What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Planning Engineer position at Perfect Placement Recruitment?
Job Title : Senior Planning Engineer Location : Netherlands Salary : To be discussed in the Interview Vacancy Type : Full-Time Closing date for applications : End Dec 2024 Non- negotiable qualifications and experience required : Bachelors degree in Engineering, Project Management, or a related field. Minimum of 6-10 years of experience in project planning and scheduling, preferably within large-scale industrial or petrochemical projects. Strong proficiency in Primavera P6 and MS Project, with proven ability to create, manage, and analyze complex schedules. Location Requirement : Candidates should either be South African residents currently living in the Netherlands or South Africans willing to relocate to the Netherlands. Fluency in Afrikaans (both written and spoken). Beneficial requirements : Solid understanding of project management principles, including critical path analysis, EVM, and schedule risk management. Excellent analytical skills with a meticulous approach to schedule accuracy and detail. Strong communication and interpersonal skills for effective collaboration across departments and with external partners. Duties and responsibilities : Develop, maintain, and update comprehensive project schedules, covering all phases from design through to commissioning. Collaborate with project management, engineering, and construction teams to define project milestones, deliverables, and timelines. Conduct schedule risk assessments to identify potential delays, dependencies, and conflicts, proposing mitigation strategies to minimize impacts. Perform schedule analysis, including earned value management (EVM), and report on project progress against planned timelines. Provide regular updates and reports to project leadership, highlighting schedule performance, variances, and corrective actions required. By submitting your information and application you hereby confirm : 1. That you have no objection to us retaining your personal information in our database for future matching / POPI Policy. 2. Due to the nature of the position, that we can do an ITC check if our client is interested in your CV. 3. That the information you have provided to us is true, correct, and up to date. PLEASE NOTE : Correspondence will only be conducted with shortlisted candidates. Should you not hear from us within 30 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
