Project Planner - Expatriate at Adexen

Job Reference: 1143
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Industry: Construction & Real Estate
Function: Engineering

Job Description

• To establish, maintain and operate a planning system in accordance with the Planning Procedures, providing effective planning control/technical support to the project team throughout the life of each project, in order to bring about a successful contract completion.

Responsibilities
Project planner carries out various responsibilities throughout Tender, Contract Stage and contract completion and has the following duties:

• Reviews tender documents and produces a list of planning deliverables.
• Attends strategy meetings to allow a full understanding of the bid scope and current status, and also produces schedule relating to planning aspects.
• Attends a Contract Commencement Meeting to discuss with the project team the strategy in which the programme and method has been based on, reviews programme, method and logistics.
• Ensures the Master Contract Programme is issued to the client.
• Prepares monthly project reports encompassing technical, operational and contractual issues.
• Ability to work closely with Project Managers and other team members throughout the design process in order to prepare and maintain master resource schedules, provides assistance and guidance where required.
• Implements structured work methods to maintain high performance levels within design teams.
• Professional and practical experiences in schedule development.
• Coordinates with site team to check on progress and issues.
• Coordinates and monitors other departments to ensure design received on time, subcontracts placed when required and materials arrive on site when necessary.
• Manpower planning.
• Demonstrated scheduling skills, with the development of logic, durations and constraints with project teams for each task assignment.
• Monitors and reports critical path and schedule performance.
• Updates actual progress and forecasts remaining work schedule.

Expectations

• Diploma /Degree in Engineering.
• Minimum 5-10 years project planner work experience
• Excellent communications skills
• Experience using Microsoft Project Software or Primavera software

Offer
Attractive expatriate package (10,000-15,000 $ /month).