Project Scheduler

Job Description

Experience required:  Project Management skills.  Experience of operating as a project or programme scheduler in a complex environment.  Good presentation skills.  Concise and accurate, good with data.  Confident and persuasive in briefings and meetings. Job Purpose and primary objectives:  Development of Project Schedules: analysis and synthesis of information from Project Team and external sources into integrated schedules.  Qualitative analysis of project schedules to ensure Critical Path integrity.  Analysis of critical path and constraints. Work with teams to refine schedules, identify and suggest options, test "what-if" scenarios.  Analysis and direction on estimated duration of scheduled tasks using best practice tools and techniques (analogous estimating, parametric estimating, reserve analysis, PERT).  Schedule Risk Assessment and Monte Carlo Analysis and generation of corresponding reports.  Validation of optimized, agreed schedules against the overall project objectives.  Evaluation of project schedule progress and performance, monitoring of project milestones and critical tasks.  Identification of developing schedule problem areas with proactive troubleshooting of schedule issues.  Maintenance of schedule change management process.  Provision of targeted schedule reports for coordination and schedule performance tracking purposes, development and design of custom reports - reporting the right information to the right stakeholder at the right time.  Resource loading of schedules to support project resource management requirements.  Facilitation of Interactive Planning sessions.  Assistance provided to the project manager in managing the project from a time perspective.  Continuous evaluation and improvement of scheduling methodology and tools. Key Skills/Knowledge: The Project Scheduler is responsible for the implementation of the scheduling methodology throughout the lifecycle of a project – from feasibility planning and execution scheduling to performance control. Additional remarks: Qualifications and Education  Third Level Degree, preferably in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering preferred  Proficiency in a scheduling tool (MS Project or Primavera).  Demonstrate levels of theoretical knowledge with practical application of planning & scheduling with good experience in a project leader role .  Working knowledge of Quality Management Standards. Duration of the Assignment: Both Permanent and Contract roles available. Duration for Contract role is 12 months and extendable.