Project Planner (Contract)
Posted on 2025-01-31
Job Summary
Project Planner
The ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic, career minded individual, with a strong work ethic, solid professional track record and a commitment to teamwork whom with related Tertiary Qualification and courses completed in Planning or related field. The following experience and skills are required which must be demonstrated by submitting examples:
- 6 years experience in proven manufacturing experience in a similar position.
- Must have experience in a multi-project planning environment.
- Must have advanced knowledge working on MS Project Software and with advantage to have exposure to Primavera or similar.
- Above average command in the full MS Office package
Key Responsibilities amongst others and not limited to:
- Assemble and maintain a Master project Schedule, of 8-16 projects of diverse sizes, to be used for planning reviews of schedule, impact reviews and resource smoothing.
- Monitor and Audit Projects Schedules created and maintained by 5-8 Project Managers
- Ensure Clear links between project Schedules, Design Schedule, and Production Schedules
- Ensure Critical path is clear on all projects.
- Work with Project Managers to ensure correct production resources requirements on Project Schedules for long range loading views. (i.e. beyond ERP loadings i.e. before BOMs)
- Define Portfolio wide project critical path activities and ensure effective allocation of resources aligned according to priority list.
- Responsible for facilitating Project Priority Hierarchy List definition and roll out through design and Production planning teams.
- Planning and prioritizing operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay.
- Work with design and production planners to define and present loading forecast views for reporting, scenario planning and reviews for changes or acceptance of new orders.
- Work with Production planner to dovetail Project Schedules and Production ERP loadings.
- Identify and highlight global planning Issues and risks.
- Support project team with development of project progress metrics and control technics.
- Host two weekly master planning meets.
- Produce Monthly High Level 1 Master Schedule view report for monthly exec report.
- Planning and prioritizing operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay.
- Work with Design and Production planners to balance/smooth resource loadings.
- Procure On Time Delivery data for KPIs.
Additional Skills Required:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Must be good at multitasking and be meticulous with exceptional attention to detail.
- Sense of urgency and ability to meet deadlines.
- Not a clock-watcher and must be willing to work overtime when required.
- Unendorsed Code 08 drivers license
- Above average command in the full MS Office package, Project Management Software packages and experienced in using ERP or similar company management software.
- Experience in waterfall and agile planning environments.
- Must possess a demonstrated ability to work in a dynamic team environment, under pressure, manage multiple tasks, and be goal oriented.
- Strong leadership and communication skills to maintain relationships with junior staff right through to senior management team, and the client.
- Proven experience of contributing to and leading team meetings.
- A strong tactical individual with a proven history in project management
- Critical and Analytical thinker with effective decision-making skills
- Initiative-taker with the ability maintain and improve processes.
- Ability to perform in a constantly changing environment.
Project Planner (Contract) position available in Western Cape, Cape Town. This job position was posted by Southey Contracting Offshore Division. The job has been posted as a premium ad on 2025-01-31 at 13:17:03 in the Engineering category
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Project Planner (Contract)
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Job Summary
Project Planner
The ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic, career minded individual, with a strong work ethic, solid professional track record and a commitment to teamwork whom with related Tertiary Qualification and courses completed in Planning or related field. The following experience and skills are required which must be demonstrated by submitting examples:
- 6 years experience in proven manufacturing experience in a similar position.
- Must have experience in a multi-project planning environment.
- Must have advanced knowledge working on MS Project Software and with advantage to have exposure to Primavera or similar.
- Above average command in the full MS Office package
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- Assemble and maintain a Master project Schedule, of 8-16 projects of diverse sizes, to be used for planning reviews of schedule, impact reviews and resource smoothing.
- Monitor and Audit Projects Schedules created and maintained by 5-8 Project Managers
- Ensure Clear links between project Schedules, Design Schedule, and Production Schedules
- Ensure Critical path is clear on all projects.
- Work with Project Managers to ensure correct production resources requirements on Project Schedules for long range loading views. (i.e. beyond ERP loadings i.e. before BOMs)
- Define Portfolio wide project critical path activities and ensure effective allocation of resources aligned according to priority list.
- Responsible for facilitating Project Priority Hierarchy List definition and roll out through design and Production planning teams.
- Planning and prioritizing operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay.
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- Work with Design and Production planners to balance/smooth resource loadings.
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- Must be good at multitasking and be meticulous with exceptional attention to detail.
- Sense of urgency and ability to meet deadlines.
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- Experience in waterfall and agile planning environments.
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- Strong leadership and communication skills to maintain relationships with junior staff right through to senior management team, and the client.
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- Ability to perform in a constantly changing environment.
Project Planner (Contract) position available in Western Cape, Cape Town. This job position was posted by Southey Contracting Offshore Division. The job has been posted as a premium ad on 2025-01-31 at 13:16:18 in the Engineering category
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