Job Description Summary

Become part of a winning team and help to deliver the Green Energy transition.

The candidate should be knowledgeable on P6, with good dynamics and communication / coordination capabilities, very comfortable with side construction environment (hands on), also acquainted with electrical substations, at least AC substations.

Knowledge on HVDC converter station would be a plus.

The Project site planner is a member of the project core team:

• The successful candidate will own & drive the project construction execution schedule to maximise results, facilitating delivery of the project on time, within budget, in conformity with the contract whilst managing the customer expectations.

• The candidate should be proficient in P6, with exceptional interpersonal skillset to interact across all the organisation function leaders and the regional leadership.
• He is comfortable in leading a medium size Project Controls team.
• He shall have an overarching view of the project controls impact in the execution of large projects and influence major decisions on those projects.
• His technical background and HVDC experience support strategic orientations aiming at delivering such complex project on time and in budget, despite the various external factors and risks.

• Leads the Project Controls team on large and complex HVDC projects, and ensures efficiency and effectiveness of that team.
• Builds the project baseline gaining approval of client and internal stakeholders.
• Maintains project schedule with periodic updates, including resource forecasts throughout the project lifecycles.
• Identifies activities prerequisites and help anticipate blockers with wider project team and third parties.
• Drive and challenge progress, agree forecast and develop mitigations / catch up plans.
• Ensure schedule analysis through various means (schedule movements, S curve, commodity curve, OTD, Say/Do ratio, overplanning, resource loading, productivity...) to determine project schedule trends and related risks & opportunities then work with project team members to drive mitigation strategies.
• Provides comprehensive dashboard and evidence to PD for subsequent decision / escalation.
• Leads collaboration with functional task and resource owners to find strategies to optimise durations and manhours.
• Ensures that forecast task durations and logic are understood and committed by the task owners.
• Presents all time schedule data in a transparent way, attends project and management reviews to present schedule status, describe trends and forecasts / landing, make proposals and influence strategic decisions.
• Produces and communicates internal project reporting of project status.
• Produces contractually required customer reporting and is able to communicate directly with customers on scheduling matters.
• Leads collaboration with 3rd parties on project schedule interfaces including maintenance of an interface register.
• Maintains a register of potential schedule and cost risks in collaboration with the Risk Manager.
• Provides time related calculations to ensure change order schedule / cost estimates are accurate.
• Aligns with Cost Controller to ensure reconciliation between P6 schedule and approved cost phasing.
• Generates "what if" scenarios to optimize execution and works with project teams to evaluate feasibility.
• Support disputes and analysis of EOT claims, develop forensic analysis.
• Takes full responsibility for the Project Controls output for the assigned HVDC project in close coordination with his Project Director.

• Degree qualified either in engineering or project management with extensive of experience in planning management, including 3 years in electrical substations.
• Robust experience in Primavera P6 user (Essential).
• Extensive experience in planning large turnkey projects, in international and multicultural environment.
• Demonstrable experience in applying forensic analysis and leading EOT claims preparation on large and complex turnkey projects.
• Experience managing small teams within a large project.
• Experience of cost control function and interface with schedule.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for cross functional and leadership interaction / good communicator / anticipation and problem-solving aptitude / team spirit / resilient.
• Analytical / contributes to the decision making. Provides solutions and alternatives.
• Autonomous and reliable.
• Customer focus.

• Previous experience in building complex, integrated schedules for tenders and in HVDC technology is Advantageous.
• Knowledge of risk management processes and tools, quantitative risk analysis is Advantageous.