Planner - Pharma construction projects (based in Switzerland)

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 125 offices worldwide.

We work with clients to deliver certainty and maximize their return on investment, delivering effective program management, project and cost management and project controls services.

Job Description

At Turner & Townsend we are looking for an experienced Planner to join our team and work on a major Pharma construction project in Switzerland.

This role includes advanced planning, scheduling, progress measurement & change management implementation.

Because of the complexity of the project, a thorough understanding is required of policies, methods, and procedures that includes advanced Planning and Scheduling techniques, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, and support of project objectives.

The role :

• Analyze deviations from the baseline in the Project Master schedule highlighting bottlenecks / delays and propose corrective actions
• Implement Project Planning / Scheduling strategy, plans and procedures, reflecting both Company and contractor roles, responsibilities and expectations.
• Coordinate the development and implementation of project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS) in conjunction with Project Lead, Project Cost Engineer and Contractor project controls leads, and in conjunction with Project Execution Plans.
• Support the Project Team in the implementation of an integrated enterprise based, cross functional and EPC master schedule program.
• Preparing Staffing, Engineering, Construction progress and customized reports.
• Perform Critical Path Analysis.
• Perform probabilistic analysis on integrated schedules and contractor schedules.
• Conduct the required project schedule analysis, critical path analysis and schedule risk analysis for the project as a whole.
• Prepare the Integrated Planning / Scheduling contribution to the Monthly Project Report and specific reports / presentations.
• Analyze and highlight the overall schedule impact of any variance / change order.
• Prepare resourcing plans for the overall and individual project phases, identifying any excessive peak numbers and making recommendations for peak leveling.
• Ensure that schedule related data from vendors, suppliers, engineering and construction contractors of actual projects is provided as feedback into the planning and scheduling systems.
• Ensure the accuracy and completeness of the schedules produced, maintaining independence as a planning engineer when advising on issues requiring judgment.
• Ability to balance multiple projects executed in multiple locations and by multiple contractors.

Qualifications

• Expert experience level using project scheduling tools (MS Project, Primavera P6), Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Previous experience working on large complex projects across sectors such as Life Science, Hightech & Manufacturing or Oil & Gas.
• Experience in coordinating / organizing multiple sources of schedule inputs / performance data into a master schedule platform and deliver project / program status reports required for large projects.
• Excellent command of English and / or German.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Develops good working relationships with project team.
• The tenacity and drive to inject value and create solutions.
• Familiarity with project management software in the area of cost controlling and Excel.

Additional Information

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We also encourage our staff to strive to make a difference’ and become involved in various working committees and forums (for example, Inclusion Working Group, Social & Wellness, Learning & Development, Corporate Social Responsibilities and Net Zero Vision).

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