Senior Planner

9 hours ago

johannesburg, gauteng, South Africa ESG Recruitment Full-time R 900,000 Contract

Job Description

John Thompson, a Division of ACTOM (Pty) Ltd, is seeking a qualified candidate for a construction project scheduling role.

Responsibilities

  • A minimum of 5 years construction project experience and planning and scheduling working on various projects.
  • Work closely with Owner, Designers, and Project Managers to develop and maintain detailed resource-loaded schedules of Design/Build construction projects.
  • Integrate multiple schedules into a master project schedule and perform measurement on approved baseline.
  • Develop and maintain summary level schedule reports, 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.
  • 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/scope reviews.
  • Attend client progress meetings and report on construction progress.
  • Subject matter expertise using MS Projects and/or Primavera, 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 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.