Founded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. The company’s innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables. As a globally inclusive and diverse company, Eastman employs approximately 14,000 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company had 2023 revenue of approximately $9.2 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. For more information, visit www.eastman.com.

Responsibilities

This position is the Lead Planner / Scheduler for a circular manufacturing project announced at the Longview, TX Eastman site. This role will work directly with both the Eastman home office and site teams to build and maintain a comprehensive, integrated schedule. You will be a key team member of the overall project controls team and the lead voice on the schedule.

• Build the overall integrated project schedule utilizing resources from our main contractors. • Lead the internal integrated schedule discussion with the Eastman team. • Participate with each contractor as they build their schedule for understanding and input. • Ensure logic, durations, resource loading, float, etc., all make sense and meet best practices. • Provide insight and challenge schedule assumptions when necessary. • Immediately surface issues or concerns to the Eastman project team for resolution. • Generate Acumen Fuse reports and communicate the results and mitigation plans. • Clearly identify the critical path within the schedule and communicate to the Eastman team to assure team alignment. • Implements the Work Breakdown and Project Coding Structures within the schedule to ensure that data stays connected and is readily accessible. • Analyze variances in schedule performance against the plan, and communicate the reasons for the issuance of variance and proposed mitigation plans to Project Management • Manage/report on project schedule float to ensure timely mitigation actions. • Develop conceptual schedules for execution scenarios.

Qualifications

• Firsthand P6 knowledge (minimum 10 years experience) • Strong communicator that can effectively collaborate with multiple contractors • General computer aptitude and capability with Excel, Word, PowerPoint • Experience on large EPCM or EPC projects • Resource loading knowledge and leveling (Hours & Quantities) • Knowledge on Acumen Fuse • Knowledge on schedule risk assessments • Knowledge in schedule benchmarking • Familiar with schedule analysis and mitigations plan • What if scenarios experience • Understands and has built complicated schedules for large capital projects. • Ability to understand the Eastman Primavera database / cloud and how to store and manage .xer files. • Experienced in schedule integration between multiple contractors and the owner’s schedule.

Location: This position will start in the Fluor office in Houston, Texas (Approx 1 year) and then transition to the construction site in Longview, Texas.

Eastman Chemical Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected classes as designated by law.

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