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The project planning officer is responsible for the preparation of schedules for the project. The planner is skilled in the use of Oracle, Primavera P6 software.

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Plans and prepares the effort to establish milestones for the total program or major portions of the project.  

• Coordinates the systematic and complete acquisition of scope definition and related data.

• Plans, prepares, revises and updates individual schedules and all related outputs in accordance with the established hierarchy of schedules. 

• Prepares and reviews schedule durations for all disciplines and trade activities relative to the support of project milestones.  Calculates durations and other considerations affecting activity durations.

• Calculates critical path for schedule networks and analyzes activities related to progress and adherence to the critical path.

• Plans, organizes and implements schedule resource loading and leveling.  Integrates staffing and manpower requirements for each specialty/discipline relative to the overall project.  Determines quantity and staffing levels in support of schedule level.

• Implements the Schedule Activity Dictionary established for the project.

• Implements WBS resource coding in all schedules.

• Prepares and presents the Schedule Impact Report.  Leads development and review of schedule recovery plans, including evaluation of additional resources/costs required to affect plans.

• Compiles, summarizes, updates and maintains historical schedule data.

• Prepares project related correspondence concerning scheduling issues.

Requirements / Experience:       

• At least 5 years of experience in planning and scheduling.

• Minimum 7 years overall experience.

• Minimum 2 years working in the Middle East region.

• Background and leadership of projects involving telecommunications, instrumentation, controls.

• A university level, four year degree (engineering preferred).

• Skilled user of Oracle Primavera P6 software