Planning Engineer

Global Projects Services Ag

Mission:

Establish and manage effectively a planning and progress control system in order to support the Project Manager decision-making process and allow him to complete the project according to the internal baselines and in compliance with the contractual dates and requirements

Ensure any deviation from plan is promptly spotted and analysed, final time impact is estimated and the effect of corrective actions taken is monitored

Create a schedule awareness atmosphere among all project participants

Tasks:

During the commercial phase:

Ensure the development of the project schedule according to the commercial needs. Verify feasibility and criticality

Participate to the c ommercial risk management activities
At project start up:

Ensure the implementation of the Planning and Progress Control System required by the contract complexity, riskyness and duration, in compliance with the Project Breakdown Structure, Company Standards and Contract specification s

Interface and coordinate with other Company Functions or Discipline Leaders/Supervisors and Managers to build up activities, assign milestones and constraints by issuing the logic network

Prepare all the reference baseline documents, and ensure that the project s planning and scheduling requirements are properly and clearly communicated to those functionally responsible for executing the work

Issue all the relevant reporting

Issue the Planning & Scheduling Procedure, Progress Measurement Procedure and Risk Management Plan for the Project Control Manager verification

Coordinate the risk managment activities startup organizing the first brainstorming and the qualitative / quantitative assessment of the identified risks & opportunities

Perform the schedule risk analysis for highly critical projects
During the project execution phase:

Ensure the effectiveness of the Planning and Progress Control System, monitoring the progress measurement system and ensuring the proper information flow, progress status and completion forecast are assessed and reported for Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Construction and Commissioning phases

Update all Project Schedules, collecting actual data, evaluating forecast dates and monitoring any progress and productivity deviation compared with the baseline schedule, including the corrective actions taken by the PM

Maintain the risk management process organizing periodic meetings and verifying the risk owners feedbacks

Maintain records for all significant events, like contractual claims/obligations, productivity, deliverables, materials status, with estensive use of Company/Partner/Client IT systems and reports

Create and maintain the 90 days look-ahead schedule, weekly, monthly. Isolate any adverse trend and warn the PM on time to take corrective actions, issue weekly and monthly project reports (internal and for the Client)

Assist the Project Control Manager in the Project Status Report preparation

Participate in thecoordination meetings (internal or with the Client whenever opportune)

Support the Project during the contract changes/claims process providing the time impact analysis
At project closure:

Support the Projct Control Manager in the preparation of the Project close-out Report and the schedule and productivity feed-back data to Project Control and Commercial Department

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