Senior Project Planning Engineer at iRecruiters Africa Limited

Job Objective:

• This role will provide support to the Project Management Team through active collaboration with the Project Control Team to ensure the effective development, monitoring, and adherence to the project schedule.
• The ideal candidate must understand the principles of project planning, which include the principle of critical path analysis, project trend analysis, project forecast, materials and equipment planning.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop an activity list for new projects.
• Monitor and analyze project effectiveness using qualitative and quantitative tools.
• Recommend and implement modifications to improve effectiveness and attain project milestones.
• Plan, coordinate, and monitor activities of assigned projects to develop and implement procedures, processes, and systems.
• Educate employees in methods to ensure project continuity and completeness.
• Develop detailed task lists and work effort assessments.
• Prepare short and long-term resource allocation plans based on input from all key players and team members.
• Oversee schedules, risk management plans, and provide serious deviations warnings hindering project results.
• Develop a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for each activity group and develop a schedule based on the above.
• Track all subcontract schedule performance to ensure that subcontractors meet the approved schedule.
• Identify changes in work scope in the project plan.

Key requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering-related field or Applied Science with a minimum of 6-10 years of relevant experience.
• Master’s Degree, PMI-SP certification, and any other related professional qualification will be an added advantage.
• Strong communication skills, including writing reports and presenting
• Understanding engineering principles
• Time management, Organization, and planning
• Ability to work as part of a team and individually
• Site Management background
• Excellent IT skills and relevant knowledge of Planning software, including MS Project, Asta Power Project, and Primavera P6