Project Scheduler / Planner at Zutari

Qualifications & Experience:

• Recognised qualification (desirable).
• At least 3-4 years experience in Project Controls functions, with a minimum of 2 years experience in a Project Planning and Scheduling role on projects.
• Demonstrated experience and understanding of project management principles, with knowledge of planning principles.
• Demonstrated proficiency in planning software packages, including Primavera P6 v7 or later as well as Microsoft Project.
• Knowledge of related project controls functions including estimating, cost control, change control and reporting principles.
• Knowledge of document control functions and Electronic Document Management Systems.

Added advantage:

• Mining and Engineering project experience.
• Ability to work and deliver without immediate supervision.
• Availability to travel, working site-based, as well as from the Zutari Head Office in Tshwane as may be required.

Responsibilities:

• Generate, review and maintain integrated schedules and schedule logic.
• Monitoring of planned versus actual progress (with progress based on physical quantities).
• Developing look-ahead schedules and critical path views for specific plant areas.
• Follow best practices, and implement and improve planning procedures.
• Effective interfacing with the Project team, Client and Contractors to ensure accurate interfacing between the contractors’ schedules and the integrated master schedule.
• Attend regular meetings with stakeholders/ contractors to ensure that interface issues are resolved and that the schedules are optimised.
• Facilitate planning meetings in conjunction with the Senior planner as necessary.
• Track changes in work scope.

Skill requirements:

• Provide the project planning input to the Project Controls Plan, ensuring alignment between project functions (e.g., Schedule – Cost interface at the project level).
• Develop the project Basis of Schedule, establish, and maintain the project master schedule, accordingly, ensuring a clear schedule control process is implemented. 
• Implement the expanded WBS structure for projects.
• Define schedule activity detail per discipline and develop key deliverable lists per discipline.
• Build and maintain overall project schedule including activity logic; activity codes and resources, with clear identification of critical path, and update as defined by the project reporting cycle.
• Provide support to the project risk management process by identifying key project risks and constraints within the project schedule and producing ‘What If” scenarios.
• Define and implement the metric for progress measurement and provide planning and schedule performance inputs to project status reporting.
• Produce schedule analysis reports for review by the Project Team, advising the Project Controls Manager / Project Manager of potential delays/issues.