Planner - Johannesburg, South Africa - Hatch

Hatch

Verified Company

Johannesburg, South Africa

1 week ago

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Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Requisition ID:86472

Job Category:
Project Controls

Location:
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Join a company that is passionately committed to the pursuit of a better world through positive change.

With more than 65 years of business and technical expertise in mining, energy, and infrastructure, our 10,000 colleagues in 150 countries tirelessly work toward bettering the industries in which we operate.

With practical solutions that are safe, innovative and sustainable, we think globally while acting locally.

Join our Project Delivery Group (PDG), a dynamic team of professionals passionately committed to world-class project delivery across the globe.

With expertise in sustainable studies, asset building and operations, and industry-leading efficiencies, our best-in-class team leverages methodologies, governance and systems that are unparalleled in the engineering space.

Are you looking for an opportunity to join a diverse group of professionals who are committed to remaining exceptional? We look forward to hearing from you.

Looking to take the next step in your career? Hatch is currently seeking a highly motivated
Planners to join our Project Delivery Group (PDG) in Johannesburg.

PDG helps clients reach their business goals through a range of strong technical capabilities. We ensure world-class project delivery through the skills of our people, methodologies, governance, and systems.

Our engineering and project management and construction disciplines ensure safe, efficient, and sustainable delivery of projects globally across the metals and mining, infrastructure, and energy sectors.

We manage our clients' entire project lifecycle from studies to building assets, operating the assets, and developing efficiencies. Join our team and become part of a community that strives for positive change-providing the best solutions for our clients' toughest challenges

Position:
Planner

Managerial Reporting:
To the Project Controls Manager

Functional Reporting:
To the Planner Lead

1. Summary

The Site Planner is responsible for the delivery of project planning, reporting and progress measurement, ensuring that Hatch procedures and best practices are applied, as appropriate, and recommending changes to the Lead Planner and Project Controls Manager where required.

The Site Planner is responsible for developing and maintaining a project plan and schedule to meet the project objectives.

2. Key Responsibilities

Safety
A strong personal commitment to safety

Personal responsibility for safety incident reporting

Behavioral-based safety ethos to be embraced

Personal responsibility for stopping any unsafe behavior as and when it occurs, and thereafter reporting the safety incident so that corrective action may be obtained

Familiarization with Hatch safety processes, protocols and procedures.

Data development, verification, and set-up planning
Project coding, project control systems set-up and reporting verification

Based on project coding, populate approved measurable commodity quantities and productivity factors

Based on project coding, confirm, and refine the Construction level 3/4 scheduling, including early works and understand schedule basis.

Analyze contractor level 4/5 schedule and provide recommendations. Discuss any variations from baseline with Lead Planner & Construction Manager.

Maintain and optimize schedule, monitor progress, highlight and resolve schedule issues

Project schedule monitoring, updates and general
Update the schedule in conjunction with the lead planner

Generate and verify weekly updates and issue progress reports

Incorporate contract baseline data (contract schedules)

Maintain and optimize schedule, monitor progress, highlight and resolve schedule issues

Extract and publish project schedules

Generate progress curves

Develop and maintain commodity and resource profile

Extract and publish 2 to 4-week look ahead schedule

Review & Verification of Sub-Consultants' schedules

Development of Change Management impact schedules.

Physical progress verification of Contractors and Sub-Contractors progress against baseline schedule

Monitor slippages and critical and near critical paths and discuss with Lead Planner and Project Controls Manager for resolution

Progress and performance measurement
Undertake progress and performance measurement.

Integration of Earned and Spent hour reporting.

Identification and addressing slippage trends.

Generate and verify weekly updates and issue reports - schedule and progress reports. Maintain and optimize schedule and monitor progress. Highlight and resolve issues.

Qualifications and Experience

Essential
Three years tertiary qualification, relevant degree or diploma in engineering or project management or suitable comparable experience

8-10 years' experience as a Planner in a multi discipline project environment

Sound technical knowledge in a multi-discipline environ