Johannesburg: Planner posted by Hire Resolve

A leading construction company situated in Gauteng is urgently seeking the expertise of an experienced Planner to join their team.

The successful incumbent for this position will be responsible for:

• 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.

Key requirements:

• Bachelors 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
• 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 style 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, including solid experience in writing functional and technical specifications.
• Excellent communication skills.

If you meet the above requirements and want to make a career-changing move, apply today by either filling in the online application form or emailing your CV to .za

You are welcome to contact Rebecca or Nehelene at (***)***-****.

Please note that correspondence will only be conducted with shortlisted candidates for this position.
Should you not hear from us within 3 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.