Senior Scheduler - Rosyth

My client is looking to recruit a Senior Scheduler for the management, preparation and delivery of project network schedules for the purpose of project tendering/handover and live project execution, monitoring and control.

Key Responsibilities

1. Working closely with the Project Director/Manager develop and maintain time and resource network schedules for the clients projects, specifically those associated with the Assembly of the QEC ships.
2. Coordinate the efforts of the assembly schedulers and operational planners to meet the requirements of the Project, the Project Support Manager and the Project Managers
3. For QEC, coordinate the efforts of the assembly schedulers and operational planners to ensure focus transition from Damage Control Zones to Whole ship and systems completion 
4. Ensure that the clients objectives and strategies are fully understood and articulated within the network schedules.
5. Assist in the development of processes for EVM reporting. Routinely update the network schedule in line with reporting requirements.
6. Routinely produce and evaluate management information from project network schedule for the clients management.
7. Assist in the maintenance of the Work Breakdown Structure, Organisational Breakdown Structure and Responsibilities Breakdown Structure for the clients scopes of work.
8. Produce overall project resource labour loading curves.
9. Liaise with Operations, Manufacturing, Procurement and Engineering teams to ensure all planning interfaces and dependencies are fully captured in the network schedule.
10. Produce and maintain cardinal date plan, critical path analysis and key event plan.
11. Assist with quantitative schedule risk analysis.
12. Management and Development of the assigned staff.

Key Competencies

1. Strong understanding of scheduling and planning techniques and their interface into the business
2. Analytical skills
3. Demonstrates project management, financial and commercial awareness.
4. Excellent communication skills with the ability to collate and present information at appropriate levels;
5. Proactive and with the ability to react quickly when necessary to meet challenging objectives.

Qualficiations/Experience

• The successful candidate will have a good knowledge of network scheduling. With a detailed understanding of Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project.
• A working knowledge of IFS is desirable. Training can be given.
• Preferred HND qualification or equivalent in management/project management.

Leadership Competencies

1. Inspires people by providing a role model of clear vision, leadership and appropriate behaviour and practice.
2. Understands the wider business environment & uses this to identify, develop, direct and implement Business Strategies and objectives on a personal, team and company level.
3. Makes sound decisions of varying complexity based on objective analysis and judgement, balancing options and activities in the broader context to manage short and longer term needs for the best outcome.
4. Establishes and maintains effective and productive relationships with all customers, including stakeholders, and uses an understanding of their needs to drive action.
5. Has an ability to identify, explore, and analyse Business and work related problems and to develop appropriate, effective solutions.
6. Uses business knowledge to effectively plan ahead,, identifying priorities and resources to ensure all tasks or projects are delivered effectively to cost and time.
7. Supports business performance by demonstrating a consistent desire and enthusiasm for action, by taking accountability for delivery of results both personally and/ or with others and by delivering whilst still positively and productively engaging with others.
8. Demonstrates the ability to identify and deliver new ideas in an organisational context and promotes and supports a strong and positive culture of continuous improvement.
9. Understand the requirements for change and adapt to and manages change on a personal, team and organisational basis.
10. Establishes, sustain, influence and foster professional working relationships, working together in a productive, tolerant and supportive way, assisted by openly sharing information and communicating in an effective and timely manner.
11. Demonstrates a willingness to learn and to improve yours and others skills, knowledge and behaviours to meet business expectations

Takes responsibility for own contribution to the success of personal, team and company objectives in the immediate and longer term.