Senior Planning/Scheduling Professional

Description

General Information:

This role is responsible for establishing baseline criteria to plan and schedule workload relative to various engineering projects. Prepares project planning and scheduling status reports and recommends remedial actions. Carries out necessary preplanning to examine scope of work and services, work breakdown structure, engineering quality and quantities, financial and contractual obligations and division of responsibility to control and report on planning and scheduling activities. Works with third parties to ensure plans are realistic and achievable; analyzes third party contractor progress information. Prepares schedules for commissioning and start up. Assist the project control team in establishing a project performance index. A Senior Professional (P3) applies advanced knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience. Responsibilities may include: Managing projects / processes, working independently with limited supervision. Coaching and reviewing the work of lower level professionals. Problems faced are difficult and sometimes complex.

Your Responsibilities:

• Developing well defined and properly sequenced work activities for engineering, procurement and construction proposals and projects.
• Develop detailed schedule to establish a logically linked resource loaded project schedule.
• Facilitate work package definition, sequencing and estimating durations and resources with project team.
• Conduct weekly meetings with engineering and project management to update and maintain base-lined projects.
• Prepare and maintain manpower (resource) curves based on current and forecasted backlog to allow proper management of resources.
• Provide monthly updates on all projects detailing Critical Path of project, slippage within the schedule and float analysis.
• Provide monthly EVM for all projects to management.
• Work closely with entire team to develop recovery plans for projects behind schedule.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your Background:

• Proficient with P6 scheduling software and working knowledge of other scheduling software such as Microsoft Project.
• Candidate must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in the United States.
• Working knowledge of the electrical manufacturing and power systems industry
• Strong interpersonal skills are required to achieve cooperation, negotiate and reach agreement with customers and suppliers.   

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