Your responsibilities
The successful incumbent will be required to fulfil the following job description but not limited to:
Project Activities
- Analyse contract documentation for project scheduling requirements, create the project schedule
- Develop a project specific schedule management plan
- Enter project specific information in the schedule
- Review the draft schedule with the responsible team members
- Ensure the quality of all planning deliverables is as required
Proposal Support
- Analyse the tender information for proposal planning requirements
- Liaise with stakeholders to develop a compliant proposal schedule.
- Ensure quality compliance and bid compliant schedules for bid preparation
Department Duties
- Maintain the required skills and tools to provide the required level of service.
- Manage subordinates if required, including training and quality oversight
- Develop best practices where required to ensure efficient and effective project planning. Identify areas of improvement and initiate improvements.
- Ensure the planning department meets required tk Uhde procedures and those of the clients where required.
HSE Awareness
- General Department Housekeeping, including personal workstation, common work areas.
- Adhere to OSH requirements regarding safe operation of equipment and personal safety
- Adhere to tk Safety Health and Environment requirements
This role provides a schedule planning, monitoring and reporting role to all active projects in addition to supporting new proposals with proposed schedules for bid submission.
Specifically the role:
- Provides support to new proposals as required
- Creates programs for all active projects on initiation and obtains internal and external acceptance of the program
- Monitors progress on the frequency determined by the project execution plan (typically weekly) by interrogating all stakeholders and updating the program.
- Issues weekly updates of the program including S-curves and other reporting as required.
- Provides inputs into the project status reports as required.
- Highlights any deviations to the PM and team as soon as possible.
- Maintains the planning department skills and tool sets as required.
Your profile
Educational Experience
- 3 Year technical qualification in an engineering field or 10 years’ demonstrated experience in an engineering and construction environment aligned closely to the tk Uhde environment
- Additional relevant qualifications and experience an advantage.
Years of Experience
Minimum of 10 years relevant experience in executing E / EP / EPCm / EPC contracts, preferably in the oil and gas, chemical and energy environments. 15+ years preferred
Required Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Primavera and related applications
- MS Projects
- Knowledge of SAP would be an advantage
Personal Attributes
- Oral and written communication skills in English on an intermediate level (minimum)
- Skill in identifying, analysing and solving problems
- Skill in writing technical reports
- Leadership skills (in case of directing and co-ordinating engineering inputs and scheduling teams)
- Working knowledge of CPM scheduling
