Planner - Pharma construction projects (based in Switzerland)

At Turner & Townsend we are looking for an experienced Planner to join our team and work on a major Pharma construction project in Switzerland. This role includes advanced planning, scheduling, progress measurement & change management implementation.

Because of the complexity of the project, a thorough understanding is required of policies, methods, and procedures that includes advanced Planning and Scheduling techniques, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, and support of project objectives.

The role:

• Analyze deviations from the baseline in the Project Master schedule highlighting bottlenecks / delays and propose corrective actions
• Implement Project Planning/Scheduling strategy, plans and procedures, reflecting both Company and contractor roles, responsibilities and expectations.
• Coordinate the development and implementation of project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS) in conjunction with Project Lead, Project Cost Engineer and Contractor project controls leads, and in conjunction with Project Execution Plans.
• Support the Project Team in the implementation of an integrated enterprise based, cross functional and EPC master schedule program.
• Preparing Staffing, Engineering, Construction progress and customized reports.
• Perform Critical Path Analysis.
• Perform probabilistic analysis on integrated schedules and contractor schedules.
• Conduct the required project schedule analysis, critical path analysis and schedule risk analysis for the project as a whole.
• Prepare the Integrated Planning / Scheduling contribution to the Monthly Project Report and specific reports / presentations.
• Analyze and highlight the overall schedule impact of any variance / change order.
• Prepare resourcing plans for the overall and individual project phases, identifying any excessive peak numbers and making recommendations for peak leveling.
• Ensure that schedule related data from vendors, suppliers, engineering and construction contractors of actual projects is provided as feedback into the planning and scheduling systems.
• Ensure the accuracy and completeness of the schedules produced, maintaining independence as a planning engineer when advising on issues requiring judgment.
• Ability to balance multiple projects executed in multiple locations and by multiple contractors.