Senior Planner Primavera P6 (m/w/d)

Responsibilities

As a Senior Planner (m/f/d) you will be responsible for the effective execution and management of the end-to-end integrated schedule development, coordination, monitoring, control and reporting process throughout the life cycle of projects. You will enable project teams to target competitive schedule solutions and provide critical input for the project change and risk management process.

Explore your tasks and responsibilities

• Drive standardization into scheduling process and direct function oversight to any contracted scheduling services
• Ensure appropriate schedule detail level is utilized based on project execution requirements and project phase
• Ensure schedules are properly loaded with project resources to facilitate effective staffing and resource density analysis
• Ensure key metrics and benchmarks (internal and external) are in place to effectively gauge schedule performance and promote continuous improvement
• Ensure the schedule supports the change management process
• Lead schedule update meetings as required
• Perform a variety of tasks associated with the development and maintenance of highly complex Primavera P6 project schedules including WBS structure development, logic links, constraints, resource loading, progress tracking, earned value reporting, float management, etc.
• Work extensively with subcontractors ensuring schedule requirement compliance, accurate and timely updates, slippage recovery, etc.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in any Engineering field and/or Construction Management
• 8+ years of experience
• Business fluent in both German and English
• Experience in the EPC Engineering, Procurement and Construction industry, working with engineering, procurement and contractors
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills as well as exceptional organization and coordination skills
• Working knowledge of Microsoft products (e.g. Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, etc.)
• Basic understanding of Project Controls Functions
• Thorough understanding of proven scheduling techniques and practices
• Proficient using Primavera P6
• Understanding of CPM (Critical Path Method) concepts and calculations
• Experience in earned value management and the ability to audit / validate both engineering and construction progress
• Experience integrating schedule and BIM model preferred