Hybrid Planning Engineer II

at PPSI

• Job title: Planning Engineer II
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: $50 - $53 per hour
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Duluth, United States

About the role

• Planning Engineer II at Pioneer Production Services coordinating detailed plans for Enbridge projects. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize scheduling and resource management in Duluth, MN.

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.
• 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).

Requirements

• 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, labor 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.

Benefits

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance
• Disability insurance
• Vacation pay for eligible employees