Description du poste
The Project Planner, reporting to the Project Manager, supports mining projects from initiation through completion, ensuring efficient planning, scheduling, and resource allocation for safe and successful execution.
Duties & Responsibilities :
- Develop and maintain detailed project schedules using tools such as Primavera P6 or MS Project, in collaboration with engineering, procurement, and construction teams.
- Monitor and track project progress, producing regular performance and progress reports with budget compliance.
- Analyse and forecast project timelines, identifying schedule risks and proposing mitigation strategies.
- Coordinate and optimize resource allocation and project activities across all phases, from scoping studies to execution.
- Ensure compliance with operational, environmental, health, and safety standards throughout project execution.
- Assist project managers in decision-making by providing schedule forecasts and risk analysis.
- Recommend and implement modifications to improve efficiency and ensure achievement of project milestones.
- Maintain and update project documentation, schedules, and reporting systems as required.
- Will also drive the management of change requirement for project implementation and also act as document controller for project management.
- Mentor junior personnel.
Profil
Knowledges/Skills & Competencies :
- Knowledge of critical path method (CPM), earned value management (EVM), and schedule risk analysis. · Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills. · Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities. · Ability to work both independently and as part of multi-disciplinary teams, sometimes in remote mining locations. · Desirable PMP or PRINCE2 certification. · Advanced Excel and reporting skills.
Training/Education Requirements :
- Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering, Civil Engineering, Project Management, or a relevant field.
Experience Required :
- 3–5 years of project planning/scheduling experience in the mining or heavy industrial sector, including direct experience with planning tools (e.g. Primavera P6, MS Project).