Contract: Senior Planner

7 months ago


Durban, South Africa Transnet Full time

**_ Equity Statement :_**

**_ Alternative Application Methods: (Completed Curriculum Vitae to be submitted)_**

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**_ Operating Division : Transnet Pipelines_**

**_ Position Title : Contract: Senior Planner_**

**_ Employee Group : Non Permanent_**

**_ Department : Projects_**

**_ Location : Durban Central_**

**_ Reporting To : Contract: Manager Project Controls_**

**_ Grade Level : F_**

**_ Reference Number : 40001610_**

**_ Position Purpose:_**

1. To manage a Planning team on a programme or project, responsible for all aspects of Planning, Monitoring, Controlling,

including resources and systems for project’s effective integrated planning services. All work and outputs to be in accordance

with best practice standards, corporate governance, policies, processes, systems and controls implemented within Transnet

Group and Transnet Pipelines (TPL), including but not necessarily limited to project reporting, planning & schedule

management. The Senior Planner on a project, if he/she leads the planning function, is called a Lead Planner.

2.The Manager Planning will provide management and guidance to the planning team within the Project Management

Office(PMO) on programmes/projects and ensure that the team functions and delivers projects in line with the Project

Director/ PrincipalProject Manager expectations and to the governance requirements set by the Senior Manager Projects

Controls. The Senior Planner will report by line on a project to the Project Controls Manager and by function to the Manager

Planning.

**_ Position outputs:_**

1. Provide primary point of contact to the project for all matters relating to planning / scheduling process, data, and reporting

in support of the work in TPL.

2. Provide line management and leadership duties for the planning team on a project within TPL, ensuring that

the specific team is functioning and delivering to a high standard, that accuracy is achieved at all times, that real

time and integrated reporting reflects actual current status of the project.

3. Ensure that resourcing gaps on a project is identified and filled appropriately and timeously with suitably qualified persons.

4. Produce, communicate and roll out the project level planning / scheduling approach, including documentation

of planning/scheduling procedures that support the approach, as set out by the Project Management Office.

5. Ensure best practice planning / scheduling principles and toolsets are adopted on the project in support of the

commission based upon shared learning from other commissions and industries, and within the planning / scheduling team.

6. Identification of the relevant training requirements for the planning team in support of the tools and processes

being adopted, and that skills development and mentoring requirements are identified and communicated, to the Manager

Planning, for implementation.

7. Supports and implements any client specific process on a project as identified by the Project Management Office, TPL and

Transnet Group.

8. Ensures that all work undertaken by the Planning Team on a project is executed safely and meets or exceeds safety goals

and policies and is in accordance with Transnet Governance.

9. To provide the communication links to the respective Manager Planning and Project Controls Manager in respect of

planning / scheduling on a project.

10. Working with the Project Management Office to implement an integrated planning / scheduling management framework

for all aspects of schedule control and reporting.

11. Overall management and accountability for the Scheduling, Planning, Controlling, Monitoring and Tracking functions on

the project.

12. Provide expert Planning services to the project using software approved by TPL.

13. Prepare detailed WBS, tracking schedules, bar charts, network diagrams, resource loading graphs and critical path

analyses for the project using software approved by the TPL PMO.

14. Prepare detailed man plans and resource loaded schedules and track, monitor and report progress, utilizations, etc within

the programme/projects.

15. Review the bid milestones and overall completion timetables in conjunction with the project scope at award and identify

any anomalies or inconsistencies.

16. Review reports and information prepared by construction personnel or contractors/suppliers in accordance with particular

project requirements.

17. Regular interaction with clients and the Manager Planning to ensure a professional service is delivered.

18. Ensure adherence to and the effective use of tools, Transnet systems and procedures on the project.

19. Initiating and implementing new business procedures congrue



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