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, along with a related Tertiary Qualification and courses completed in Planning or a related field.
Required Experience and Skills:
- 6 years’ proven manufacturing experience 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 an advantage).
Key Responsibilities – amongst others and not limited to:
- Maintain 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 knocks with projects Planner.
- Assist to balance/smooth resource loadings and allocate work in conjunction with engineering managers (Mech & Elec).
- Convert Design WBSs defined by engineering teams to Schedules.
- Ensure Design Schedule is linked to Project Schedule Deliverable work packages.
- 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 PMs.
- Highlight Overloads flag over time requirements.
- Monitor Support time % Usage.
- Define 12 m Design loading view.
- Development of 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.
- Development of project progress metrics and control techniques.
Additional Skills Required:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
- Must be good at multitasking and be meticulous with exceptional attention to detail.
- Sense of urgency and ability to meet deadlines.
- Not a clock-watcher and 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 experienced in using ERP or similar company management software.
- Experience in waterfall and agile planning environments.
- Must possess a 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 the senior management team, and the client.
- 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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