Senior Planner Job Edenvale South Africa,Engineering

Location: Edenvale

Job Description

To liaise with the project team and sub-contractors with regard to trends and forecasting of a project's progress.

Assist in formulating and implementation of planning methodologies, policies, procedures and best practices.

Assist in aligning risk strategy with planning strategy

Stay abreast of new trends and innovations

To understand the scope of work by:

Studying client scoping documentation regarding the project

Obtaining estimates of the project from Estimating department

Support Project team during the initial phase of order planning and agreeing upon an adequate control system
To develop a baseline schedule by:

Developing and/or understanding the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Planning the work on an area-by-area basis (front end schedule)

Developing detailed plan after receiving deliverables from project team

Applying industry best practices to the development of the schedule

Developing a Schedule Management Plan

Developing a basis for the schedule (Basis of Schedule)

Finalising overall execution schedule

Finalising the baseline schedule
To develop analysis/monitoring tools by:

Developing and maintain critical path/near critical path analysis

Perform a constructability review

Develop Performance Indexes

Develop and maintaining S-Curves for all sections of the schedule to be analysed and included in reporting
To continuously monitor and/or adjust the project schedules for the duration of a project by:

Updating schedules

Managing change control

Report regularly occurrences to the business and the client

Keep the project manager up to date with critical items requiring attention to keep the project on track

Provide information to Cost Engineering as required

Utilising Earned Value as a method of measurement

To generate a close-out report by:

Reporting history of project at the end of the project and establishing a record or database

Reporting lessons learned that can be used by future projects

To provide adequate feedback by:

Updating the project plan and preparing a detailed analysis of variances and situations with particular problems

Preparing information reports providing progress as required by the project team

Creating awareness on delays and priorities identified to the Project team and management and suggest possible corrective action

Actively promote the Company's professional image, both internally & externally

Implement and manage adhoc projects and duties as may be required and assigned from time to time.

Adhere to all quality and safety requirements of the SGS management system.

Perform any other reasonable tasks as assigned by direct line manager.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS

Grade 12

Minimum 5 years qualification Engineering, Construction will be advantageous

PMI, AACEI certification will be advantages

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Minimum 5 years proven experience with large projects in an EPCM / EPCM/Construction/Engineering environment would be required within Projects / EPCM environment

Project Life cycle:
Knowledge of the main project phases

Risk analysis:
Ability to identify project and activates risks from any point of view

Controlling, scheduling & planning software:
Familiarity and use of specific scheduling & planning software ( Primavera P6, MS Project, etc.)

Change management:
Ability to effectively and efficiently manage changes during the course of the project

Commercial Principles:
Understanding of contract types and of their main features

Planning & Scheduling:
Ability to plan using tools, methods and best practices.

Legislation & Standards:
Knowledge of sector specific law Engineering, safety etc. and standard specifications Plant layout requirements etc.

Project Management:
Knowledge of basic project management methods and all project lifecycle phases

Cost control:
Knowledge of cost engineering principles: total cost management and total quality management etc.


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