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VSFB VLS Planner, Sentinel

Bechtel Corporation

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Compensation
$105–140K/yr
Location
Vandenberg AFB, CA
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Security clearance

Job overview

The VLS Planner-Scheduler supports onsite planning and scheduling for Bechtel’s Sentinel VLS scope at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Reporting to the VSFB Schedule Lead, the role maintains integrated Primavera P6 schedules, coordinates work sequencing and interfaces across project teams, validates progress and forecasts, analyzes schedule performance and risks, and prepares reporting and briefings to support project decisions.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Primavera P6Schedule PlanningSchedule MonitoringSchedule ReportingCritical Path AnalysisVariance AnalysisTrend AnalysisImpact AnalysisMicrosoft OfficeExcelWordPowerPointOral CommunicationWritten CommunicationFlexibilityInterpersonal SkillsConstructionEarned Value Management

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or High School Diploma5+ Years Professional Experience or High School Diploma With 9+ YearsUS CitizenshipActive or Obtainable Security ClearancePre-Employment Drug Screen and Background Check

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave
401(k) Match

Full job description

Requisition ID: 300848

  • Relocation Authorized: National - Family

  • Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project

  • Work Location: VandenbergAFBCA

  • Salary Range: $105,254 - $140,402 annually (salary range is based on market data; final salary offered is determined by education, experience, and qualifications of the applicant.)

Extraordinary teams building inspiring projects:

Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.

Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers' objectives to create a lasting positive impact. We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Energy; Mining & Metals, and the Manufacturing and Technology markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations.

Core to Bechtel is our Vision, Values and Commitments . They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver. Learn more about our extraordinary teams building inspiring projects in our Impact Report .

Project Overview:

Bechtel is on the Northrop Grumman Corp. team preparing to deliver the U.S. Sentinel system of inter-continental ballistic missiles and launch infrastructure. Sentinel is a vital U.S. Air Force program designed to modernize the nation’s aging force of inter-continental ballistic missiles, which make up the ground element of the nuclear deterrent. As part of the Northrop Grumman Sentinel nationwide team, Bechtel will provide launch system design, construction, and integration.

A major contractor for the United States and allied governments, Bechtel has handled such efforts as chemical weapons demilitarization projects, missile-defense, infrastructure, base operations, procurement and project management, and restoration and recovery spanning half a century. We use our expertise to help our customers securely and effectively transform mission delivery.

Job Summary:

The VLS Planner-Scheduler supports onsite planning and scheduling activities for the Sentinel VLS scope at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB), California, and reports to the VSFB Schedule Lead. The position develops, maintains, updates, and monitors integrated Primavera P6 schedules; coordinates work scope, logic, sequencing, durations, milestones, interfaces, and constraints with engineering, procurement, construction, subcontractor, and project controls personnel; validates progress and forecast information; performs critical-path, variance, trend, and impact analysis; identifies emerging schedule risks; and supports corrective-action and recovery planning. The role also prepares schedule metrics, look-ahead information, forecasts, status reports, and management briefings to provide timely visibility into schedule performance and support informed project decisions.

Employment Eligibility:

  • Must be a US Citizen.

  • Must be able to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check that includes verification of employment, education, and travel.

  • Must possess active security clearance or an ability to obtain security clearance.

Major Responsibilities:

  • Identifies scope of schedule activities.

  • Determines schedule dates for work activities within a discipline area or specialty.

  • Determines milestones to support project schedule.

  • Works with Area/Functional personnel to coordinate work sequences with the total project plan.

  • Conforms work sequence and activity durations per project's execution plan for a specific discipline or specialty.

  • Determines inter-discipline constraints or interfaces that define activity sequences.

  • Assists discipline groups in determining what information is required from other disciplines to support schedule activities and how to interface with the assigned discipline or specialty.

  • Provides schedule knowledge on a continuous basis to assist in discipline planning and interfacing with others.

  • Performs schedule monitoring, including identifying critical activities and updating functions for specific applications, disciplines, or specialties.

  • Assists in the development of requirements for updating and monitoring the schedule.

  • Monitors schedule deviation for assigned disciplines or specialties including subcontractor submittals and recommends corrective action/workaround solutions for project considerations.

  • Assists with development of the schedule commentary that appears in the monthly progress and similar reports.

  • Identifies and reports activities that have a critical or potential impact on the schedule.

  • Provides analysis and reports to the project.

Education and Experience Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university plus a minimum of 5 or more years professional experience or, in lieu of a degree, must have a high school diploma and at least 9 or more years professional experience.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

  • Experience in preparing, monitoring, and reporting schedule information in engineering, procurement, and construction environments.

  • Demonstrated capability level with Primavera (P6) and experience in its application on complex engineering, procurement and construction projects.

  • Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, perform, review, and present planning and scheduling products.

  • Demonstrated skill in identifying and analyzing issues and recommending corrective actions.

  • Proficiency in using PC operating systems and Microsoft Office applications such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

  • Demonstrated ability to prepare and review products independently with minimal supervision using a high level of professional judgment and knowledge related to technical planning and scheduling skills and engineering design and construction practices.

  • Skilled in oral and written communication.

  • Demonstrated flexibility to respond to urgent project requests and/or changing priorities.

  • Demonstrated ability to work with people of varied backgrounds and objectives.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Construction experience on large, complex Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) jobs.

  • Prior Earned Value Management System experience on an Engineering, Procurement Construction job.

Total Rewards/Benefits:

For decades, Bechtel has worked to inspire the next generation of employees and beyond! Because our teams face some of the world's toughest challenges, we offer robust benefits to ensure our people thrive. Whether it is advancing careers, delivering programs to enhance our culture, or providing time to recharge, Bechtel has the benefits to build a legacy of sustainable growth. Learn more at Bechtel Total Rewards

Diverse teams build the extraordinary:

As a global company, Bechtel has long been home to a vibrant multitude of nationalities, cultures, ethnicities, and life experiences. This diversity has made us a more trusted partner, more effective problem solvers and innovators, and a more attractive destination for leading talent.

We are committed to being a company where every colleague feels that they belong-where colleagues feel part of "One Team," respected and rewarded for what they bring, supported in pursuing their goals, invested in our values and purpose, and treated equitably. Click here to learn more about the people who power our legacy.

At Bechtel, our employees enjoy a competitive total rewards package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, along with optional disability and supplemental insurance options, generous paid time off (160 hours annually, accrued 6.16 hours per pay period), nine paid holidays, paid parental leave, discretionary bonuses, and a well-designed 401K plan with matching and profit-sharing components

Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Applicants with a disability, who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, may e-mail their request to [email protected]

How this job compares

Set against the 2,895 open Project Controls jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$105–140K/yr
  • California median$95–154K/yr130 salary ranges
  • US median$91–154K/yr2,089 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $123K, is close to the California median midpoint ($125K) — in the middle half of Project Controls salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 151 open Project Controls jobs in California and 2,895 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Project Controls postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (2,608 postings).
Education
762 of the 2,895 open Project Controls jobs (26%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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