Job Description Summary

Drives initiatives to improve the effectiveness of the Engineering function and interfaces with other functions to provide effective coordination of metrics, dashboards, functional processes, and cross-functional initiative coordination. Accountable for the quality of own work. Subject to direct operations supervision/prescribed work instructions/systems checking. Executes within a well-defined operations framework. There is generally a step by step sequence of standard operational tasks which need to be followed to achieve an end result.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Scheduling

  - Develop tender schedules using the established tools and processes and challenges the team to ensure schedule risk is managed with a balance of competitive offering aligned to historical performance

  - Develops and maintains the single project schedule representing the entire project by integrating inputs from all functions, units and third parties contributing to the project

  - Ensure proper linkages in schedule to show all interdependencies between contributing parties

  - Ensure functional owners sign off on commitments and are made accountable for their date

  - Work collaboratively with other overall project planning team to ensure optimal alignment of schedule with overall schedule

  - Delivers a high quality schedule aligned with global standards to ensure project is accurately represented

  - Maintains schedule thru the entire project obtaining inputs from all project contributors

  - Drives regular operating rhythm with project team to review schedule status and operating rhythm

  - Challenges functional owners on forecast completion dates to ensure dates are realistic

  - Provides schedule analysis to forecast schedule risk and opportunities using available tools and experience

  - Provides look ahead, backlog and future late reporting with prioritizations to clearly communicate potential and real risk and drive the project priorities

  - Generates “what if” scenarios to optimize execution and works with project teams to evaluate feasibility

  - Provides strategies to mitigate risks

  - Drives functional owners to mitigate risks and follows up with functional owners on risk mitigation actions

  - Provide and communicate regular status reporting

  - Provides contractually required customer reporting and is able to communicate directly with customers on scheduling matters

  Key Skills:

  • Able to drive project teams to control the project

  • Analytical skills to use data to forecast outcomes

  • Clear communicator with strong communication and influencing skills

  • Primavera skills

  • Basic Cost management skills

   

Required Qualifications

• This role requires basic experience in the Engineering/Technology & Program Management. Knowledge level is comparable to a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college ( or a high school diploma with relevant experience).

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.

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