Senior Project Planner (Scheduler)

About this opportunity

Project Planning Lead will provide oversight of establishing initial project baseline through completion, acting as owner’s representative for multiple projects.

Location: Sines, Portugal. This role requires being
- site during the work week. No rotation or
- in/fly-out arrangement applies.

Kindly provide your CV in English.

Responsibilities

• Preparing SOQ reviews and establishing accurate and effective schedule baseline.
• Delaying project acceleration efforts.
• Recurring monthly review of schedule submissions and engagement in progress meetings.
• Coordinating with client lease construction managers and lease providers monthly schedule updates and regular progress reports.
• Coordinating lessor schedule improvement.
• Liaising with stakeholders, suppliers, and subcontractors with engagement key due to hybrid working.
• Understanding of contract management within planning.
• Responsible for detailed schedule analysis of network logic and critical path.
• Performing "what if" scenarios for individual program management teams.
• Performing schedule variance analysis by comparing baseline to schedule.
• Performing earned value analysis in support of assigned programs or projects.
• Developing and maintaining scheduling procedures for assigned programs.
• Ensuring major projects and program schedules and plans are integrated across company functional groups including finance, engineering, material, manufacturing, and quality.
• Identifying, defining and addressing general problems that are typically within the immediate job area.
• Utilizing prior experiences to support problem solving and/or standard procedures and basic analysis.
• Advising directors promptly of any issues that have arisen, or may arise, on projects; in particular those that might impact on Gleeds professional indemnity (PI) insurance.

Benefits

• Opportunities to develop and grow your career
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible working arrangements

Who we’re looking for

• Proven scheduling/planner experience working for large construction projects.
• Experience working for data centres projects is desirable.
• Strong experience in P6.
• Excellent communication skills with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Sound ICT skills, with a high proficiency in MS Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power
  Point.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Proficiency in English. Knowledge of Portuguese is desirable.
• Availability to work in Sines 5 days per week.

About Gleeds

Gleeds is a place to be part of something bigger. We take pride in our diverse and supportive culture that empowers you to make a difference while creating connections with brilliant people – colleagues and clients alike. Enjoy doing work that shapes our collective future, while steering your own journey in a trusting environment.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We’re an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications regardless of age, disability, marital status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status or gender.

We recognize the importance of work/life balance and agree flexible working arrangements to suit each individual.

Gleeds is a Great Place to Work certified employer.