Job Summary
Description:Hire Resolve's Client is currently looking for an experienced Senior Project Planner to join their mining company based in Gauteng. You will be responsible for developing, maintaining and analysing integrated project schedules, providing schedule oversight and supporting project managers with planning, forecasting, risk and recovery planning across capital projects.
Responsibilities:
- Develop fit-for-purpose project schedules from initiation through close-out, aligned with approved scope, execution strategy and key deliverables.
- Facilitate planning workshops and convert project scope into structured work breakdown structures, activity lists, logic networks, milestones, calendars, resources and baseline schedules.
- Maintain detailed schedules and ensure approved changes, actual progress, remaining durations, forecasts and dependencies are accurately reflected.
- Prepare and maintain the basis of schedule, including planning assumptions, constraints, interfaces and update protocols.
- Perform regular schedule integrity and quality checks, including logic, open ends, constraints, critical path, float, calendars, progress status and forecast credibility.
- Establish and maintain consistent planning standards, coding structures, progress rules and schedule update disciplines.
- Review contractor and consultant schedules, interrogate variances and incorporate reliable updates into integrated project schedules
- Provide senior planning oversight and quality assurance on EPCM-managed projects.
- Coordinate with contractors and consultants to obtain complete, timely and evidence-based schedule updates.
- Engage project managers and project leads to facilitate updates, confirm progress, validate forecasts and close information gaps.
Requirements:
- Grade 12
- Degree or Diploma in Project Management/Engineering or equivalent
- PMP/PMI-SP or an equivalent project controls or planning certification
- Minimum 5-10 years' experience as a Project Planner within mining, mineral processing, heavy industrial or infrastructure projects
- Proficient in Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project and Excel
- Experience within a Project Management Office (PMO) environment, including coordination and oversight of project planning activities
- Experience with project cost and schedule integration, progress tracking, resource planning and performance monitoring.
- Valid Driver's License
Benefits:
- Salary: Negotiable
- Paid Time Off (PTO) (If Applicable)
Contact Hire Resolve for your next career-changing move
- Our client is offering a highly competitive salary for this role based on experience.
- Apply for this role today, contact Janoke Booysen or Menina Campher at Hire Resolve or on LinkedIn
- You can also visit the Hire Resolve website: hireresolve.us or email us your CV: mining@hireresolve.za.com
We will contact you telephonically in 5 days should you be suitable for this vacancy. If you are not suitable, we will put your CV on file and contact you regarding any future vacancies that arise.
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Specialists in Civil, Structural, Mechanical Engineering, Information Technology, Mining, Manufacturing and Finance Careers! Hire Resolve is one of the larger and more agile South African recruitment companies that focus on placing professionals and skilled people in permanent employment and contract employment. We prefer and focus on working with top quality professionals and candidates in South Africa and Africa. Hire Resolve has successfully placed Engineering, Mining, IT, Manufacturing and Finance professionals with top firms across the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu Natal, Gauteng and in Africa. Hire Resolve has assisted candidates to find jobs at over 100 JSE listed companies of which many are global companies with offices and operations in South Africa and Africa. It is for this reason that we are well respected in the industries we operate in and in the recruitment industry.
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