Advanced Construction Planner

Murphy Company, the Best Choice in Mechanical construction since 1907, is hiring an Advanced Construction Planner

for our Virtual Construction Operations team, located in our St. Louis, MO office.

Since 1907, Murphy Company has been a leading mechanical contractor in the St. Louis and Denver markets that provides its professionals with the environment, opportunities, technology, and tools to experience a rewarding career. Being a company that prides itself on its core values of employee well-being, enduring relationships, and integrity and professionalism, we know it starts with our employees. We strongly believe our people are our most important asset, and we strive every day to make Murphy a great place to work as we build our clients’ visions.

The Advanced Construction Planner (ACP) serves as the authoritative coordination lead between field project managers, superintendents, and the virtual construction team. This role is responsible for defining, communicating, tracking, and enforcing the requirements necessary for successful virtual construction execution and scheduling.

The ACP has the authority to establish deadlines, required information, and escape issues to ensure schedules, material and equipment submittals, and required inputs from owners, engineers, and general contractors are received in time to support modeling, fabrication, and field installation.

• Act as the primary, empowered point of contact between field Project Managers, Operations Managers, Engineering and the VC team
• Define virtual construction requirements based on project schedules, fabrication needs, and field priorities
• Enforce alignment between field expectations and virtual construction capabilities
• Require timely responses, decisions, and inputs necessary to maintain virtual construction progress
• Has the authority to set up all VC cost codes required
• Monitor daily VC logs to ensure obstacles are resolved in a timely manner
• Works directly with VC Manager to establish virtual construction milestones aligned with the project schedule
• Enforce deadlines for model deliverables required for fabrication, layout, and installation
• Monitor schedule changes and direct required adjustments to virtual construction priorities
• Escalate schedule conflicts or missed deadlines to project and operations leadership as needed
• Define required submittal timelines that directly impact virtual construction workflows
• Require approved material and equipment information before modeling and fabrication release, including but not limited to Spec Matrix, submittals on equipment and PVFs
• Enforce model updates based on approved submittals and vendor information
• Identify and escalate risks caused by late or incomplete submittals
• Escalate changes from original ACP plans to field operational changes

• Define and communicate required information from owners, engineers, and general contractors
• Enforce receipt of background drawings, specifications, and design clarifications
• Coordinate and track RFIs and design decisions critical to virtual construction progress
• Document assumptions and, when required information is not provided, formally communicate impacts and constraints
• Identify gaps, delays, and breakdowns in information flow
• Proactively escalate unresolved issues that jeopardize schedules, fabrication, or field work
• Serve as a neutral authority to resolve conflicts between field priorities and virtual construction constraints
• Support leadership with clear documentation of risks, impacts, and recommended actions

• Enforce standard workflows and communication protocols between field and virtual construction teams
• Support development and refinement of requirement tracking tools and dashboards
• Drive accountability by clearly defining responsibilities, deadlines, and expectations
• Support Field Operations in the understanding of VC production

• 3+ years of experience in mechanical, piping, plumbing, or construction projects
• Strong understanding of construction schedules, submittals, and project execution workflows
• Proven ability to manage deadlines, priorities, and competing demands
• Experience working directly with field project managers and construction leadership
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to assert requirements professionally
• Field experience as a Project Manager or Project Engineer

• Experience coordinating with owners, engineers, and general contractors
• Familiarity with virtual construction and engineering processes
• Experience supporting fabrication or prefabrication workflows

• Virtual construction requirements clearly defined, communicated, and met
• Deadlines enforced with minimal last-minute disruptions
• Timely receipt of required information from internal and external stakeholders
• Reduced schedule impacts…