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 130 countries worldwide.

Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

Turner & Townsend is looking for an experienced Scheduler / Planner to assist with planning and scheduling activities for resources, personnel and materials for timely delivery of a major infrastructure project. This is a great opportunity to work within an international team on a major programme.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all measures are taken to finish the work within the given frame regarding cost and time, with special emphasis on the projects prioritized objectives. The project planner also supports the Project Manager in all aspects to keep the project under control, allowing the successful achievement of the given project goals.
• 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 concert with project manager, cost manager and contractor project controls lead and in conjunction with Project Execution Plans.
• Promote and maintain the overall integration and integrity of contractor schedules within the suite of P6 project schedules which includes reviewing schedule durations, dependencies and logic, recommending improvements where possible, reviewing cost and resource loading and validating schedule revisions.
• Perform critical path analysis and comparisons to the baseline of the contractor provided schedules.
• Prepare regular reports and collect data in support of company and client benchmarking and run reports that identify cost and schedule trend data. These reports will be shared with the client and then you will help guide the Contractor on how they can manage or control the trends
• Work close together with the construction team in order to control the schedule.

• Analytical and numerical insigh
• 3-10 years of experience in planning environment on infrastructure projects/ major construction programmes
• Planning Methodologies
• Primavera P6
• Knowledge of automated logistic systems and MS Office packages
• Experience running multiple projects that are delivered simultaneously
• Effective at problem solving
• Renewable or conventional power project experience desirable
• Fluent English language skills, written and spoken