RigUp · 17 hours ago
Planning Engineer II
Duluth, MN
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
7+ years expRigUp is a company focused on optimizing facility work across Operations, Core Programs, and Major Projects. The Planning Engineer II will be responsible for developing and coordinating integrated plans, ensuring successful execution of all planned work while identifying and communicating interdependent risks and mitigation strategies.
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Hiring Manager
Izzy Lovett
Responsibilities
Facilitate detailed site scheduling in collaboration with Operations, PMs, CMs, Project Controls, and Major Projects—driving optimization, risk reduction, and meeting pipeline outage and ISD requirements
Monitor and flag schedule and coordination risks (e.g., permits, material lead times, outages, contractor overlap, task sequencing) to relevant stakeholders
Ensure plans and schedules are feasible, achievable, meet pipeline outage durations, and ISD requirements
Create and maintain a log of critical materials, outage windows, contractor tasks, and their interdependencies across facilities for proactive resolution
Act as a change agent—identifying gaps, risks, solutions and recommendations to PMs, CMs, and Leadership
Ensure all strategies, changes, updates, etc., to schedule(s) are made (once approved by the PM)
Work closely with the Project Controls scheduler(s) to establish and maintain effective data flows and communication, ensuring quality, consistency, and accuracy of data while providing positive feedback loops
Analyze scope and contracting strategies across Operations, Core, and Major Projects, recommending optimization opportunities to optimize work at each facility
Example: Identify overlapping subcontractor usage (e.g., hydrovac services) and recommend streamlining to a single provider for efficiency
Analyze contractor work plans, to understand the type, amount, durations, etc., of equipment on site (e.g. do we have four 15 ton picker trucks on site, while only two is really needed) and provide recommendations to construction management and project management to optimize the work
Own and manage overall site plot plans (schedule and work space areas) for all scopes (MCI, MLO, LRF) across all groups (Operations, Major Projects, Core, PCSLD)
Identify work area / scope overlaps and potential construction interference (e.g. long spans of trenched cables impacting other work scopes (their schedule and / or their work space)
Identify potential safety risks from overall site congestion (volume of site personnel and equipment) and advise PMs, CMs, and Leadership
Understand and work with Construction management on site laydown and storage requirements, understand and monitor road closures (from Project and Operations work) and highlight to construction management
Work closely with the Operations Coordination team on outage management, ensuring they are integrated into the site schedule(s), and log and track necessary operations /outage information
Review and analyze portfolio-wide schedules to identify risks and opportunities, providing insights to Execution Managers
With a customer service mindset, act as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to PMs, CMs, Operations, and stakeholders — ensuring alignment, transparency, and accountability
Adapt to meet evolving customer (PMs, CMs, Operations, etc.,) needs with agile mindset
Work with the Project Controls schedulers and integrate them into the schedule discussions with PMs, CMs, Operations, etc., and work collaboratively to ensure P6 data is accurate and correct
The one point of contact for consolidating all schedules, reports, risk tables, etc., for all stations
Provide guidance and QA to all other Planning Coordinator areas to ensure consistency throughout
Response for creating procedures and process required for the department
Executes the development and implementation of Planning solutions, ensuring efficient coordination of scope and field resources with other internal and external stakeholders
Daily communication with Project Controls Schedulers and weekly communication with PMs, CMs, SCM, Operations, and Major Projects staff
Required to communicate technical issues to technical and non-technical staff
Communications are complicated by the high-paced and technical nature of the work, the relative size of Business Unit stakeholders and work groups, the frequency of information requests from Business Unit stakeholders, the complexity of integrating objectives with other stakeholders, and the simultaneous execution of multiple scopes at multiple sites
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Minimum of 7 years of experience in project management, construction, or project controls, with a comprehensive understanding of project management principles, practices, particularly scheduling and construction sequencing and optimization
Experience in industrial projects, with interfaces across Engineering, Procurement, Contracting, Execution & Construction, and Commissioning
Strong grasp of construction activities, including understanding interdependencies, labour and equipment quantities, types, and durations
Familiarity with Liquids Pipelines Operations, Process plant Operation, or equivalent, including outage management and the interface between Operations and Projects
Knowledge of industry codes, regulations, standards, and specifications relevant to pipeline systems and facilities
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively liaise between diverse project teams and stakeholders
Company
RigUp
RigUp is an employment agency for the energy industry.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$752.5MKey Investors
Baillie GiffordAndreessen HorowitzFounders Fund
2021-05-20Series E· $300M
2020-03-23Series D· $28.7M
2019-10-11Series D· $300M
Leadership Team
Xuan Yong
Chairman / Co-Founder
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