Project Planner at Krypton Mining

Main Purpose of Job
We are seeking applicants from intermediate to senior project schedulers/planners with specific knowledge and experience in the mining project environment. Candidates must have a deep understanding of both multi-disciplinary engineering and project management principles and practices.

PMBOK knowledge, project governance/gate approval processes with a proven track record are key. All responsibilities, knowledge and experience are dependent on the seniority of the position.

Project Schedule:

• Establish, maintain and control project baseline schedule;
• Make use of a Project Management System to plan, schedule and update progress;
• Ensure that change control on the project schedule is applied in line with the project change control procedure;
• Ensure progress reporting is performed in line with client standards;
• Ensure that the project team understand the project schedule, the progress status and the schedule risk;
• Ensure that progress updates are done, and reports distributed using client templates;
• Provide the project manager with early warning on potential time overruns;
• Participate in project meetings;
• Participate in governance processes;
• Assess, audit and ensure compliance to project planning requirements through bench-marking and networking.

Consultant, Contractor and Vendor Schedules:

• Assist during tender evaluation by evaluating vendor/contractor schedules;
• Assist with the validation and approval of contractor/vendor schedules;
• Ensure that consultant detailed schedules are acceptable, correct and align with the main project schedule;
• Ensure that contractor/vendor progress reports are verified and approved.

Client Project Management System:

• Load and maintain schedules on the system;
• Load and maintain resource hours on the system;
• Participate in initiatives aimed at improving the client Project Management System;
• Assist project cost controller to ensure that information in client Project Management System reconciles with the SAP cost reports;

Qualifications and experience

• Relevant project management, engineering or construction qualifications and experience
• 5-10 years of mining project scheduler experience
• Extremely good Primavera and MSProjects skills
• Very good understanding of engineering and construction disciplines, sequences and interfaces
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Mining operational experience will be beneficial