Senior Project Planner

Role Purpose

As a Senior Project Planner, you will play an active role in project management support of multi-disciplined, multi-sector project delivery work by facilitating the planning, scheduling and controlling processes. Providing advice, support and clear communication of fact-based answers to key management questions which will aid in intelligent and effective decision making, and must escalate and flag internally to the Lead Planner (& Planning & Risk Manager) immediately where there is risk to Kirby

Key Functions of the Senior Project Planner

• Provide a high quality of service to the project manager

• Managing, mentoring and providing guidance to Planners / Juniors as required depending

• Review Contract documentation and highlight key schedule and tracking requirements

• Develop Construction schedule based on high level target schedule and WBS received from Project manager

• Support in client schedule negotiations

• Labour & Metrics load the schedule based on hours & quantities received from the Commercial Team

• Develop the required Trackers and Reporting templates

• Develop fully integrated construction schedule in conjunction with the Main Contractor and Project Manager

• Measure & track weekly progress and efficiency in consultation with the Site Team and validate this formally with the Commercial Team every 2 / 3 weeks

• Highlight potential risks and roadblocks to the project team and lead planner on an ongoing basis

SeniorRole Purpose

As a Senior Project Planner, you will play an active role in project management support of multi-disciplined, multi-sector project delivery work by facilitating the planning, scheduling and controlling processes. Providing advice, support and clear communication of fact-based answers to key management questions which will aid in intelligent and effective decision making, and must escalate and flag internally to the Lead Planner (& Planning & Risk Manager) immediately where there is risk to Kirby

Key Functions of the Senior Project Planner

• Provide a high quality of service to the project manager

• Managing, mentoring and providing guidance to Planners / Juniors as required depending

• Review Contract documentation and highlight key schedule and tracking requirements

• Develop Construction schedule based on high level target schedule and WBS received from Project manager

• Support in client schedule negotiations

• Labour & Metrics load the schedule based on hours & quantities received from the Commercial Team

• Develop the required Trackers and Reporting templates

• Develop fully integrated construction schedule in conjunction with the Main Contractor and Project Manager

• Measure & track weekly progress and efficiency in consultation with the Site Team and validate this formally with the Commercial Team every 2 / 3 weeks

• Highlight potential risks and roadblocks to the project team and lead planner on an ongoing basis

SeniorRole Purpose

As a Senior Project Planner, you will play an active role in project management support of multi-disciplined, multi-sector project delivery work by facilitating the planning, scheduling and controlling processes. Providing advice, support and clear communication of fact-based answers to key management questions which will aid in intelligent and effective decision making, and must escalate and flag internally to the Lead Planner (& Planning & Risk Manager) immediately where there is risk

Key Functions of the Senior Project Planner

• Provide a high quality of service to the project manager

• Managing, mentoring and providing guidance to Planners / Juniors as required depending

• Review Contract documentation and highlight key schedule and tracking requirements

• Develop Construction schedule based on high level target schedule and WBS received from Project manager

• Support in client schedule negotiations

• Labour & Metrics load the schedule based on hours & quantities received from the Commercial Team

• Develop the required Trackers and Reporting templates

• Develop fully integrated construction schedule in conjunction with the Main Contractor and Project Manager

• Measure & track weekly progress and efficiency in consultation with the Site Team and validate this formally with the Commercial Team every 2 / 3 weeks

• Highlight potential risks and roadblocks to the project team and lead planner on an ongoing basis

Senior Project Planner Responsibilities:

In conjunction with your project team, you will be responsible for the execution of various stages of a project as follows:

Business Unit Support:

• Point of contact for the Project Manager for all project related planning issues

• Develop Schedule’s and Histograms for Bid Support as required by the Lead Planner

Programme Co-ordination (Planning Phase of Project Life Cycle):

• Support the implementation of Planning Process (& Kirby Way)

• Review Contract documentation concerning Schedule and Reporting Requirements and ensure that they are met

Facilitate Planning Meeting(s) where required

• Validation of High Level Target Schedule as received from PM considering current emerging IFC project information

• Optimize build schedule & develop “Pinch Pint Register” identifying where we are not in agreement with Main Contractors / CMT schedule

• High level labour load of Target Schedule to be completed and S-Curve to be produced

• Submit the Schedule and S-curve (& all subsequent schedules) for review and approval to the Lead Planner

• Negotiation strategy to be developed to deal with main contractor schedule risk – influence favourable outcome to KGE

• Organize with PM & attend meeting with Main Contractor / CMT to negotiate and agree Kirby optimum build schedule – minute and circulate

• Revise / Develop and add agreed level of detail to schedule

• Assist Main Contractor / CMT in development of an overall integrated schedule

• Ensure that the schedule is “Labour Loaded” and aligned with the Commercial Department Budgets – highlight any weeks where large progress is forecasted to PM’s, Lead Planner & Planning Manager

• Produce Build Methodology / Phasing Drawings

• Present the latest version of the schedule to the construction team to ensure there is a thorough understanding

• Support in Risk identification & mitigation

Status and Performance Advisor (Controlling Phase of Project Life Cycle):

• Provide clear communication of early warnings to project management teams obtained from progress reports and knowledge of project field conditions

• Advise project teams on ways to improve performance

• Monitor package progress and efficiency (direct and subcontract) provide “estimate at completion” on labour man-hour spend in conjunction with the Commercial Team

• Chair and facilitate weekly “Look Ahead” Meetings on site with SM’s as required

• Progress Measuring / recording & collating actual installation progress for installation progress reporting

• Weekly Spent / Earned man-hours efficiency reporting in conjunction with the Commercial Team

• Compilation of and issuing of period progress reports (internal / external)

• Produce Weekly “Drop-line Schedule” cw. 2 week look ahead and 2 week retrospective

• Schedule management, revision and maintenance

• Escalation of risk items to Lead Planner & Planning & Risk Manager

General

• Look for new opportunities to improve service to “Internal Customers”

• Look for new opportunities to improve processes

• You will proactively and vigilantly keep information secure and fully comply with the secure and fully comply with the Information Security Management System (ISMS).