Planning Engineer

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the provision of a high standard of Planning & Scheduling services including those of Project estimating (where required), Budget Control, Cost Control and Reporting and Risk Analysis.

Scope:

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the provision of a high standard of Planning & Scheduling services including those of Project estimating (where required), Budget Control, Cost Control and Reporting and Risk Analysis.

Key Duties:

• Understand the corporate and contract specific planning procedures and carry out all work in accordance with these.
• Study and understand all relevant project documents pertaining to the preparation of plans and schedules.
• Work with all relevant project and discipline personnel to ensure that planning control procedures are in place.
• Assist in establishing project control schedules based on the client approved program schedule.
• Assist project management in the expedition of schedules and change request approvals.
• Prepare activities for entire project lifecycle, including engineering and construction.
• Reviewing schedule and progress information (for all WBS elements), for input to Primavera and Mpower on a weekly basis ensuring that all information received is accurate and correctly input.
• Ensure WBS is the same as the structure in Mpower.
• Producing regular schedule reports and advising Project Engineers of any forecast schedule overruns as soon as possible to allow corrective actions to be taken in a timely manner. Highlighting areas of concern and suggesting areas of improvement.
• Ensure ‘S’ curves for planning is in aligned to cost ‘S’ curve.
• Maintaining comprehensive accessible registers of schedule approvals, variations and change orders.
• Review project man-hours and the allocation of man-hours in conjunction with cost control on a weekly basis.
• Liaising with the Construction & Engineering departments with regards to establishing monthly evaluation of work done, goods received and services rendered for schedule preparation and verification.
• Ensure that all scheduled work is in compliance with the contract project execution plan.
• Maintain a good working knowledge with Mpower and Primavera.
• Ensure that adequate control of plans & schedules is in place.
• Support senior and lead project controls personnel as appropriate.
• Liaise with other disciplines in the control and forecasting of budgets and ensuring that all scopes including change requests are included.
• Participate in schedule risk analysis as required.
• Ensure that corporate and project specific change control procedures are being adhered to.
• Perform all other job-related functions as required.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• PMP certificate or PMI-SP credentials will be an asset
• At least three (3) Years work experience.
• Good working knowledge of Planning & Schedule Management Software e.g. Primavera or equivalent.
• Good understanding of the basic principles of Project Management.
• Good general understanding of Planning, Estimating and Change Control.
• High degree of Computer Literacy, particularly in MS Office applications
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to provide direction to and supervise others.
• Ability to work unsupervised.
• Ability to work in a Team environment and input to the resolution of problems.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines.Ability to work well with external and internal customers

Please note that the successful candidate may be required to attend duties at the Client’s facilities as needed.