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Engineering Planner
The ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic, career-minded individual with a strong work ethic, solid professional track record, and a commitment to teamwork. The candidate should hold a related Tertiary Qualification and have completed courses in Planning or a related field.
Required Experience and Skills:
- 6 years of proven experience in a manufacturing environment in a similar position.
- Experience in a multi-project planning environment.
- Advanced knowledge of MS Project Software; exposure to Primavera or similar is an advantage.
- Above-average command of the full MS Office package.
- Experience in Waterfall; exposure to Agile planning environments is a bonus.
Key Responsibilities: – among others and not limited to:
- Maintain a consolidated Engineering Master Activity Schedule of all current projects.
- Produce weekly engineering resource capacity overview and forecast resource view reports and submit/present for review.
- Ensure clear links between Design Schedules and respective Project Schedules.
- Implement priority change knock-on impacts through Design Schedules to define resultant project impacts with projects Planner.
- Assist to balance/smooth resource loadings and allocate work in conjunction with engineering managers (Mechanical & Electrical).
- Convert Design WBSs defined by engineering teams to Schedules.
- Ensure Design Schedule is linked to Project Schedule.
- Define knock-on reports for changes to planning and priorities.
- Define reports on Design OTD and Loadings.
- Report on Actual vs planned hours of "In Time" KPIs.
- Communicate weekly Design Schedule updates to Project Managers.
- Highlight overloads and flag over time requirements.
- Monitor support time % usage.
- Define 12-month Design loading view.
- Develop project progress metrics and control techniques.
- Process weekly timesheets against preloaded activity budgeted hours (DWBS already loaded in D365) and communicate remaining hours per project.
Additional Skills Required:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
- Must be good at multitasking and meticulous with exceptional attention to detail.
- Sense of urgency and ability to meet deadlines.
- Not a clock-watcher; must be willing to work overtime when required.
- Unendorsed Code 08 driver’s license.
- Above average command of the full MS Office package, Project Management Software packages, and experience in using ERP or similar company management software.
- Experience in Waterfall and Agile planning environments.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a dynamic team environment, under pressure, manage multiple tasks, and be goal-oriented.
- Strong leadership and communication skills to maintain relationships with junior staff right through to senior management team and clients.
- Proven experience of contributing to and leading team meetings.
- A strong tactical individual with a proven track record in project management.
- Critical and analytical thinker with effective decision-making skills.
- Self-starter with the ability to maintain and improve processes.
- Ability to perform in a constantly changing environment.
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