Senior Project Planner

thyssenkrupp; Durban; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

thyssenkrupp Uhde South Africa in Durban is seeking an experienced schedule planner to manage project and bid schedules, monitor progress and report weekly.

You will liaise with stakeholders, maintain tools like Primavera, MS Projects, and SAP, and ensure CPM scheduling standards across EPC contracts.

The role requires a technical engineering qualification and 10+ years of relevant experience; strong English communication and leadership skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 3 Year technical qualification in an engineering field or 10 years’ demonstrated experience in an engineering and construction environment aligned closely to the tk Uhde environment
• Additional relevant qualifications and experience an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Analyse contract documentation for project scheduling requirements, create the project schedule.
• Develop a project specific schedule management plan
• Enter project specific information in the schedule
• Review the draft schedule with the responsible team members
• Ensure the quality of all planning deliverables is as required
• Analyse the tender information for proposal planning requirements
• Liaise with stakeholders to develop a compliant proposal schedule.
• Ensure quality compliance and bid compliant schedules for bid preparation
• Maintain the required skills and tools to provide the required level of service.
• Manage subordinates if required, including training and quality oversight
• Develop best practices where required to ensure efficient and effective project planning. Identify areas of improvement and initiate improvements.
• Ensure the planning department meets required tk Uhde procedures and those of the clients where required.
• Provides support to new proposals as required
• Creates programs for all active projects on initiation and obtains internal and external acceptance of the program
• Monitors progress on the frequency determined by the project execution plan (typically weekly) by interrogating all stakeholders and updating the program.
• Issues weekly updates of the program including S-curves and other reporting as required.
• Provides inputs into the project status reports as required.
• Highlights any deviations to the PM and team as soon as possible.
• Maintains the planning department skills and tool sets as required.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Primavera

MS Projects

CPM scheduling

SAP knowledge

English communication

Education

Three-year technical qualification in engineering

Tools

SAP

Job description

Your responsibilities

The successful incumbent will be required to fulfil the following job description but not limited to:

Project Activities

• Analyse contract documentation for project scheduling requirements, create the project schedule
• Develop a project specific schedule management plan
• Enter project specific information in the schedule
• Review the draft schedule with the responsible team members
• Ensure the quality of all planning deliverables is as required

Proposal Support

• Analyse the tender information for proposal planning requirements
• Liaise with stakeholders to develop a compliant proposal schedule.
• Ensure quality compliance and bid compliant schedules for bid preparation

Department Duties

• Maintain the required skills and tools to provide the required level of service.
• Manage subordinates if required, including training and quality oversight
• Develop best practices where required to ensure efficient and effective project planning. Identify areas of improvement and initiate improvements.
• Ensure the planning department meets required tk Uhde procedures and those of the clients where required.

HSE Awareness

• General Department Housekeeping, including personal workstation, common work areas.
• Adhere to OSH requirements regarding safe operation of equipment and personal safety
• Adhere to tk Safety Health and Environment requirements

This role provides a schedule planning, monitoring and reporting role to all active projects in addition to supporting new proposals with proposed schedules for bid submission.

Specifically the role:

• Provides support to new proposals as required
• Creates programs for all active projects on initiation and obtains internal and external acceptance of the program
• Monitors progress on the frequency determined by the project execution plan (typically weekly) by interrogating all stakeholders and updating the program.
• Issues weekly updates of the program including S-curves and other reporting as required.
• Provides inputs into the project status reports as required.
• Highlights any deviations to the PM and team as soon as possible.
• Maintains the planning department skills and tool sets as required.

Your profile

Educational Experience

• 3 Year technical qualification in an engineering field or 10 years’ demonstrated experience in an engineering and construction environment aligned closely to the tk Uhde environment
• Additional relevant qualifications and experience an advantage.

Years of Experience

Minimum of 10 years relevant experience in executing E / EP / EPCm / EPC contracts, preferably in the oil and gas, chemical and energy environments. 15+ years preferred

Required Skills

• Microsoft Office
• Primavera and related applications
• MS Projects
• Knowledge of SAP would be an advantage

Personal Attributes

• Oral and written communication skills in English on an intermediate level (minimum)
• Skill in identifying, analysing and solving problems
• Skill in writing technical reports
• Leadership skills (in case of directing and co-ordinating engineering inputs and scheduling teams)
• Working knowledge of CPM scheduling

Your benefits

Company

Established in South Africa in 1959, thyssenkrupp Uhde South Africa is the local subsidiary of thyssenkrupp Uhde. Underpinned by a global footprint with local presence, we are a market-leading technology, engineering, construction and service partner for industrial plants and systems.

Combining over 100 years of global experience with over 60 years of local African know-how, thyssenkrupp Uhde Africa is a specialist provider of a range of advanced chemical technologies and integrated, environmentally friendly EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) solutions and services.

As an environmentally-responsible company, our vision is to create a livable planet through engineering green solutions.

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