Planner - Solar (Ww Solar)

Planner - Solar (WW Solar )

Advert reference: mr_000775

Advert status: Online

**Position Summary**:
**Industry**:Electricity, Energy & Water Supply

**Job category**:Energy and Power Engineering

**Location**:Centurion

**Contract**:Fixed Term Contract

**Remuneration**:Market Related

**EE position**:Yes

**Introduction**:
Planner to develop and maintain all project schedules in accordance with the relevant contracts through directly liaising with other business functions, while ensuring the integrity of data throughout the project life cycle. Interfaces with Project Engineer, Procurement, Logistics, and Quality for planning integration with the construction schedule and sequencing.Provide technical expertise on Solar Pv production facility construction to the team,Work with quality and engineering to resolve constructability concerns on engineering specification or design.Communicate construction schedule, sequence, and priorities to the team.Provide advice to the team on critical construction related issues pertaining to the IPS. Identify engineering oversights relative to constructability.Back up for Construction Lead as requiredIdentifies engineering oversights relative to constructability.

**Job description**:
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS:

- Project Score (including schedule effectiveness)
- Number of schedules developed and maintained
- Quality Score of business functions supported
- Screening of proposed design and equipment utilisation.
- Collaboration with equipment manufacturers and suppliers within the industry to ensure new and cutting edge technology is being used.
- Ensuring that equipment specified by proposals team is adequate and can be sufficiently and effectively implemented for the purpose of the system.
- Product development in collaboration with suppliers and manufacturers through feedback on troubleshooting events, system delivery post installation.
- Communication with manufacturers of major system components to ensure the proposed design meets all warranty and insurance parameters.
- Telephonic communication with suppliers in regards to technical parameters, availability of equipment, transportation of equipment to storage or site, along with compiling data books and documentation pertaining the technical aspects of the project.
- Assist in ensuring the installation meets SANS10142 regulations and conforms to Murray and Roberts quality policies in regards to design, installation and operation of projects.
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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and maintain the project master schedule in accordance with the work breakdown structure, contracted scope, delivery dates and financial baseline. If multiple sub projects exist, coordinate, control and integrate the interfaces creating logical links and maintaining updates.
- Assess progress and analyse the impact of forecast changes (schedule and financial) to identify threats at the earliest opportunity.
- Perform critical path and 'what if; analysis, including the development of work-around plans, capturing, monitoring and driving associated actions.
- Control the project baseline (schedule and financial) to reflect any contracted amendments.
- Control the allocation of contingency reserve and updates to the schedule baseline ensuring alignment to the risk register.
- Produce internal and customer reports to confirm the project cost, schedule variance and project look-aheads.
- Monitor and analyse project effectiveness using qualitative and quantitative tools.
- Recommend and implement modifications to improve effectiveness and attain project milestones.
- Prepare short and long-term resource allocation plans based on input from all key players and team members.
- Ensure to take appropriate planning measures with all clients to reassess, renegotiate and amend scope of work responsibilities, proposals, contracts and budgets.
- Ensure to convey required project data and information to project teams.
- Evaluate and analyse with team risks and issues compromising project schedules and develop plans to mitigate them.

COMPETENCY PROFILE:
ATTRIBUTES:

- Good communication skills
- Both verbal and written
- Courteous
- Output driven
- People orientated
- Quality conscious
- Service driven
- Attention to detail
- Can work independently and diligently
- Background in Solar and electrical industries
- Has a sound understanding of equipment utilisation
- Strong organisational and administrative skills
- Passionate about the renewable energy industry and the company’s contribution to the future of energy

**Minimum requirements**:
EXPERIENCE:

- Planning/Scheduling software such as MS Projects or Primavera P6.
- Fully proficient in English (verbal and written communication).
- Fully computer literate (MS Office Suite and Google App Suite).QUALIFICATIONS:

- Matric (Grade 12)
- Planning Certification or qualification with more than 7 years’ experience in construction and 1-2 years in solar PV; or
- Planning Certification and a degree in Project Ma