Planner / Scheduler at a Leading Engineering and Consulting Firm

A leading Engineering and Consulting firm is currently seeking to employ suitably qualified candidates to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Planner / Scheduler

Location: Lagos

Job Responsibilities

• Schedule management: The planner is in charge of the overall project schedule management ensuring its quality (logic, clarity) and accuracy (update of dates, reflection of the scope of the project).
• Coordination: The planner will be collaborating with the other planners (product line planner & engineering planners) allocated to the project as well as with the execution functions (engineering, procurement, and manufacturing) to ensure overall quality and accuracy of the schedule.
• Project management support: The planner is the right-hand man/woman of the project manager and as such will provide him/her visibility on:
  • Look ahead of tasks to be performed
  • Risks in schedules and mitigation actions
  • Opportunities in the schedule. The planner will provide relevant reports to project management to ensure the Project Manager has all the tools required to make the right decisions driving on time and on budget project execution.
• Support with customer: The planner will interact with the customer to provide update on schedule as well as explain the current situation / challenges / opportunities.
• lmplementation of the Integrated project planning Initiative: The planner will adhere to the approved processes and proactively drive implementation of new initiatives leading to fully integrated planning.

Qualification / Experience / Skills

• Bachelor / Master's Degree / Equivalent (Engineering/Math/Science degree preferred) or equivalent knowledge or experience.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in project engineering, of which 5 years in project planning of Oil and Gas industry or a related large-scale mechanical manufacturing or controls equipment environment, with at least 3 years at supervisory level.
• Expertise in use of the Primavera P6 planning tool or MS Project. Prior expenence with ERP systems are considered a plus
• Clear thinking: Ability to understand the status of a project and link the schedule to the reality of the execution. The planner will quickly understand the risks and opportunities in the schedule. identify and drive appropriate actions.

Application Closing Date
26th December, 2019.