Senior Planner - Datacenter

Position Summary:
The Planner will provide full project planning services across all phases of the program. Major phases of the works may include; engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, start-up, including start up requirements. The successful candidate will be capable of working independently from a scheduling perspective but expected to participate and heavily contribute to the team environment by leading and clearly communicating the planning deliverables from conception through to successful completion and close out.
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Role and Responsibilities:
· Provide overall planning services
· Understand and adhere to PMO scheduling procedures and operating practices.
· Manage the project specific WBS responsibility for all project sections and ensure that responsibility and ownership of each section is clear
· Manage the fully integrated project schedule and ensure it is structured and coded to allow presentation at a range of levels and details
· Review external schedules to ensure that they are compiled to good scheduling practices
· Prepare basis of schedule documents
· Ensure all project schedule(s) are prepared to good scheduling practices conforming to critical path methodology techniques and identify critical and near critical activities
· Ensure project schedules include for all scopes and identify all key milestones and timelines
· Ensure schedule adheres to the project execution plan, particularly contracting, procurement and project control strategy documents and plans
· Identify conflicting concurrent activities which may impact on the overall project completion dates and key milestones
· Provide progress reports on a weekly or monthly basis as predetermined
· Ensure there is clear method in place for baselining of schedules and manage periodic updates
Desired Experience and Education:
· Experience in a similar Planning/Scheduling role
· Experience in QRA software, Primavera Risk Analyzer or @Risk Project Module
· Knowledge of Primavera planning software
· Experience in QRA with the ability to interpret and communicate findings
· Ability to negotiate, mediate and delegate
· Strong MS Office skills
· The ideal candidate will be results driven, self-motivated and resourceful with excellent client relationship skills
· BSc in construction related discipline ideal