Project Controls & Planning Specialist

Responsibilities

• Key member of the project team providing schedule status to the PM and to the Lead Project Planner
• Develops and maintains the project schedule by integrating inputs from all functions, units and third parties contributing to the project
• Communicate about the schedule status to the Lead Planner, Project Manager, supplier and third parties.
• Provides schedule analysis to determine project schedule risks and opportunities then works with project team members to drive risk mitigation strategies
• Provides look ahead, backlog and future late reporting with prioritizations to clearly communicate potential and real risk and drive the project priorities
• Provides regular status reporting with forecasting and analytics to project team members
• Provides contractually required customer reporting and is able to communicate directly with customers on scheduling matters
• Preparation of critical path analysis and work with multiple critical and near critical paths
• Generates “what if” scenarios to optimize execution and works with project teams to evaluate feasibility
• Aligns with cost controlling function to ensure clear alignment between cost and schedule to ensure accurate project execution
• Support change order analysis with schedule analytics and forecasts
• Organize/lead timely Planning Reviews with project team, to share all schedules issues and define/validate mitigation plan
• Load and manage resources into the project schedule

Qualifications

Educational Requirements

• Graduate in Engineering or Economic studies
• Background in Project Management. Could be part of the graduate certificate or independent training

Experience and Knowledge

• As part of a project team, several years of experience in planning management
• Application of planning control principles (WBS, critical path, progress)
• Application of planning tools (MS-Project and Primavera P6)
• Including interfaces with Cost control, and workload management

Behavioral skills / competencies

• Fluent in English is a must
• Likes to work in a Team with active collaboration
• Contribute to the decision making
• Critical approach of data on hands
• Rigor and Transparency
• Proactivity & Anticipation and problem solving attitude

As a plus

• Carried out...
• organizational and strategic planning process would be appreciated
• Planning integration principles and methods
• Contract management: made EOTs and supported negotiations
• Risk management
• Schedules “what if” analysis
• Experience with CPA and EOT/delay analysis
• Experience in Substations

What we offer

• Working in a growing international team within Grid Systems Integration with extensive development opportunities
• A key role in a dynamic, international working environment with a large degree of flexibility of work arrangements
• Competitive benefits