Global Project Planning Manager (m/f/d)

Voith Hydro; Glo (KY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Voith Hydro is seeking a Global Project Planning Manager to shape and safeguard global scheduling standards across regions. You will drive planning excellence, strengthen regional capabilities, and enable robust project execution.

You will lead the development of standardized methods, train regional schedulers, and support bids and large-scale plant projects with a focus on schedule feasibility and reliability.

Qualifications

• Technical Bachelor's or Master's degree.
• 10 years of experience in project scheduling.
• In-depth knowledge of international project execution and scheduling requirements.
• Experience in training, coaching, or leading planning teams.
• Excellent communication skills in a global environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop, standardize, and continuously improve planning methods, processes, and tools.
• Implement global scheduling standards across all regions.
• Train and coach regional project schedulers in systems, tools, and best practices.
• Support project teams during early project phases and in developing realistic baseline schedules.
• Assist regional teams in preparing project schedules during the offer/tender phase.
• Ensure feasibility, consistency, and quality of project schedules.
• Ensure adequate qualification and availability of project schedulers in the regions.
• Participate in regional project reviews and assess planning quality and risks.
• Conduct quality assessments and due diligence checks of project schedules.
• Initiate and implement continuous improvement measures to increase schedule reliability.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Global coordination

Scheduling expertise

Education

Technical Bachelor's or Master's degree

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Scheduling software

Job description

About The Voith Group The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 20,700 employees, sales of € 4,8 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

About The Voith Group The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 20,700 employees, sales of € 4,8 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

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Global Project Planning Manager (m/f/d)

Job ID 78721 | EMEA, South America, China, India or APAC

As a Planning Manager, you play a central role in shaping, implementing, and safeguarding global project scheduling standards across all Voith Hydro regions. You support planning excellence throughout the organization, strengthen regional capabilities, and enable robust, timely, and high quality project execution.

Your tasks

• Develop, standardize, and continuously improve planning methods, processes, and tools.
• Implement global scheduling standards across all regions.
• Train and coach regional project schedulers in systems, tools, and best practices.
• Support project teams during early project phases and in developing realistic baseline schedules.
• Assist regional teams in preparing project schedules during the offer/tender phase.
• Ensure feasibility, consistency, and quality of project schedules.
• Ensure adequate qualification and availability of project schedulers in the regions.
• Participate in regional project reviews and assess planning quality and risks.
• Conduct quality assessments and due diligence checks of project schedules.
• Initiate and implement continuous improvement measures to increase schedule reliability.

Your profile

• Successfully completed technical Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
• 10 years of experience in project scheduling (e.g., with Primavera P6, MS Project).
• In-depth knowledge of international project execution and scheduling requirements, ideally in power plant or large‑scale plant construction.
• Proven experience in training, coaching, or functional leadership of planning teams.
• Excellent communication skills and confident presence in a global environment.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking with advanced problem‑solving abilities.
• Expertise in scheduling tools and the ability to clearly present complex information.
• Leadership skills and ability to influence and motivate without direct authority.
• High initiative, sense of responsibility, attention to detail, and commitment to quality.

This position can be filled at any of our global Voith Hydro locations in EMEA (except Germany), North America, South America, China, India or APAC. The remote work policies will adhere to the regulations of the specific location where you are based - this is not a fully remote position.

Become a Voithian and join us to shape the future of our company. Working at Voith means to actively promote future‑oriented technologies. We offer you a responsible job in our Group Division Voith Hydro with challenging tasks and scope for creativity. Furthermore there are a lot of other reasons for working with Voith. Take your chance – at Voith.

The Voith Hydro Holding GmbH & Co. KG | VHZ is looking forward to your application!

Your personal contact

J.M. Voith SE & Co. KG | VZS

Global Business Services HR EMEA

Talent Acquisition Team

• Nathalie Schubert
• Tel. [phone]

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Job ID 78721

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