Senior Planner
Brunel
3 days ago
Full-time
On-site
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Planner
Brunel has partnered with Hatch to support the hiring of a Senior Planner join their team. Hatch is a globally recognized engineering, project delivery, and professional services firm, committed to the pursuit of a better world through positive change. With over 70 years of expertise across mining, energy, and infrastructure, Hatch delivers innovative and sustainable solutions worldwide.
Through this partnership, we are seeking a Senior Planner to join Hatch’s Project Delivery Group (PDG)—a dynamic and globally integrated team delivering world-class projects. The PDG combines deep expertise in sustainable studies, asset developmt.
Your role
As a senior planner, you will be responsible for integrated project planning, with a particular focus on on-site construction activities.
You will act as a strategic partner to project managers and field teams, ensuring a clear, proactive and realistic vision of work execution.
Your responsibilities
1. Integrated EPCM (360°) Planning
2. Construction planning and on-site presence
3. Schedule monitoring and performance analysis
4. Risk management and optimization
5. Monitoring, reporting and decision support
6. Leadership and collaboration
Your profile
Why join Hatch?
Through this partnership, we are seeking a Senior Planner to join Hatch’s Project Delivery Group (PDG)—a dynamic and globally integrated team delivering world-class projects. The PDG combines deep expertise in sustainable studies, asset developmt.
Your role
As a senior planner, you will be responsible for integrated project planning, with a particular focus on on-site construction activities.
You will act as a strategic partner to project managers and field teams, ensuring a clear, proactive and realistic vision of work execution.
Your responsibilities
1. Integrated EPCM (360°) Planning
- Develop and maintain integrated schedules covering all phases of the project: engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning
- Ensuring consistency of sequences between disciplines and key interfaces
- Define the breakdown structure (WBS) and the planning logic
2. Construction planning and on-site presence
- Actively support the construction teams on site
- Adapt the timelines according to on-the-ground realities, operational constraints and progress.
- Participate in site meetings and contribute to the proactive resolution of execution issues
- Ensure a strong presence and credibility with field teams
3. Schedule monitoring and performance analysis
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Perform advanced analyses:
- critical path
- acquired value (EV / PV / AC)
- schedule deviations and performance indicators
- Identifying risks and schedule deviations
- Recommend and monitor corrective measures
4. Risk management and optimization
- Integrating planning into project risk analyses
- Anticipating conflicts, constraints and bottlenecks
- Propose strategies for optimizing sequence and productivity
- Contribute to the robustness and resilience of the execution plan
5. Monitoring, reporting and decision support
- Update the timelines based on actual progress
- Produce clear and structured reports for project management
- Providing a strategic analysis of gaps and trends
- Supporting key decisions regarding resource prioritization and management
6. Leadership and collaboration
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Working closely with:
- project managers
- engineering, procurement and construction teams
- entrepreneurs and partners
- Mentor or support more junior planners as needed
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of planning practices
Your profile
- Significant experience in EPCM planning for major projects
- On-site construction experience (highly essential)
- Experience in the mining and metals industry (a major asset)
- Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 (required) and MS Project
- Solid understanding of the logic of complex and multidisciplinary projects
- Experience in earned value and schedule performance analysis
- Strong analytical, synthesis and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and influencing skills
- Ability to work rotating shifts on site
Why join Hatch?
- Work with high-performing, collaborative teams making a real impact
- Be part of innovative, global projects across industries
- Engaging and collaborative office environment
- Long-term career development opportunities
- “Think globally, work locally” culture