Position Description:
Would you like to have a career with a collaborative, diverse, and dynamic mining company? We have an exciting opportunity for you!
Our people division is growing, and we are looking for a Senior Scheduler/Planner to join our Capital Projects team. The successful candidate is responsible for the development, maintenance, and analysis of project schedules across assigned NGM Capital Projects. The role produces integrated, resource-loaded schedules from study through execution, monitors progress against baselines, analyzes variances and critical paths, and provides schedule insight to support project decision-making and successful delivery.
At Nevada Gold Mines, our vision is to be the world’s most valued gold mining business by finding, developing, and operating the best assets with the best people. We are committed to a safe work environment sending every person home safe and healthy every day and leaving a sustainable legacy on our host communities.
Responsibilities:
- Champion a strong safety culture and ensure full compliance with company health, safety, and environmental standards and applicable regulatory requirements (including MSHA).
- Develop and maintain integrated master schedules and detailed execution schedules using Primavera P6, aligned to the project work breakdown structure.
- Build resource- and cost-loaded schedules to support progress measurement and earned value management.
- Establish and maintain schedule baselines; manage baseline change control in line with project procedures.
- Collect and validate progress data from engineering, procurement, and construction teams and contractors; update schedules on a regular reporting cycle.
- Perform critical path, float, and what-if analyses; identify schedule risks and recommend mitigation and recovery plans.
- Review and integrate contractor schedules; assess contractor schedule submissions, progress claims, and extension of time requests.
- Prepare schedule reports, look-aheads, S-curves, and KPI dashboards for project and executive reporting.
- Support interactive planning sessions, constructability reviews, and turnaround/shutdown planning as required.
- Contribute schedule input to risk workshops, contingency assessments, and quantitative schedule risk analysis (QSRA).
- Ensure schedule quality, consistency, and compliance with project controls procedures and standards.
- Mentor junior planners and support continuous improvement of planning practices.
Perform other duties as assigned.
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Qualifications:
- Degree or diploma in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field, or equivalent experience required
- Minimum 8–10 years of planning/scheduling experience on major mining or heavy industrial capital projects preferred
- Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6; experience with schedule risk analysis tools (e.g., Acumen Fuse/Risk, Primavera Risk Analysis) an advantage required
- Strong understanding of earned value management, progress measurement, and baseline control preferred
- Experience in both owner's team and contractor environments preferred
What We Can Offer You
- A comprehensive compensation package including a competitive medical, dental, and vision plan with national provider networks, a 401k retirement plan with employer contribution AND employer match, paid time off, company-sponsored medical clinics, company match share purchase program, and much more!
- Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
- Endless opportunities to grow and learn with industry colleagues.
- Access to a variety of career opportunities across the organization.
Nevada Gold Mines is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
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Thank you for your application, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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