Title: Senior Planning Specialist
Closing Date: 15 December 2022
Location: Gaborone, BW
Description:
Purpose of the Role
- То provide leadership regarding Planning іn а project environment
- То oversee the integration of Planning into project controls in а project environment, і.е., the integration of Planning with estimating, cost control, project administration, and document control
Key Job Responsibilities
- Manages, develops and retains the Project Planning staff compliment
- Ensures adequate Project Planning resource levels for the Debswaлa project environment
- Manages the effectiveness of subordinates Getting, monitoring and reviewing performance and taking remedial action as necessary
- Oversees the planning, setting-up, and managing of Planning as part of the project controls system
- Oversees Planning-related integration between project management work, support work, and technical/specialist work, including inter-technical/specia1ist work
- Monitors the effectiveness of Project Controls standards and procedures and brings about the necessary changes to ensure continuous improvement
- Oversees time-related trends-determination, change request control that impacts on time, changes to schedule-baselines, and monitoring & measurement of the associated time-related impacts
- Oversees project Planning-related reporting
- Oversees project Planning-related contractual obligations (e.g., the impact and management of time)
- Ensures transfer of project Planning-data between financial, accounting, planning, and procurement systems; the review of errors arising from such transfers; and coordinating actions to rectify such errors
- Manages and controls allocated time and operates within set parameters
- Implements knowledge management principles through application of tools and methodologies to continuously improve and sustain business performance
- Identifies and implements creative and innovative ideas to continuously improve and sustain business Performance
- Establishes and maintains effective relationships with all key engineering, project, client, OEM and consulting (including EPCM) stakeholders and partners to ensure achievement of mechanical engineering and overall project objectives
Education
- Diploma in Artisan Qualification or Related field
Other Job Responsibilities
- Coordinates the safety, health and environmental program in area of responsibility
Experience
EXPERIENCE
- >7 Years as a Project Planner
Below will be added advantage:
- Diploma in Project Management will be an added advantage;
- Project Management Certification in good standing (Costing, Planning, Earned Value Management, Estimating, etc.) in related field will be an added advantage;
- Degree in related field will be an added advantage.
Legal Certification/Professional Registration
Technical Competencies
- Project Portfolio Management
- Project Commercial Management
- Scope Management
- Data Integration
- Estimate Management
- Cost Control / Engineering
- Planning and Scheduling
- Project Change Management
- Project Design and Engineering Management
- Project Procurement and Logistics Management
- Construction Management
- Commissioning Management
- Operational Readiness
- Document and Information Management
- Front-end-loading (FEL
- Value Management
Behavioral Competencies
- Business Acumen
- Managing Performance and Holding People Accountable
- Planning, Coordination and Execution
- Change Leadership
- Impact and Influence
- Concern for Safety, Health and the Environment
- Service Orientation
- Developing Others
- Teamwork & Collaboration
Closing Date: 15 December 2022
Fixed Term Contract
3 years