P6 Planner

We are seeking several Planners/Time Schedulers who have good experience on construction projects for long term consultancy contracts (that turn to permanent after 12 months).

Please only apply if you are eligible to work in the EU.

Job Description below:

The Senior Planner/Scheduler is responsible for the development and maintenance of an integrated project schedule that accurately represents the activities, duration, sequence, logic, and resources required to execute the full project scope. The Senior Planner/Scheduler monitors Owner and contractor progress and performance, provides the project team with early warning and analysis of schedule deviations, and offers recommendations for schedule recovery and optimization. For day-to-day work, they report directly to the Project Controls Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare the project planning procedure as a standalone document, or as a chapter in the Project Controls Plan or Project Execution Plan, ensuring alignment with applicable standards.
• Configure, implement, and maintain the planning system Oracle Primavera P6 throughout the project's duration.
• Ensure the proper use of P6 in the program or project, including activity IDs and codes, calendars, resources, WBS, and EPS structure, and optimize integration with cost control and progress measurement tools.
• Develop overall level 3 detailed schedules for engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning for infrastructure, buildings, and process equipment scopes of work.
• Ensure that the CPM schedule accurately defines the activities, durations, sequence, relationship logic, and resources required to execute the complete project scope at a level of detail appropriate for the current phase and execution model.
• Establish a baseline schedule and critical path by leading interactive planning sessions with the project team, reviewing details with responsible leads, and ensuring buy-in and ownership by the Project Manager, project team, and stakeholders.
• Manage the monthly schedule update process, including reviewing and analyzing contractor schedule updates and integrating contractor and other third-party schedules into the overall integrated project schedule.
• Develop and maintain a progress measurement system for engineering, procurement, and construction work for the complete project scope, ensuring contractor data can be integrated into the overall progress measurement system.
• Analyze schedule and progress deviations, float consumption, schedule contingency, productivity, and earned value metrics, site conditions, and execution strategy changes for impact on the critical path, and prepare what-if studies, change order and delay analyses, and mitigation recommendations for Project Manager review.
• Communicate clear and concise schedule information to project team members in a timely and proactive manner.
• Assist with the preparation of contract milestone dates and contract planning/scheduling and reporting requirements. Evaluate bid schedules and review contractor plans to support contract award recommendations. Review contractor proposed baseline schedules and change orders.
• Support the preparation of the monthly project report with progress, earned value, schedule, and critical path information and analysis. Provide the cost engineer with time-phasing data and participate in risk workshops.
• Prepare the Project Close-out Report and provide input to lessons learned and schedule benchmark data collection.
• Supervise less experienced planner/schedulers and provide onboarding, training, and mentoring support.
• Participate in gate review processes and discipline quality checks and be an active participant in the planning community.