Senior Planner

APM Terminals; Bremerhaven; Vor Ort; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

APM Terminals is seeking a Senior Planner Engineer for the North Sea Terminal Bremerhaven Transformation Project. The role requires strong skills in planning, scheduling, and stakeholder communication, essential for integrating and modernizing the terminal.

The successful candidate will have at least 10-12 years of relevant experience, mastery of Primavera P6, and be a key contributor to project success.

APM Terminals values diversity and inclusivity, offering significant career growth opportunities.

Qualifikationen

• 10-12 years of proven experience in planning and scheduling on large construction or infrastructure projects.
• Strong working knowledge of Primavera P6 in a multi-party environment.
• Experience in schedule resource loading and monitoring using Earned Value Management.

Aufgaben

• Develop and maintain the integrated resource loaded project master schedule in Primavera P6.
• Establish schedule performance metrics and produce progress reports.
• Coordinate with planners from consultant and contractor teams for validation.

Kenntnisse

Planning and Scheduling

Primavera P6

Risk Management

Communication Skills

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Office

Power BI

Jobbeschreibung

APM Terminals Senior Planner – APM Terminals - North Sea Terminal Bremerhaven (NTB) Transformation Project

About APM Terminals

A.P. Moller - Maersk is an integrated container logistics company working to connect and simplify its customers’ supply chains. As the global leader in shipping services, the company operates in 130 countries and employs 100,000 people. As part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, APM Terminals has been lifting standards for developing and operating advanced ports and container terminals for over half a century (as an independent division since January 2001). With 60 strategically located ports and container terminals around the globe and several more in development, APM Terminals is lifting the standard of efficiency, responsibility, connectivity, productivity in our industry.

The Project

APM Terminals is undertaking a significant acquisition and capital container terminal expansion & transformation project at the North Sea Terminal Bremerhaven (NTB) Container Terminal. The purpose of the project is to fully integrate NTB into the APM Terminals portfolio, modernise and upgrade the terminal by the introduction of new equipment, updating the infrastructure & IT / OT systems and the implementation of a new operating model, support growth in the existing container terminal business and expand the business value and proposition for Maersk.

Role Overview

The Senior Planner Engineer is a key member of the team, a source of one truth on Planning & Scheduling. Transparent and purposeful communication is essential. This will include internal (the broader project team) and external (broader APMM and external) stakeholder communication. Building rapport, project-wide commitment (to accurate reporting and planning) and psychological trust will be critical to providing accurate information. Strong schedule problem‑solving abilities including a strategic planning mindset and active risk management with an ability to identify opportunities to improve reliability in delivery of the agreed scope of work, a driving force for proactive and effective schedule management to facilitate the management of project performance. This means a strong knowledge and responsibility for reporting on leading and lagging indicators.

The role will be onsite, based in Bremerhaven, Germany.

Key Responsibilities

• Schedule Development: Develop, maintain, and control the integrated resource loaded project master schedule in Primavera P6/OPC, in accordance with APMT standards. Integrate and assess schedules received from consultants, contractors, suppliers and vendors into a coherent and consolidated master schedule. Establish and maintain the project baseline schedule, including logic, milestones and interface points, reporting on any deviations and implementing structured change management. Identify, analyse and communicate critical path, near critical paths, key interfaces and risks to deliver to the agreed baseline schedule.
• Schedule Controls, Risk, Reporting & Change: Establish schedule performance metrics – produce progress S‑curves and other monitoring tools like critical path and variance tracking for performance reporting. Support the change management process through time impact assessments and schedule updates, aligned with project governance. Lead planning and risk workshops with a focus on identifying potential schedule impacts and response actions. Support the implementation of visual management tools to communicate the status of key milestones, deliverables, critical path and interfaces.
• Interfaces & Stakeholder Coordination: Coordinate with planners from consultant and contractor teams to validate logic, progress and forecast assumptions. Work closely with the Building the Asset team / Business Integration & transformation teams ensuring that dependencies from elements (e.g. external permits, enabler projects) affecting asset delivery and business readiness are well understood and that the Work Package Leads and Business Integration & transformation Team understand impacts of schedule changes on their project deliverables. Works with and reports to the Project Controls Manager to ensure seamless alignment of the project master schedule with the wider project control disciplines (cost, risk, change, scope, assumptions, reporting etc.).

Position Reports To

Project Controls Manager

Key Experience, Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum 10-12 years of proven experience in planning and scheduling discipline on large, complex construction or infrastructure projects.
• Strong working knowledge of Primavera P6/OPC in an integrated, multi‑party environment.
• Experience developing and managing master schedules, including interfaces across multiple work packages.
• Experience in schedule resource loading and monitoring performance using Earned Value Management (EVM) techniques.
• Advanced spoken & written communication skills in English (essential) and German (preferred).
• Primavera P6 (required).
• MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook) (required); Power BI (advantageous).

Learning & Career Opportunities

In this position, the incumbent will have an opportunity to acquire skills and knowledge in the following areas: global container and logistics industry understanding, transformational & modernisation projects. Relevant next career steps might include Project Controls Manager, Senior PMO, PMO SME, Bid Team Project Manager.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements. We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process.