Planner Project

Sibelco Group

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Sibelco advances life through materials, and for over 150 years has been a trusted leader in sourcing, transforming, and distributing specialty industrial minerals. Their work powers progress across diverse industries. Sibelco is committed to sustainability, innovation, and empowering people. This role is central to providing planning support to Directors for Major Projects, focusing on planning and scheduling across multiple projects. The ideal candidate will be knowledgeable in Critical Path Method (CPM), network analysis, Project Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT), and probability concepts, with sufficient technical knowledge to design and build projects efficiently. Key responsibilities include developing, validating, and maintaining schedules and plans, reporting physical progress (including earned value), coordinating schedule information, and maintaining a resource-loaded activity schedule.

Requirements

5 years’ experience in planning in project execution environment
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, Technical, Business/Administration, Construction
English – proficient verbal & writing

Nice To Haves

PMP, APICS, PMI, ITIL, CPIM, AICP, SP, PRINCE2, PSP, APCIS certifications
Other languages are an asset

Responsibilities

Participate in development of project delivery model scenarios
Develop and maintain up to date Level 3 project schedule for identification of critical path, key milestones, critical interfaces and handover points
Facilitate detailed daily planning on critical path milestones for the next two weeks, highlighting constraints and developing mitigation plans
Expedite information flow and timeously resolve issues
Integrate schedules from different contractors, service providers and vendors to ensure up to date view of likely completion date
Verify equipment/ material delivery or engineering/ construction progress in the field and calculate % progress/ earned value
Ensure project risk is reflected in the schedule and completion date
Provide accurate schedule information for the project monthly report
Develop insightful schedule reports to enable project director and Steerco to make informed decisions
Keep detailed log of schedule delays, root causes and supporting documentation to inform claims and counterclaims strategy
Record lessons learnt
Investigate ways to improve schedule performance through improved on site productivity, reducing double handling of material, minimizing waiting time etc