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New Planning Opportunities

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Wed, 2010-12-08 21:11
RASHID ASHRAF
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Hi Fellow Members,

What are your ideas about new Planning Opportunities?

Regards,

Rashid

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Thu, 2010-12-09 06:56
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Jolene Lazarus
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Career Opportunity in South Africa

Kindly contact me for more information: jolene.lazarus@nmppp.com or +27 71 675 0776

Thank you

 

 

JOB DESCRIPTION

 

 

JOB TITLE

PLANNING MANAGER

OPERATIONAL TITLE

PROJECT MANAGER

REPORTING TO

PROJECT CONTROLS MANAGER

 

 

Job Brief/

Purpose
  • Establish comprehensive project schedules that will be used to co-ordinate all project activity and measure project cost and schedule performance

 

 

Role Accountabilities

 

  • Produce level one and two programmes and develop level three programmes for tender purposes
  • Review contractors programmes returned with tenders and make comments that may be appropriate to support the procurement process
  • Review the detailed work schedules produced by contractors and ensure that they comply with strategic programmes the work breakdown structure
  • Produce programmes as may be necessary to co-ordinate works between packages
  • Monitor the progress of the works on site and mark up schedules
  • Input data and produce earned value reports for packages of the works
  • Support the Project Manager regarding all issues relating to schedule 
  • Liaise with Senior Planning Manager to ensure that an accurate assessment of project progress is available at all times
  • Liaise continuously with members of the planning discipline to ensure that all activities are co-ordinated and that interface issues are identified at the earliest possible time and co-ordinated within the overall programme
  • Receive contractors labour returns and compare with plan
  • Support the project controls manager in the production of detailed monthly reports to the client

 


 

 

PERSON SPECIFICATION

 

 

GROUP

  

BUSINESS AREA

MAJOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT

JOB TITLE

PLANNING MANAGER

OPERATIONAL TITLE

PROJECT MANAGER

REPORTING TO

 

 

 

Qualifications

 

  • Degree Qualified, ideally in an engineering discipline.
  • Member of Association of Project Managers

Experience

 

  • At least 5 years experience in senior planning positions producing cost and resource loaded schedules on large and complex multifunctional projects

 

Skills / Knowledge

  • Expert practitioner in Critical Path Analysis, Earned Value Measurement
  • In-depth knowledge of project management software

Disposition
  • Analytical approach with high level problem solving ability
  • Excellent Communication Skills
  • Results focussed team player
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