Project Planner

Req ID:462615 Leading societies to a low carbon future, Alstom develops and markets mobility solutions that provide the sustainable foundations for the future of transportation. Our product portfolio ranges from high-speed trains, metros, monorail, and trams to integrated systems, customised services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility solutions. Joining us means joining a caring, responsible, and innovative company where more than 70,000 people lead the way to greener and smarter mobility, worldwide **JOB TITLE** **Job Title**:Senior Project Planner** **PURPOSE OF THE JOB** - Develop and update schedules for projects that reach up to a medium level of criticality. - Evaluate and effectively communicate the time related project information in various formats - Advise the project team on the ways to reach On Time Delivery (OTD) performance - Advise the team on the time related contractual disputes - Influence development and alignment of schedules of project stakeholders - Develop and manage project scheduling documentation - Support other project planners **ORGANISATION** **Organisation structure (job belongs to..)** Region, Product Line **Reports directly to**: Planning Team Manager / Site or Region Planning Director **Other reporting to**: Project Manager, Subsystem Manager **Direct reports**: Project Planners, Project Schedulers **Network & Links**: **Internal** - Project Planners / Schedulers - Project Manager / Sub-System Manager - Procurement Manager - Financial Controller - Contract Manager **External** - Customer / Partners / Suppliers - External Stakeholders (Local Authorities) **MAIN RESPONSABILITIES** **For all**: - Promote the time management practices and culture in the project team - Capture and analyse the return of experience (REX) from its project **In tender**: - Analyse tender documentation to understand schedule management requirements, including schedule structure, reporting constraints, and contractual requirements. - Set a timeline for tender preparation and ensure its adherence until the tender submission. - Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to integrate inputs and define project schedule interfaces. - Contribute to formulating the project execution strategy. - Develop the tender schedule based on contract requirements, subsystem commitments, gap analysis, and the tender execution strategy. - Identify the project schedule's critical path and risks, suggesting optimization and mitigation actions. - Highlight differences between the intial assumptions and the final tender schedule. - Draft the tender schedule narrative. - Ensure on-time delivery of schedule-related deliverables. - Present scheduling information during tender gate reviews. **Performance measurements in tenders**: - On-time delivery of tender deliverables, - On time delivery of schedule analysis for decisions by the Tender Team: critical paths for main milestones, planning risks and mitigation actions - Develop the tender schedule in line with defined quality metrics **In contract or program execution**: - Develop quality schedules in accordance with the company's procedures, contractual requirements, and stakeholder inputs. - Optimize schedules considering multiple criteria such as on-time delivery, cash generation, penalty avoidance, and efficient utilization of available resources. - Ensure validation the baseline schedule. - Develop a Project Time Management Plan. - Organize and lead regular project schedule review sessions, challenging stakeholders' assumptions about time performance. - Align the commitments of internal and external stakeholders, manage schedule interfaces, and proactively address inconsistencies. - Ensure on-time updates of both internal and external schedules, monitoring stakeholders' adherence to schedule quality standards. - Identify critical paths and both actual and potential delays in complex, interlinked schedules. - Guide the project team in identifying and mitigating risks and in seizing opportunities related to on-time delivery. - Lead the preparation of schedule and progress reports, illustrating progress with relevant KPIs and the Earned Value Methodology. - Support the Contract Manager in protecting the company's rights in time-related disputes and perform delay delay analysis - Provide support to teams on schedule-related issues. - Mentor and support other planners. **Performance measurement in contract or program execution**: - Timely updates of schedule and time related KPIs - Timely development of schedule related documents - Maintain the schedule in line with defined quality metrics **MAIN REQUIRED COMPETENCES** **Educational Requirements**: **Mandatory**: - Engineering or Business degree **Desirable**: **Experience**: **Mandatory**: - Minimum of 5 year's experience in full time planning and scheduling role - Industrial or construction background **Desirable**: - Knowledge of different scheduling tools and techniques **C