Job Description Summary
Drives initiatives to improve the effectiveness of the Engineering function and interfaces with other functions to provide effective coordination of metrics, dashboards, functional processes, and cross-functional initiative coordination. Accountable for the quality of own work. Subject to direct operations supervision/prescribed work instructions/systems checking. Executes within a well-defined operations framework. There is generally a step by step sequence of standard operational tasks which need to be followed to achieve an end result.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
- Scheduling
- Develop tender schedules using the established tools and processes and challenges the team to ensure schedule risk is managed with a balance of competitive offering aligned to historical performance
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- Develops and maintains the single project schedule representing the entire project by integrating inputs from all functions, units and third parties contributing to the project
- Ensure proper linkages in schedule to show all interdependencies between contributing parties
- Ensure functional owners sign off on commitments and are made accountable for their date
- Work collaboratively with other overall project planning team to ensure optimal alignment of schedule with overall schedule
- Delivers a high quality schedule aligned with global standards to ensure project is accurately represented
- Maintains schedule thru the entire project obtaining inputs from all project contributors
- Drives regular operating rhythm with project team to review schedule status and operating rhythm
- Challenges functional owners on forecast completion dates to ensure dates are realistic
- Provides schedule analysis to forecast schedule risk and opportunities using available tools and experience
- Provides look ahead, backlog and future late reporting with prioritizations to clearly communicate potential and real risk and drive the project priorities
- Generates "what if" scenarios to optimize execution and works with project teams to evaluate feasibility
- Provides strategies to mitigate risks
- Drives functional owners to mitigate risks and follows up with functional owners on risk mitigation actions
- Provide and communicate regular status reporting
- Provides contractually required customer reporting and is able to communicate directly with customers on scheduling matters
Key Skills:
• Able to drive project teams to control the project
• Analytical skills to use data to forecast outcomes
• Clear communicator with strong communication and influencing skills
• Primavera skills
• Basic Cost management skills
Required Qualifications
- This role requires basic experience in the Engineering/Technology & Program Management. Knowledge level is comparable to a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college ( or a high school diploma with relevant experience).
Desired Characteristics
- Strong oral and written communication skills. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes