PMO Manager

SM Engineering Design and Development Corp.; Philippines; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

SM Engineering Design and Development Corp. is seeking an experienced Project Planning Leader to drive the consistency of scheduling approaches across programs, integrating multiple schedules into master plans and ensuring reliable reporting to stakeholders.

The role requires 10+ years in construction planning with at least 5 years in leadership, plus PMP certification as an advantage. You will manage PMOs, develop comprehensive dashboards, and align with PMO Head and clients to adjust timelines

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Architecture preferred; other degrees considered with relevant construction planning experience.
• 10+ years in construction planning and scheduling; at least 5 years in a leadership or managerial role.
• PMP Certification is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Drive consistency of the project scheduling approach with the PMO to facilitate accurate execution and reporting.
• Develop and maintain master schedules, baselines, and KPI dashboards, including BAC, CPI, SPI, EAC, and ETC.
• Coordinate with PMO Head and Design for timely updates and publish status to all stakeholders.
• Lead a team of PMOs to develop a consolidated Program Schedule for SMEDD and ensure alignment with client timelines.

Skills

Project scheduling

MS Project

Primavera

Gantt charts

Critical path analysis

Resource management

KPIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Architecture

PMP Certification (advantage)

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

Job description

• Work in collaboration with Project/Program Management team to drive consistency of the project scheduling approach to facilitate accuracy in project execution and reporting
• Assist in defining and implementing schedule software (MS Project, Primavera, or specific program mandated software, etc.) management processes and procedures regarding scheduling conflicts/changes.

Project Planning

• Maintains the overall master schedule based on on-boarded (signed-off) new projects and triggers the inclusion of projects to the EDD business portfolio as per direction of the PMO Head.
• Integrate multiple schedules into a master project schedule, base lining, performance measurement/KPIs, baseline Budget at Completion (BAC), Cost Performance Index (CPI), Schedule Performance Index (SPI), Estimate at Completion (EAC), and Estimate to Complete (ETC)
• Excludes finished and/or fully closed-out projects, as per direction of the PMO Head.
• Develop and maintain summary level schedule reports Gantt, PERT, milestone charts, and other program management tools used to support critical path analysis, near-term tasks work authorizations, priority-based resource allocations, performance variances, and to support cost/schedule integration
• Partners with the Program Management team on planning, tracking, analysis, and reporting of projects/programs, maintaining dashboards and safeguarding one reliable source of truth.
• Supports Program Team in identifying and mitigating risks that will affect the overall schedule of the project.
• Manages a team of Program Management Officers (PMOs) to develop a consolidated Program Schedule for SMEDD.
• Aligns with the PMO Head, clients and stakeholders in the enrollment of new projects, adjustment of timelines, if necessary.
• Secures updates from Project Management Group and Design on a regular basis for analysis and publishing to all stakeholders.
• Gathers catch-up plans and issue resolutions of matters affecting the overall project timelines.
• Identify major milestones, decision points, project life-cycle and other project events

Resource Management

• Based on approved projects, analyses the required resources (budget and manpower among others) to support the delivery of the project.
• Gives recommendations in the deployment of resources based in scheduled timelines of the projects.

Budget Governance

• Monitors the status of all project budgets
• Secures monthly cost report and budget monitoring reports from Cost Management and Controllership division, respectively.
• Schedule estimating through elicitation of stakeholders to capture estimations of new work, updated actuals and remaining work
• Issues non-compliance memos to stakeholders who are non-compliant to submissions and deviating from Budget Process.

Reports and Documentation

• Oversees centralized repository/records keeping of original plans, latest plans, PMP, etc.
• Keeps all stakeholders informed through regular reports and updates.
• Prepares consolidated monthly program plan
Prepares consolidated financial reports

Site Audit

• Conducts site audit, from time-to-time, to validate reports and understand site conditions vis-à-vis published plans.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Architecture is preferred. Graduates of Business-related courses may also be considered, provided they have relevant experience in construction planning, scheduling, and KPI development within the construction industry.
• At least 10 years of relevant experience in construction planning and scheduling, with a minimum of 5 years in a leadership or managerial role.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification is an advantage.