Specialist Planner

About the role

As a Specialist Project Planner, you will join the APAC Airports Planning Team and be responsible for end-to-end planning management for all project activities, including large-sized and complex projects. You will clearly set out decision moments and turnaround times for and with all of the disciplines involved in a project. You will set up and develop an integrated project plan using Primavera P6, which ensures that opportunities and threats are identified in good time. Armed with your information and reports, project managers, project leaders, and subcontractors and their teams will be in a position to set or adjust their course promptly, wherever they are in the world. You will play a central role in the projects in which you are involved. You will report to project management and will be required to produce project reports in line with the contract requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end planning for all project activities, including large-sized and complex projects
• Set up and develop integrated project plans using Primavera P6
• Identify opportunities and threats in project planning
• Produce project reports in line with contract requirements
• Set priorities, identify problems and take steps necessary to resolve them as part of a multidisciplinary approach
• Work intensively with other disciplines including sales, project management, project engineering and supply chain
• Apply Earned Value Management (EVM) functionalities to calculate and analyze PV, EV, AC, SPI, and CPI
• Develop and maintain project progress reports, performance dashboards, and management information outputs
• Identify the critical path in a project plan and corresponding opportunities and risks
• Coordinate project plans with customers and subcontractors to achieve integrated project plans

About you

• Bachelor's or master's degree or working experience at a bachelor's level
• Experience of working in a project organisation
• 5+ years of planning experience in a construction environment related to larger complex projects
• Senior-level knowledge of Primavera planning software
• Strong communication skills and ability to liaise at different levels
• Strong Excel skills
• Ability to work under time pressure and set priorities appropriately
• Flexible and creative