Project Planning Manager – Scheduling specialist (JO015187) Bologna (province), Italy
Duration: 2 years
Location: Bologna (Mission location : Both Milan and Bologna (Worksite))
Main language : Italian and English mandatory
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Purpose of Role
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Support Project Managers in the planning and tracking of activities (engineering, procurement, installation, commissioning, test) for a project.
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Reporting to
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Head of Project Management
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Principal Accountabilities
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- Work with Proposal Managers in the estimation of new project schedule.
- Work with Project Managers to establish the WBS, assigning durations, dependencies, resources and costs.
- Maintain and implement an up-to-date project time schedule and include PM@Dematic ‘Q’ gates and project deliverables.
- Monitor and track the progress achieved vs planned progress for the various project activities throughout the project life cycle: engineering, procurement, installation, commissioning, testing and ramp-up support.
- Identify and anticipate risks of delays. This has to indicate clearly the critical path of activities and any deviations from the plan.
- Prepare Progress Monitoring System (Progress figures, unexpected documents revision,..) for all projects KPI (1st priority is to measure delay in engineering to implement/anticipate corrective actions)
- Provide support to the Project Manager & team on site in analyzing current status , give alerts and forecast possible deviations.
- With the Project Managers, proposes recovery plan to meet the baseline schedules.
- Prepares Internal regular Progress Reports with the Project Managers in order to highlight the potential activities delay on the projects (weekly or monthly: depending of the size of the project).
- Maintain good control over the schedule forecast of the execution and give accurate predictions of over or under spending in time.
- Support the Project Managers in Claim management in terms of schedule delay from the customer side.
- Work within and ensure full compliance with the PM@Dematic guidelines.
- Capability to develop procedure and recommend changes to improve the efficiency of planning measurement and scheduling of projects.
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Knowledge & Experience Required
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- Minimum HNC in mechanical or electrical engineering.
- Engineering degree desirable.
- Proficiency knowledge level of MS Project.
- Good knowledge of Excel and Word.
- Good English level.
- Minimum 10-year experience in project planning.
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Key Contacts
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Internal: Project Managers / Purchasing / Engineering / Finance
External: Third Party Suppliers / Customers
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Competencies
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Core Competencies
- Understanding of EPC project workflow
- Assertiveness (display assertiveness by adopting a win-win approach to negotiation. Deal with conflict constructively, argue skillfully and put forward sound contributions even in the face of opposition.
- Understanding of contractual conditions
- Team player
- Rigor
- Capability to write procedure/methods
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Must be able to travel away from home
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