A public transport company in the region is undergoing a major transition within its engineering department. With a portfolio of over 100 asset-related projects, ranging from rail and infrastructure to stations and vehicles, continuous improvements and innovations are being made. To execute these projects in a controlled, predictable, and transparent manner, they are transitioning from MSP to integrated planning in OPC. This involves introducing a new way of working where project planners manage the schedules.
As a project planner, you play a key role in this transition.
- Establish, manage, and optimize project and resource planning in OPC.
- Integrate department and project planning into a single model.
What you do
- Work closely with project managers, PMOs, team leaders, and design leaders from various departments to provide integral insight into progress and capacity.
- Monitor progress, milestones, and critical paths.
- Identify bottlenecks and capacity conflicts.
- Advise project managers and management on planning and feasibility based on analyses.
- Coordinate with the portfolio analyst for integral steering.
- Contribute to further professionalization and standardization of planning.
- Make planning a strategic steering tool and increase planning awareness within the organization.
What they ask
- Minimum of HBO (higher professional education) work and thinking level.
- More than 5 years of relevant work experience as a project planner within a complex project environment.
- Demonstrable work experience with using and applying Oracle Primavera Cloud (OPC).
- Knowledge of planning methodologies, particularly the Critical Path Method (CPM) based on network planning.
- Proficient in communication and able to provide both solicited and unsolicited advice.
- Critical and proactive attitude, dares to address colleagues about planning deviations and their planning responsibilities.
- Strong coaching skills, able to guide colleagues through changes in planning.
- Strong analytical skills with an eye for the big picture, interconnections, and trends.
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