Senior Planner at MECS (Pty) Ltd

• Our client is currently recruiting for a Senior Planner on a contract basis with extensive experience in the mining and minerals industry on large capital projects, including projects in remote locations and other countries, third world countries.

Main Responsibilities:

• Ensure that commissioning considerations are established and catered for in the project program during program baseline development.
• Identify the critical path(s) and near critical paths in the project implementation schedule (PIS). Report slippages and gains against the baseline schedule.
• Monitor, control and report the status of free and total float in the schedule.
• Evaluate and integrate contractor’s and supplier’s schedules and report findings to the PM, CM and project engineer.
• Provide input and review proposed change management time implications and document the result. Manage approved changes in the schedule.
• Review the schedule portions of contractor’s extra work claims and prepare details for discussion and/or inclusion in any response.
• Assist project controls to produce management reports and the monthly status reports.
• Prepare and submit planning data for the project close out report and progressive learning (lessons learned).

Qualifications:

• PMI SP (Scheduling Professional)
• AACE PSP (Planning and Scheduling Professional)

Desirable:

• PMI PMP (Project Management Professional)
• CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management)

Knowledge, skills, and experience:

• Experience in mineral/metals/mining greenfield and brownfield would be beneficial.
• Expert knowledge of and competence in the use of Primavera P6 and MS Project
• Expert knowledge of MS Office 
• Project planning experience in multi-discipline mining and minerals processing projects and studies
• Site planning experience in multi-discipline mining and minerals processing projects and studies
• EPC / EPCM experience in either a consulting or construction contractor environment
• 8 - 12 years’ relevant experience considered essential to meet the demands of this position.