Project Planner

Are you skilled project planner who would like to work with excited construction projects? If yes, apply to this role.


Describe the Department Vestas Northern and Central Europe is a sales business unit covering Scandinavia, UK, Ireland, Poland, the Baltics, Germany, Benelux as well as Eastern Europe and south of Africa. The Project Planning Department is part of Vestas North and Central Europe (NCE) Construction, responsible for planning of all proposed and signed projects within the region. We start working with key stakeholders inside and outside of the organization since the creation of a sales opportunity to assist provide quality construction schedules and planning to support our best offers to clients. We work in close collaboration with Project Managers, Business Managers, Supply Chain, Site Management and Service departments throughout the entire lifecycle of a project. We cover all NCE markets that expand from Northern Europe to CIS in the East and Africa in the South. Type of projects vary from Supply only to Supply & Installation and EPC projects.


Responsibilities
The Project Planner (f/m/d) is effectively supporting the Project Managers and Site Managers to ensure wind turbine installation projects are planned and implemented within the scope of the contract, on time and within budget and will provide project planning, reporting and analysis support to the Project Management teams around NCE. Furthermore, your main responsibilities will include the ability to:
Create, maintain, and progress the overall resource loaded portfolio schedules in Oracle Primavera P6
Ensure that all schedules are fully integrated and resource-loaded in order to ensure the accuracy of projected resourcing and staffing requirements
Monitor and update accurate schedule progress toward achieving the desired project completion date and inform of changes to schedule outcome
Prepare and provide schedule progress reports, trending charts or dashboards, and schedule analysis and status on KPIs performance
Maintain records of scope changes, trends, and events that potentially affect schedule performance, and assist with assessment of project as opportunities and risks
Input all the Potential and Official change events into the schedules and prepare impacted schedules printouts and narratives
Organize and Participate in weekly and monthly Project Reviews, Planning and Performance meetings as well as Hand-over and Kick-off meetings



Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Civil/Industrial/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering
3 to 5 years' experience in Planning, Scheduling, or Control in major projects of Energy or Heavy Infrastructure projects.
Experience with EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) projects
Solid awareness of the level of interaction required with the key stakeholders' teams to support the fruitful delivery of projects
Good understanding of Construction industry heavy equipment and subcontractor's management
Fluent in English; good understanding of technical terms



Competencies
Solid verbal and written presentation skills
Solid organizational abilities and technical mindset
Recent demonstrable competency with CPM scheduling software Oracle Primavera P6 EPPM for at least 3 years
Competency in Linear Planning (Time Location tools), 4D Construction Planning, BIM and Project Control are highly preferred
Proficient in the MS Office 365 and willing to explore and develop skills in Power BI or SAP Scientific Cloud



What we offer
You will have the opportunity to work with wind turbine construction projects in Northern and Central Europe from their inception in Sales phase to closure and hand-over to customers. Our contracts vary anywhere from Supply only to full EPC scope. You will also interact with professionals from various backgrounds in one of the most diverse organizations in Europe and the World. You will get the chance to demonstrate best of your skills, experience and develop further.