Construction Planner

Job Title: Construction Planner (Discipline Project Planner)Location: Lebanon, Indiana (On-site)Contract: Initial 12-month contract with anticipated extensionsWorking Arrangement: Full-time, 5 days per week on-siteCompensation: Competitive W2 hourly rate, with expenses coveredWe are seeking an experienced Construction Planner to support a major pharmaceutical capital project in Lebanon, Indiana. This role will work closely with the Schedule Lead, Construction Management team, contractors, and project stakeholders to develop, maintain, and monitor integrated construction schedules throughout design, construction, mechanical completion, and commissioning & qualification (C&Q) turnover activities.The successful candidate will play a key role in construction execution planning, schedule forecasting, contractor coordination, progress verification, and critical path analysis. This is a highly visible position requiring regular field engagement, schedule governance participation, and collaboration across multiple project disciplines to ensure successful project delivery.Key Responsibilities:Develop and maintain detailed construction schedules in Primavera P6, including installation, testing, commissioning support, and turnover activities.Monitor field progress, productivity, and construction sequencing, incorporating verified progress updates, actual dates, revised forecasts, and contractor inputs.Conduct regular site walkdowns and collaborate with Construction Managers, Area Leads, and Contractors to validate progress and forecast completion dates.Develop and maintain 2-week, 6-week, and 12-week look-ahead schedules to support construction planning and site coordination.Identify and escalate schedule risks, construction constraints, access limitations, resource conflicts, material delays, and engineering hold points impacting project execution.Perform critical path, near-critical path, and float trend analysis to identify schedule risks and deteriorating project performance.Coordinate with contractor schedulers to review, validate, and integrate contractor schedules into the master project schedule.Track key construction interfaces with automation, mechanical completion, commissioning, qualification, FAT, SAT, and system turnover milestones.Ensure alignment between construction completion and C&Q turnover requirements, highlighting readiness gaps and sequencing conflicts.Support schedule recovery planning, what-if scenario modelling, and time impact assessments under the direction of the Schedule Lead.Prepare progress reports, look-ahead schedules, constraint logs, float analysis reports, and schedule risk summaries for project leadership.Participate in schedule governance meetings, construction coordination meetings, contractor progress reviews, and project risk workshops.Experience Required:Proven experience as a Construction Planner, Project Planner, or Scheduler supporting large-scale construction projects.Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6 for schedule development, maintenance, reporting, and analysis.Strong understanding of construction execution, contractor management, field operations, and construction sequencing.Experience performing critical path analysis, near-critical path reviews, float analysis, and schedule forecasting.Ability to develop and manage short-term look-ahead schedules and validate progress through field verification and site walkdowns.Experience coordinating multiple stakeholders across construction, engineering, procurement, CQV, automation, EHS, and contractor organizations.Understanding of Mechanical Completion, Commissioning & Qualification (C&Q), and turnover processes within complex capital projects.Strong communication, reporting, and stakeholder management skills.Experience identifying, documenting, and escalating schedule risks, constraints, and project deviations.Pharmaceutical, biotech, life sciences, or other highly regulated project experience is strongly preferred.Experience supporting large pharmaceutical or GMP-regulated capital projects.Knowledge of schedule governance, project controls, change management, and reporting processes.Experience working within integrated project delivery teams on major greenfield construction programs.Ability to work in a fast-paced site environment and support construction execution through field-based engagement.