Senior Planning Specialist

4 weeks ago


Copenhagen, Denmark Turner & Townsend Full time

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. Every day we help our major Pharmaceutical clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects worldwide.

Are you interested in working for the world’s leading pharma corporations, delivering their world class, large scale complex projects? 

Job Description

The Planner function includes advanced planning, scheduling, progress measurement & change management implementation. A thorough understanding is required of policies, methods, and procedures that includes advanced Planning and Scheduling techniques, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, and support of project objectives. The Planner will provide expertise and best practice implementation in the workplace for the region with regard to the planning and scheduling discipline. 

The role:

Analyze deviations from the baseline in the Project Master schedule highlighting bottlenecks / delays and propose corrective actions. Implement Project Planning/Scheduling strategy, plans and procedures, reflecting both Company and contractor roles, responsibilities and expectations. Coordinate the development and implementation of project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS) in conjunction with Project Lead, Project Cost Engineer and Contractor project controls leads, and in conjunction with Project Execution Plans. Support the Project Team in the implementation of an integrated enterprise based, cross functional and EPC master schedule program. Preparing Staffing, Engineering, Construction progress and customized reports. Perform Critical Path Analysis. Perform probabilistic analysis on integrated schedules and contractor schedules. Conduct the required project schedule analysis, critical path analysis and schedule risk analysis for the project as a whole. Prepare the Integrated Planning / Scheduling contribution to the Monthly Project Report and specific reports / presentations. Analyze and highlight the overall schedule impact of any variance / change order. Prepare resourcing plans for the overall and individual project phases, identifying any excessive peak numbers and making recommendations for peak leveling. Ensure that schedule related data from vendors, suppliers, engineering and construction contractors of actual projects is provided as feedback into the planning and scheduling systems. Ensure the accuracy and completeness of the schedules produced, maintaining independence as a planning engineer when advising on issues requiring judgment. Ability to balance multiple projects executed in multiple locations and by multiple contractors. 

Qualifications

Experience in coordinating multiple sources of schedule performance data into a master schedule platform and deliver project status reports required for large scale projects. Expert experience level using project scheduling tools (MS Project, Primavera P6), Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Excellent command of English. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Develops good working relationships with project team.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

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