Infrastructure & Capital Projects - Senior Project Planner, COM

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  Scheduling IV)
  • Support projects from Research & Development through to commercialization
  • Schedule the planning, development, and maintenance of the project Master schedule to meet the project objectives and schedule basis
  • Develop, analyze, and manage the progress measurement, earned value, performance data, schedule reporting, schedule change implementation, and develop and maintain the schedule management plan
  • Prepare and entrench scheduling and planning procedures and work instructions for the contractors and project team
  • Formulate and maintain the basis of schedule for each baseline, and the baseline curves including progress and manpower, generate all progress curves including planned, actual, and forecasted
  • Liaise with risk to develop a summary schedule suitable for quantitative schedule risk analysis, interpret the Monte Carlo risk analysis process, and contribute to the risk mitigation plan
  • Generate and verify monthly updates, issue progress reports, progress schedules, and dashboards, monitor slippages and critical and near critical activities
  • Provide schedule input to the procurement bid process including reporting requirements and milestone dates. Conduct bid evaluation and ongoing management of consultants, vendors, and contractors
  • Maintain and optimize the schedule through change management procedures, monitor progress, and resolve areas of potential concern. Review and assess schedule impacts due to changes or claims
  • Analyze and monitor schedule variances, floats, trends, and KPIs
  • Manage schedule changes and forecast project impact. Implement corrective action when performance trends deviate from the baseline
  • Perform audits on various schedules including those produced by contractors, and prepare all required output documents
  • Review project scope changes, claims for schedule and cost impact, and provide feedback to financial and contract management staff
  • Create and implement key scheduling requirements such as activity coding, naming conventions, client requirements management protocol, project calendars, and resource and plant data libraries
  • Review the baseline schedule and assess the compliance of the schedule with the project agreement and best practices
  • Conduct forensic analysis of project schedules, produce recommendations for improvement, and analyze schedule delays. Review and assess the extension of time claims
  • Identify commercial and schedule risks and develop mitigation measures to ensure timely and high-quality planning and scheduling-related deliverables
  • Actively participate in the mentoring and hiring process by interviewing and selecting the best-aligned staff for the company and team including the Project Planning and Scheduling team
  • Develop the vision for the consulting services provided in scheduling for the project or program while delegating and managing deliverables with consulting team members
  • Build and maintain a positive, high-performing team culture with an openness to constructive challenge, continuous improvement, implementation of lessons learned and an overall ‘right-first-time” mindset
  • Clarify acceptable standards of workmanship through every stage of the work
  • Create a high-performing culture open to constructive challenges and seeking continual improvement
  • Monitor and…