3 Resource Planning jobs in Nigeria

Location: Port Harcourt and Ogbele

Available slot: 3

Job Type: Full Time

Compensation:
Basic Pay is Highly Competitive + Other interesting benefits

About Company:
Our client is a leading Civil Engineering and Construction firm in Nigeria.

Job Purpose:
To provide support to the Project Management Team through active collaboration with the Project Control Team to ensure the effective development, monitoring, and adherence to the project schedule

The client is seeking to hire a Project Planning Engineer who will prepare the detailed project schedule based on widely accepted engineering practices and derive reports on different management hierarchical levels. S/he is expected to work within the project control team to support the project management team in achieving the project schedule and must be open to learning the Company's ERP system for monitoring and tracking materials status, among other uses

The ideal candidate must understand the principles of project planning, which include the principle of critical path analysis, project trend analysis, project forecast, materials and equipment planning.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop an activity list for new projects.
• Monitor and analyze project effectiveness using qualitative and quantitative tools.
• Recommend and implement modifications to improve effectiveness and attain project milestones.
• Plan, coordinate, and monitor activities of assigned projects to develop and implement procedures, processes, and systems.
• Educate employees in methods to ensure project continuity and completeness.
• Develop detailed task lists and work effort assessments.
• Prepare short and long-term resource allocation plans based on input from all key players and team members.
• Oversee schedules, risk management plans, and provide serious deviations warnings hindering project results.
• Develop a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for each activity group and develop a schedule based on the above.
• Track all subcontract schedule performance to ensure that subcontractors meet the approved schedule.
• Identify changes in work scope in the project plan.
• Ensure to take appropriate planning measures with all clients to reassess, renegotiate, and amend the scope of work responsibilities, proposals, contracts, and budgets.
• Alert the project management team when schedule recovery is required, and what type of schedule compression tool to use.
• Develop a list of activities on the schedule critical path for tracking and reporting.
• Provide a subcontract schedule of works for tenders
• Ensure to convey the required project data and information to the project teams.
• Prepare and present regular internal and external project reports for management.
• Evaluate and analyze with the team risks and issues compromising project results, and develop plans to mitigate them.
• Lead development of baseline schedule and support the Project Manager (PM) in Integrated Baseline Review (IBR).
• Utilize the ERP for tracking materials procurement and reporting on the impact of late procurement on the overall schedule.
• Gather actual data, update the project schedule, and develop a reliable schedule forecast with support from the project team.
• Carry out other duties on planning and reporting as may be assigned by the Project Control Manager

Key requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering-related field or Applied Science with a minimum of 6-10 years of relevant experience.
• Master's Degree, PMI-SP certification, and any other related professional qualification will be an added advantage.
• Strong communication skills, including writing reports and presenting
• Understanding engineering principles
• Time management, Organization, and planning
• Strategic and methodical approach
• High Attention to detail
• Ability to remain calm under pressure
• Strong Problem-Solving skills
• Budget and financial management
• Excellent Leadership skills
• Ability to work as part of a team and individually
• Site Management background
• Excellent IT skills and relevant knowledge of Planning software, including MS Project, Asta Power Project, and Primavera P6

Behavioural Competencies:

• High attention to detail
• Problem-solving and analytical skills, combined with good business judgment
• Ability to work with little or no supervision.
• Determined work ethic and must be seen to be professional at all times (communication and presentation)

Title: Project Control Planning

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Experience: 15 to 20 years

Budget: As per standards

Education: Degree / master's in mechanical engineering / chemical.

Please fill the given below questionnaire seriously & properly. Those who are not answering properly will be disqualified.

Mandatory Requirement

• Experience in green field petrochemical/ Refinery/ fertilizer projects mandatory
• Petrochemical Industry Experience preferred

Key Responsibilities

• Project Control Planning - Cracker is a member of the project management Team who is responsible to maintain schedules and keep project resources on track. Provide the regular project updates to Project Manager and maintain contact staff to monitor job progress. Coordinate the schedule, budget issues and risk of the project. Ensure project management framework, it is well organised and that it runs smoothly. Coordinate with the project engineering team during the FEED, EPC stages regarding the project construction aspects. This position will directly report to Project Manager.
• Monitoring project progress and creating project status reports for project management stakeholders. Assisting with resources scheduling so that team members have the resources they need to complete their tasks. Scheduling stakeholders meetings and facilitating communication between project Manager and stakeholders throughout the project the project life cycle. Managing project management documentation such as the project plan, budget schedule or scope statement as directed by the projects Manager.
• Ensure that projects are completed within the determined time frame within the constraints of the budget and with sufficient staffing. Execute project management administrative tasks. Schedule stakeholder meetings document and generate reports. Support project managers and team members to help complete project tasks.
• Ensure project management framework, it is well organised and that it runs smoothly. Coordinate with the project engineering team during the FEED, EPC stages regarding the project construction aspects.

Functional Skill

• Good exposure and sound knowledge of Project Control Planning - Cracker of Ethane to Polymers independently.
• Strategic leadership and subject matter expert of domain specific.
• cross functional collaboration and coordination for the project execution.
• Project Planning - Defining the Project Plans, Objectives, Project schedule, Identify & manage Project risk and Project Execution.

Behavioural Skills:

• Creative Thinking
• Initiative and Proactivity
• Delegation & Empowerment
• Problem Solving
• Result Orientation

Certification:

• Project Management certifications
• MBA - Operations Management