Senior Project Planner

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Hatch Full time

**Requisition ID**:87526

**Job Category**:Project Controls

**Location**:Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Join a company that is passionately committed to the pursuit of a better world through positive change. With more than 65 years of business and technical expertise in mining, energy, and infrastructure, our 10,000 colleagues in 150 countries tirelessly work toward bettering the industries in which we operate. With practical solutions that are safe, innovative and sustainable, we think globally while acting locally.

Join our Project Delivery Group (PDG), a dynamic team of professionals passionately committed to world-class project delivery across the globe. With expertise in sustainable studies, asset building and operations, and industry-leading efficiencies, our best-in-class team leverages methodologies, governance and systems that are unparalleled in the engineering space. Are you looking for an opportunity to join a diverse group of professionals who are committed to remaining exceptional? We look forward to hearing from you.

Loking to take the next step in your career? Hatch is currently seeking a highly motivated **Senior Project Planner** to join our Project Delivery Group (PDG) in Johannesburg.

PDG helps clients reach their business goals through a range of strong technical capabilities. We ensure world-class project delivery through the skills of our people, methodologies, governance, and systems. Our engineering and project management and construction disciplines ensure safe, efficient, and sustainable delivery of projects globally across the metals and mining, infrastructure, and energy sectors.

We manage our clients’ entire project lifecycle from studies to building assets, operating the assets, and developing efficiencies. Join our team and become part of a community that strives for positive change-providing the best solutions for our clients’ toughest challenges

The Planner is responsible for the delivery of project planning and progress measurement, ensuring that Hatch procedures and best practices are applied, as appropriate, and recommending changes to the Project Controls Manager where required. Responsible for developing and maintaining the project master schedule to meet the project objectives.

Managing the planning resources allocated to the project by leading and directing Planners/ Schedulers and subordinates so that they are motivated and have access to the required resources in order to meet the work objectives set for them. Manage and mentor planning/ scheduling team to ensure that staff has an understanding of what is expected of them and has the necessary skills to execute the requirements. Identification training and development requirements for staff and ensure skills development takes place.
- A strong personal commitment to safety
- Personal responsibility for safety incident reporting
- Behavioral-based safety ethos to be embraced
- Personal responsibility for stopping any unsafe behavior as and when it occurs, and thereafter reporting the safety incident so that corrective action may be obtained
- Familiarization with Hatch safety processes, protocols and procedures.
- FEL 3 data verification and project set-up
- Project master schedule development
- Using progress reports (early and late curves) and project schedule (level 3 baseline); maintain, optimize and monitor progress. Identify and resolve issues
- Develop FEL4 level 3 commissioning schedule
- Analyze contractor level 4 schedule and provide recommendations.
- Project Schedule Monitoring and updates
- Generate and verify weekly updates and issue progress reports
- Maintain and optimize schedule, monitor progress, highlight and resolve schedule issues
- Generate all progress curves
- Develop and maintain commodity and resource profile
- Extract and publish four-week look ahead schedule
- Monitor slippages and critical and near critical paths and discuss with Project Controls Manager for resolution
- Establish all equipment/ material and contractor ROS (Required on Site) dates
- Provide schedule input to the procurement bid process including reporting requirements and vendor and contractor milestone dates
- Assist with bid evaluation and ongoing management of the vendors and contractors with respect to their schedule commitments.
- Project Trend and change management
- Project progress measurement and earned value

**You bring to the role**

**Qualifications and Experience**

**Essential**
- Tertiary qualification in engineering or other relevant discipline or appropriate substituted experience
- Two to four years’ relevant experience in managerial position supported by five to eight years’ experience as a planner in a multi discipline project environment
- Sound technical knowledge in a multi-discipline environment
- Knowledge of the estimating and tendering processes
- Knowledge in the use of Primavera Project Planner P6
- Technical overview of work methods and techniques
- Risk management pr



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