Planning Engineer

Responsibilities：

Project Initiation and Planning Phase

1. Get familiar with available project documents, collect industrial and local regulatory context information, to fully understand the project planned to be built.
2. Prepare multiple schedules for project option assessment.
3. Develop and maintain the high-level project schedule files to align with business goals and project delivery strategy, brief schedule summary and assumptions for project team to continuously review and validate.
4. Assist project team to allocate and analyze available resources.
5. At the end of the phase, deliver a level 1 project schedule baseline with narrative (incl. scheduling methodology, calendar settings, assumptions, area of concerns/risks etc.) to cover project stages from engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, validation, start-up and licensing.

Project Execution Phase

1. Work with project team to develop the level 2 master schedule, set up baseline schedule.
2. Assist on schedule requirement and schedule review for critical procurement packages.
3. Review and assess schedule files provided/submitted by contractors/vendors.
4. Maintain master schedules in P6/MS project, keep the schedule narrative updated and log down the critical/important modifications.
5. Provide short term look ahead schedules and develop micro schedules as necessary, to coordinate on challenging work segments and assist on time targets alignment among different parties.
6. Monitor and document work progress in a quantified way (e.g., Earned value), compare with baseline, identify any deviations, analyze the causes, propose corrective actions, prepare and distribute schedule reports timely and accurately.
7. Review, advise and analyze extension of time (EOT) and related claims.Quick response on the Ad-hoc tasks as needed.

Requirements：

1. Bachelor's degree in engineering /project management or similar.
2. At least 10 years’ experiences in schedule management including project planning, monitoring & tracking, reporting, deviation analysis and management, resource loading and analysis experience preferred.
3. Familiar with the project life cycle of the green field projects.
4. Pharma or biopharma project experiences are preferred.
5. Proficient with planning and scheduling techniques: PDM, CPM, PERT, Resource Leveling and Earned Value.
6. Proficient with scheduling tools/software: Primavera P6, MS Project, and the other MS Office suite.
7. An active learner and problem solver.
8. A good communicator and presenter, good at teamwork.
9. Flexibility to handle multiple priorities with deadlines.
10. Willingness to travel as necessary.