Johannesburg: Planner posted by Hire Resolve

About the Role

Hire Resolve, a leading construction company in Gauteng, is seeking an experienced Planner to join their team. The successful candidate will play a critical role in managing and coordinating construction projects from start to finish. If you are a skilled planner with a passion for project management, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Designers and Project Managers to develop and maintain detailed resource-loaded schedules of Design/Build construction projects using MS Project 2016
• Integrate multiple schedules into a master project schedule, baseline, status, and performance measurement baseline.
• Develop and maintain summary level schedule reports: Gantt, milestone charts, and other tools used to support critical path 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 are required.
• Support the project management team in the planning, tracking, analysis, and reporting of projects, including dashboard maintenance.
• Work in collaboration with the 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 Foremen, Superintendents & Project Managers to learn, or increase skills in, project scheduling company-wide.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or equivalent degree/experience combination in construction and/or engineering
• Registered with SACPCMP or PMI
• 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

Qualifications

• Registered with SACPCMP or PMI (Registration is a requirement for this role)

Salary & Benefits

• The salary for this position will be determined based on the candidate’s experience and qualifications.