred.
• Three to five or more years of experience in construction scheduling, project scheduling, project controls, or a related field.
• Experience supporting complex construction, industrial, manufacturing, semiconductor, data center, pharmaceutical, cleanroom, utility, or high-tech facility projects.
• Strong understanding of Critical Path Method scheduling, baseline schedule management, progress tracking, variance analysis, schedule forecasting, and recovery planning.
• Experience using Primavera P6, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Advanced Excel, or similar scheduling and project-controls tools.
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings, specifications, contracts, scope documents, schedules, and technical project documentation.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple project schedules, deadlines, milestones, stakeholders, and changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
• Ability to work onsite in an active construction, industrial, or semiconductor project environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience supporting semiconductor fab construction, tool installation, cleanroom construction, or advanced-manufacturing environments.
• Experience with Primavera P6 / Oracle Primavera, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, advanced Excel reporting, or other project-controls systems.
• Experience with earned value management, resource loading, resource leveling, schedule-cost integration, and progress measurement.
• Experience supporting 4D or 5D scheduling, BIM coordination, construction sequencing models, or advanced project-control platforms.
• Experience coordinating with project managers, engineers, subcontractors, vendors, general contractors, and client representatives.
• Experience developing recovery schedules, acceleration plans, mitigation strategies, or what-if schedule scenarios.
• Familiarity with construction contracts, change-order impacts, claims support, permitting timelines, and project closeout schedules.
• PMI Scheduling Professional, AACE Planning and Scheduling Professional, Certified Scheduling Technician, or PMP certification.
• Mandarin Chinese communication skills are a plus, but not required.

Skills & Competencies

• Construction scheduling and project controls
• Primavera P6, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, and Advanced Excel
• Critical Path Method scheduling
• Baseline schedule development and maintenance
• Progress tracking and completion forecasting
• Schedule variance analysis and reporting
• Critical-path and near-critical-path analysis
• Recovery planning, acceleration planning, and resequencing
• What-if scenario planning
• Earned value management awareness
• Resource loading and leveling
• Construction drawing, specification, and contract review
• Semiconductor, cleanroom, industrial, or high-tech project coordination
• Stakeholder communication and cross-functional coordination
• Schedule-risk identification and mitigation
• Project reporting, documentation, and dashboard development
• Attention to detail and schedule accuracy
• Problem-solving, accountability, and follow-through

Work Environment

This role is a full-time, onsite, project-based position supporting active semiconductor, industrial, construction, and facility projects. Work may include office-based schedule development, project coordination, field walks, construction progress verification, contractor meetings, and site-based support. The Project Scheduler must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-security, and active construction environment while coordinating with project managers, engineers, contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and client teams. The position requires strong organization, responsiveness, and the ability to manage schedule changes, competing priorities, and time-sensitive project needs.

Benefits

• 100% Paid Benefits for the Employee, including Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k) Plan

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.