Construction Planning Analyst

				Overview:

About Suffolk  

Suffolk is a national enterprise that builds, innovates, and invests. We provide value across the entire project lifecycle through our core construction management services and complementary business lines in real estate investment, design, self-perform construction, and technology start-up investment (Suffolk Technologies). By integrating data, artificial intelligence, and advanced technology through our Seamless Platform, we connect design, construction, and operations to deliver smarter, more predictable results and redefine how America builds. 

Suffolk - America's Contractor - is a national company with more than $9 billion in annual revenue, 3,000 employees, and 17 offices, including Boston (headquarters), New York City, Miami, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Estero, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas, Herndon, U.S. Virgin Islands, and other key markets. Suffolk manages some of the most complex and transformative projects in the country, serving clients across healthcare, life sciences, education, gaming, aviation, transportation, government, mission critical, and commercial sectors. Suffolk is privately held and is led by founder, chairman and CEO John Fish. Suffolk is ranked #8 on ENR's list of "Top CM-at-Risk Contractors." For more information, visit www.suffolk.com and follow Suffolk on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram. 

At Suffolk, we believe that our total rewards program should offer you and your family the support you need when it matters most. That's why we have created a program that provides employees with access to a wide variety of options that can be personalized to support you and your loved ones physically, emotionally, and financially. 

Benefits include, competitive salaries, auto allowances and gas cards for certain roles, access to market leading medical and emotional and mental health benefits, dental, and vision insurance plans, virtual care options for physical therapy and primary care, generous paid time off, 401k plan with employer match and access to expert financial resources, company paid and voluntary life insurance, tax deferred savings accounts, 10 backup daycare days each year, short- and long-term disability, commuter benefits and more.  For more information, click here. 

Responsibilities:

Planning Analytics:

* Coordinate with Data & IT team for developing Reports, Dashboards & Analytical tools; Validate and Reconcile data between different platforms such as Primavera P6, Excel & PowerBI.
* Verify all scheduled activities are tagged with a Systems of Work & Line of Balance global code for enabling detail analysis.
* Collect cycle time production data for concrete, steel, and wood structures, facades, interior roughs, and interior finishes for capturing historical data.
* Analyze the quality of baseline schedules and monthly schedule updates using different approaches to identify the scope of work that are at risk.
* Conduct Monthly Regional review meetings with planner, managers and directors.
* Support developing deep dive analysis for schedule risk project.
* Ensure schedule compliance with Suffolk's Planning & Scheduling SOP's.

Portfolio Reporting:

* Prepare executive FOCUS Reports with accurate reporting for VPs, COO's & Presidents.
* Support updating- Job Aids and Manuals.
* Assist Monthly schedule quality & Functional metrics,
* Publish Exception reports and ensure corrective actions are taken.

Scheduling Basics:

Develop a fundamental understanding of Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling.

* Work Breakdown Structure and the process workflow for creating a CPM schedule.
* Basic scheduling theory and calculations.
* Suffolk's scheduling standards of practice. (SOP's)

Scheduling: 

* Gain the ability to create, update and review project schedules in Oracle Primavera P6.
* Use the standard WBS in setting up a schedule.
* Add and delete activities.
* Create and understand activity relationships.
* Code and organize activities.
* Filter and sort activities.
* Create layouts and formats for viewing and printing schedules.

Proposal Schedules:

* Assist Regional Planners in developing proposal schedules for upcoming projects.
* Apply the scheduling basics to prepare a proposal schedule using scheduling software.
* Begin to develop an understanding of how long it takes to build segments of a project.
* Use information from the historical scheduling database to validate proposal durations.

Active Project Schedules:

 Assist project teams in creating and managing a baseline schedule for active projects. You will have a senior level scheduler as a mentor (2-3 times a month) on an active project to see how scheduling is done at Suffolk.

* Prepare update forms.
* Update the project schedule.
* Understand the critical path.
* Know what activities slipped from the previous update.
* Know how to request and add subnets to the schedule.
* Develop a 6-8 week look ahead in the standard format from the updated schedule.
* Report and print Project Schedules, using different layouts.

Qualifications:

* Should have the ability to effectively communicate and influence supervisors, peers, and external partners.
* Bachelor's/Master's degree, preferably in Civil Engineering, construction management or other engineering/construction disciplines.
* Maintain a GPA of 3.3 or higher.
* Thrive in managing multiple, competing priorities in a deadline driven environment.
* Highly motivated, passionate about construction management, should be curious to learn and challenge the status quo.
			

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