Site Senior Planner

To liaise with the project team and sub-contractors with regards to trends and forecasting of a project's progress.

Administrative Responsibilities

• Continuous analysis of project activities and project 'S' curves against plan.
• Circulate alert reports, effects and recommendations to the Project Manager.
• Produce and issue monthly planning report (project report) to Project Manager
• Maintenance of project planning records for filing and archiving.

Technical Responsibility

• Provide input into project strategy from planning and progress measurement aspect.
• Compile and issue front end schedule by date to be agreed with Project Manager, utilising input from all disciplines.
• Establish and issue key dates schedule by date to be agreed with Project Manager.
• Prepare project network by date to be agreed with Project Manager.
• Verify network logic against project strategy utilising input from all disciplines.
• Establish critical path, freeze project schedule and issue as baseline document.
• Integration of sub-contractor and vendor programmes into project network.
• Verification, preparation and issuing of discipline schedules by date to be agreed with Project Manager.
• Establish time standards and control measurements for all disciplines in liaison with cost engineering.
• Set up control curves.
• Ensure that commissioning considerations are established and catered for in the project schedule during baseline development.
• All necessary reports issued, on time, as specified by the Project Manager.
• Prepare, verify and have approved by the Project Manager project network and key date log by a date to be agreed with the Project Manager.
• Yardstick Quality evaluation by Project Manager and Functional Manager with a degree of input from project team members.
• Verification, preparation and issuing of discipline, sub-contractor and vendor schedules by a date to be agreed with the Project Manager.
• Interface pro-actively with all other disciplines.
• Continual audit of project network trends.
• Produce plans to address project slippages, adverse trends or to cater for changing project scope/objectives
• Play a lead role on projects where shutdown, tie-ins etc. take place in ensuring that planning in sufficient detail is prepared, monitor the interfaces and ensure that project commitments are achieved.
• Manage KPA's of planning resources on large projects (Senior Planner).
• Report on the outcome of all the above activities to the Project Manager and propose action plans to correct any adverse trends.
• Motivate members of the project team to meet or beat schedule targets.
• Undertake any additional tasks that may be required by the Site Manger

QUALIFICATIONS

• Grade 12
• Minimum 3 years qualification i.e. Engineering, Construction will be advantageous
• PMI, AACEI certification will be advantages

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 5 years proven experience with large projects in an EPCM / EPCM/Construction/Engineering environment would be required within Projects / EPCM environment
• Project Life cycle: Knowledge of the main project phases
• Risk analysis: Ability to identify project and activates risks from any point of view
• Controlling, scheduling & planning software: Familiarity and use of specific scheduling & planning software (e.g. Primavera P6, MS Project, etc.)
• Change management: Ability to effectively and efficiently manage changes during the course of the project
• Commercial Principles: Understanding of contract types and of their main features
• Planning & Scheduling: Ability to plan using tools, methods and best practices. 
• Legislation & Standards: Knowledge of sector specific law e.g. Engineering, safety etc. and standard specifications e.g. Plant layout requirements etc.
• Project Management: Knowledge of basic project management methods and all project lifecycle phases
• Cost control: Knowledge of cost engineering principles: total cost management and total quality management etc.