Project Planner

ANDRITZ AG•Pointe Claire, LA

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

ANDRITZ Canada offers an ideal environment for career development, where talent and the completion of major projects contribute every day to the growth of our company. As the first equipment manufacturer in Canada and a world leader in the design of hydroelectric turbines and generators, ANDRITZ Canada has more than 185 years of know-how. In a context of energy transition, our hydroelectric innovation projects make sense. From design to construction, our innovative team of experts offers turnkey solutions. By joining ANDRITZ Canada, you are contributing to the development of sustainable technology, a clean future, and the maintenance of a proud Canadian's expertise. From water to wire – Be part of the movement!The project planner must have industrial construction experience and scheduling experience in an enterprise application, i.e. Primavera P6. The candidate will ensure schedules follow company and industry standards, are complete and meet business objectives. Possessing experience in large hydro, industrial or construction projects is an asset. The candidate must be articulate and able to work with the different groups and levels within the business.

Requirements

Three (3) to five (5) minimum years of scheduling experience in an enterprise application (Primavera P6)
Three (3) to five (5) minimum years of experience in managing schedules for large industrial/construction projects
Bilingual, French and English, spoken and written
Ability to organize, coordinate, lead
Strong analytics skills to evaluate complex data sets and resolve issues
Ability to clearly communicate, deliver presentations, simplify, explain variances and issues to a team and propose solutions
Short assignments requires traveling.

Nice To Haves

Experience in managing schedules for large industrial/construction projects
Project scheduling experience in hydroelectric turbines
Construction / Field experience
Experience working in Excel and Power BI.

Responsibilities

Alignment of project schedule and project execution plans
Interfacing with Project team, construction management and business personnel in developing a strong baseline EPC Schedules
Assisting in the development of option analysis and strategies for project scope and execution plans
Performing schedule risk analysis with the Project team
Developing and maintaining Project schedules with the Project Team
Ensuring proper integration of all Project schedules (L1 to L4)
Performing impact analysis of delays and accelerations and as well as impact of critical third party interfaces
Defining the critical and sub-critical path activities, communicating them to the Project Team
Developing and maintaining other schedules as deemed necessary by the Project Team, milestone schedules, manpower curve, mobilization plans etc.
Collecting progress updates, applying progress to schedules, re-forecasting resource requirements and achievement of milestones
Liaising with Project team to generate EVM metrics
Reviewing manpower planning
Ensuring that all Schedules follow our written Scheduling procedures including appropriate quality standards and best practices
Improving our global Scheduling processes and standards to ensure integrity of data and quality of output
Issuing various Project reports such as: Dashboard, customer progress report, and other monthly and quarterly reporting as needed
Promoting the value of Scheduling to the project teams; striving for schedule integrity; having the ability to influence the decisions and outcomes with respect to Project management
Support the growth and development of the Scheduling and Project Controls functions
Visiting Project construction sites for closer collaboration with site manager and personnel and to audit field progress as required; may be required to work turnaround when needed.