Lead Project Planning Specialist

Job Description Summary

Responsible to develop and maintain integrated project schedules for a medium portfolio of projects to support project reporting and on time delivery analysis which complies with Customer requirements and adheres to internal processes and standards.

Responsible to support continuous improvement of Project Control, Planning & Scheduling processes and developing/maintaining KPIs & critical path analysis for complex EO & EEP projects or TK Projects where partner is leader.

• ITO - O TR Handover to receive L1 bid schedule and contract details.
• Understand and Confirm ITO assumptions & risk summary is clearly understood, provided during ITO/OTR handoff.
• Attend CKOM & follow-up on open action items from the CKOM related to schedule execution.
• Attend release meetings led by ITO to understand project scope, ITO assumptions, and contribute to Delivery Matrix development.
• Development of the Commitment Meeting file based on functional inputs, project requirements and contract requirements.
• Leads the Commitment Meeting with functional owners to resolve initial schedule disconnects and reach agreement on the project baseline.

• Baseline schedule development for integrated project schedule in P6 (including L3/L2 and S curves) baseline working with internal GEV team and in alignment with Global Project Control, Planning and Scheduling processes.

• Project Schedule Maintenance

• Ensures schedules accurately reflect project scope and execution strategy.
• Continuously monitors project on-time delivery performance to understand main issues and how issues are mitigated.
• Proactively monitors project schedule to highlight slippages, inaccurate data causing erroneous forecasts/reporting and identifies corrective actions and action owner to resolve issues.
• Update project schedule based on inputs from GEV team to ensure project schedule accurately reflects the project status.
• Perform schedule analysis on a weekly/monthly basis to identify the critical impacts and provide the mitigation suggestions.
• Ensure project schedule updates and KPIs are reflected in various tools (e.g., Planner Dashboard, OTD Tracker, Pulse & WIPT).
• Work with the project team to identify mitigation strategies and ensure strategies are reflected in the project schedule.
• Escalate critical project issues to the internal project manager and project team.
• Ensure reports for other functions and customers accurately reflect status of project equipment and provide to customer and business reporting.
• Communicate to functions the impact of execution strategy changes and resulting changes to required dates.
• Act as a resource for project team members and support with data, analysis, and root causes of schedule variances.
• Use some judgement and have some ability to propose different solutions to address more complicated project scenarios.
• Perform the critical path analysis for deliverables and ensure no impact to contract dates.
• Claims (EOT, etc.); perform delay analyses to support extension of time and cost claims.

• Leverages experience to participate in discussions and provide feedback to improve processes and tools for the Planning team.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college.
• 5 years experience in Project Control Planning & Scheduling function within an EPC environment.
• 3 years of experience with Oracle Primavera P6 or equivalent project, program and portfolio management tools (Primavera P6 preferred).

• Fluency in written and spoken English

• Experience in Extension of time claims / forensic planning.
• Knowledge of power plant principles and work processes of EPC environments.
• Experience of working with international teams in a complex environment and open for travel.
• Site Scheduling exposure
• Resource loading in P6 schedules.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Resilient and ability to work under pressure

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