HVDC Project Planner (m/f/d)

Job Description Summary

HVDC Projects are large and complex projects with multiple sites across the world and international teams involved. The HVDC Project Planner is part of the Project Controls team, and his/her role is to develop and manage the project schedule, aligning with all functions.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Key member of the project team providing schedule status to the PM and to the Lead Project Planner.
• Develops and maintains the project schedule by integrating inputs from all functions, units, and third parties contributing to the project.
• Communicates about the schedule status to the Lead Planner, Project Manager, supplier, and third parties.
• Provides schedule analysis to determine project schedule risks and opportunities, then works with project team members to drive risk mitigation strategies.
• Provides look ahead, backlog, and future late reporting with prioritizations to clearly communicate potential and real risks and drive the project priorities.
• Provides regular status reporting with forecasting and analytics to project team members.
• Provides contractually required customer reporting and is able to communicate directly with customers on scheduling matters.
• Prepares critical path analysis and works with multiple critical and near-critical paths.
• Generates „what if“ scenarios to optimize execution and works with project teams to evaluate feasibility.
• Aligns with the cost controlling function to ensure clear alignment between cost and schedule to ensure accurate project execution.
• Supports change order analysis with schedule analytics and forecasts.
• Loads and manages resources into the project schedule.

Qualifications:

• Graduate in Engineering or Economic studies.

Experience and Knowledge:

• As part of a project team, several years of experience in planning management.
• Application of planning control principles (WBS, critical path, progress, resource loading).
• Application of Primavera P6.

Behavioral skills / competencies:

• Fluent in English is a must; German would be a plus.
• Likes to work in a team with active collaboration.
• Contributes to decision making.
• Critical approach to data on hand.
• Rigor and transparency.
• Proactivity, anticipation, and problem-solving attitude.

As a Plus:

• Carried out organizational and strategic planning processes would be appreciated.
• Planning integration principles and methods.
• Contract management: made EOTs and supported negotiations.
• Risk management.
• Experience with CPA and EOT/delay analysis.
• Experience in substations.

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