Chief Estimator

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated project schedules across Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Commissioning phases.
• Create and manage schedule logic, constraints, milestones, and interface relationships.
• Integrate contractor, EPC, EPCM, long-lead procurement, and execution package schedules into a master project schedule.
• Maintain schedule quality through validation of logic, float paths, durations, constraints, and schedule integrity.
• Manage schedule baselines and ensure traceability of approved scope and schedule changes.
• Identify and monitor critical and near-critical paths, providing schedule forecasts and impact assessments.
• Perform schedule recovery, mitigation, and what-if analyses to support project decision-making.
• Establish and oversee progress measurement processes, validating progress updates and schedule accuracy.
• Coordinate with project management, engineering, procurement, construction, and contractor teams to ensure schedule alignment.
• Prepare schedule reports, dashboards, milestone forecasts, and critical path analyses to support project reviews and governance.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in project planning and scheduling for large capital projects.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 (required).
• Strong understanding of engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning (EPCC) project lifecycles.
• Demonstrated expertise in construction sequencing and schedule development methodologies.
• Knowledge of engineering deliverables, design maturity, and long-lead procurement planning.
• Experience integrating and managing contractor, EPC, and EPCM schedules within a master schedule.
• Proven ability to perform schedule forecasting, critical path analysis, and recovery planning.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify schedule risks and mitigation strategies.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills across multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to challenge assumptions, validate project inputs, and maintain schedule integrity while fostering collaborative relationships.
• Your Application
• To ensure that your application is proceeded as quickly as possible and to protect the environment, please apply online via our careers portal . Further information about Evonik as Employer can be found at www.evonik.com/en/careers.html .
• Please address your application to the Talent Acquisition Manager, stating your earliest possible starting date and your salary expectations.
• Your Talent Acquisition Manager:
• Quin Kelly [C]
• Company is
• Evonik Corporation

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