The Junior Planner supports project planning, scheduling, and project controls activities throughout the project lifecycle. Working closely with the Project Controls Lead, Senior planners, Project Managers, and Contractors, the Junior Planner assists in developing, maintaining, and analyzing integrated project schedules to ensure successful project execution. The role contributes to schedule performance monitoring, risk analysis, earned value management, and reporting to support informed project decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the creation, maintenance, and updating of integrated project schedules using industry-standard scheduling tools.
- Coordinate schedule inputs from various stakeholders, including contractors, consultants, and project team members.
- Prepare and maintain labour histograms, resource forecasts, and manpower plans to support project execution.
- Monitor project progress against approved baselines and identify schedule variances, delays, and recovery opportunities.
- Perform schedule analysis including critical path analysis, float analysis, and resource-loaded schedule reviews.
- Support schedule risk assessments, Quantitative Risk Analyses
- Assist in the implementation and reporting of Earned Value Management (EVM) metrics and performance indicators.
- Analyze contractor schedules, testing and commissioning schedules, and provide recommendations to project leadership.
- Prepare project planning reports, dashboards, and performance updates for management and stakeholders.
- Participate in project meetings and present schedule updates, risks, constraints, and recovery strategies.
- Maintain planning documentation, assumptions logs, and schedule change records.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives within project controls and planning processes.