Planner/Scheduler

Planner/Scheduler Position

Visium Resources has been asked to identify qualified candidates for this Planner/Scheduler position located in Oakbrook Terrace, IL. This position is a contract hire opportunity which is expected to be a Hybrid work arrangement, and for a duration of one year.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Overall

• Builds tender integrated schedules and cost estimates
• Build project schedule and project budgeting in cost and schedule tools
• Ensure compliance to Global Standards for planning and cost control in the region
• Support PM to align project budgets to as sold in appropriate systems
• Maintain project schedule and cost forecast throughout project
• Analyse schedule and cost trends and provide forecasted cost and schedules to project team
• Maintain a register of potential schedule and cost risks
• Maintain a register of actual and committed costs
• Checks and controls cost movements, compares with current scope and progress as well as with previous forecast. Also Compares with productivity factors and validates accuracy of estimates
• Communicates schedule and cost status/forecasts/risk to functional cost owners and drives/supports risk mitigation
• Provides internal and external project reporting of project status
• Collaborate with 3rd parties on project cost and schedules
• Presents all financial data in a transparent way, attends project and management review to present cost status
• Provides change order calculations to ensure schedule and cost estimates are accurate
• Updates changes in appropriate systems to ensure costs are aligned to the current situation
• Aligns with Finance Controller to ensure reconciliation takes place between approved project financial data and books.
• Support project close out and claims
• Lead the team of Project Cost Control analysts on larger projects
• Provide support to tenders
• Oversee the planning function on the project
• Ensure quality of the project controlling reporting.
• Ensure accuracy of cost budgets, actuals, and forecasting
• Ensure collaboration with functional cost owners to find strategies to reduce cost
• Ensure Alignment to established standards (WBS, process, procedures, tools usage)
• Ensure efficiency and effectiveness of the project cost control team where applicable.

Quality & Lean

• Comply with Quality Procedures, work instructions and Processes at GSI level and Project Controls Function
• Report or resolve any non-conformances and process in a timely manner
• Identify areas of opportunity for standardization / optimization and where possible participate in a Kaizen or similar lean event to implement any identified improvements

EHS

• Demonstrate commitment to safety through participation in formal and informal discussions
• Adhere to all safe working procedures in accordance with instructions
• Ensure safety work instructions are complied
• Participate in the resolution of safety issues.
• Initiate actions to improve health and safety where needed

Performance Measurement

• Schedule quality
• Cost forecasting quality
• Schedule forecast quality
• Cost and schedule performance of project
• Timeliness of reporting