Construction Project Planner

• Work closely with Owner, Designers and project managers to develop and maintain detailed resource loading schedules of Design/Build construction projects using MS Projects.
• Integrate multiple schedules into a master project schedule, baseline, status and perform measurement baseline.
• Develop and maintain summary level schedule reports: Gantt, milestone charts and other tools used to support critical pay analysis, near-term tasks work, priority-based resource allocations, performance variances, and to support cost/schedule integration.
• Gather and analyze information to prepare reports on the progress of projects. Frequent on-site visits to review construction progress required.
• Support the project management team in the planning, tracking, analysis, and reporting of projects, including dashboard maintenance.
• Work in collaboration with project management team to drive consistency of the project scheduling approach to facilitate accuracy in project execution and reporting.
• Troubleshoot and monitor potential scheduling problems.
• Maintain accurate records/paperwork.
• Facilitate and participate in weekly schedule reviews.
• Training of foreman, superintendents and project manager to learn, or increase skills in, project scheduling company wide.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of construction project management experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience using MS Project or Primavera P3 or P6 and MS Excel.
• Subject matter expertise using MS Project to manage an integrated master schedule and the supporting detailed schedules.
• Extremely proficient in MS Office.
• Superior interpersonal and demonstrated facilitation skills, including the ability to motivate and influence others, build effective interpersonal relationships and be able to foster and contribute to a positive and productive team environment.
• Creative and innovative with assignments. Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability in work styles to better respond to multiple requests/tasks and handle sudden changes in priorities. Able to embrace and participate in change initiatives.
• Strong organizational, analytical and writing skills to include solid experience in writing functional and technical specifications.

Education:

• Bachelor's or equivalent degree/experience combination in construction and/or engineering.

Desired Skills:

• Construction project management.
• MS Project.
• Scheduler.

About The Employer:

The Client specializes in turnkey solutions (including advice, project budget costing, design, fabrication, supply, installation, commissioning, and Service Level Agreements) of fixed fire protection, detection and suppression systems.

Please note this position is a one year contract to be based in Richards Bay, KZN.