Startup / Commissioning Planner

Cockram Construction, founded in 1861, is an international construction services business, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. Worldwide our locations include the USA, Australia, China, India and New Zealand. We are, at heart, a construction company with an aim to provide top level services to our clients in high tech and challenging industries. In the US, our staff provide services on client sites coast to coast with a focus in the Pharmaceutical / Bio-Tech, Data Center and Themed / Attraction industries.

We offer our US staff a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Flexible Spending Account including Dependent Care, Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, 401K, and employer match, Paid Vacation Time, Paid Sick Time, and Paid Holidays.

Reports To : Principal Scheduling Manager, Site Services Portfolio Management and Project Controls

Main Purpose of the Position :

Support schedule management for a portfolio of approximately 100 projects (each under $10M)

Job Duties / Responsibilities :

• Startup and commissioning of a high end lab and office (70 / 30% split).
• Develops startup and commissioning plans, separate from the construction phase.
• Coordinates between engineering, construction, and commissioning teams.
• Breaks down systems into subsystems and tracks their readiness (e.g., piping, electrical, instrumentation).
• Ensures operational checklists, tests, and procedures are scheduled and resourced.
• Uses system-level turnover strategies (like MC - mechanical completion, Pre-Commissioning, and Commissioning milestones).
• Identifies interdependencies between construction completion and startup readiness.
• Tracks and integrates vendor support, material availability, temporary utilities, and safety permits.
• Work will be done in P6 at the Level 3 detail while planning, skyline charts may be prepared in Excel or other tools.
• Support regularly scheduled department updates on individual and portfolio schedule performance.
• Prepare and provide schedule progress reports, trending charts and schedule analysis on a periodic basis. Maintain record of scope changes, trends and variances that potentially affect schedule performance.
• Develop; monitor and update integrated project plans and schedules so that projects can be executed in the most efficient manner possible.
• Assess impacts to the critical path and near-critical activities and report to the project team.
• Monitor schedule deviations and variances and assist in developing alternate methods for corrective action.
• Participate in project meetings at the discretion of the project manager.
• Participate in departmental staff meetings.
• Comply with departmental scheduling practices and procedures.

Qualifications : Education, Experience, Knowledge and Skills :

Join our team and contribute to exciting projects worldwide. Cockram Construction, Inc. offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, FSA / HSA / HRA options, life insurance, short and long-term disability, 401K with 4% match, 3 weeks paid vacation, paid sick time, 8 paid holidays + 2 floating holidays, $250 annual wellness stipend, and tuition reimbursement.

Cockram Construction provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. Cockram Construction participates in the US federal government E-Verify program to confirm the employment authorization of employees upon hire.