(A)Job Summary:
The Assistant/Manager, Planning provides management oversight for all planning activities of the construction project, including temporary works, statutory submissions during the tender and construction phases. This involves the detailed planning of construction activities and pricing of preliminaries.
(B)Essential Job Functions:
The Assistant/Manager, Planning is responsible, but not limited to, the following:
- Prepares and maintains oversight of the construction planning.
- Provides cost estimations for temporary works and preliminaries.
- Prepares computer generated schedule programming (Primavera, MS Project or others) to monitor the progress and substantiate time and cost entitlements.
- Prepares pre-tender, tender and contract programmes.
- Reviews tender and contract conditions so as to highlight onerous provisions, conflicts and discrepancies and to propose recommendations to mitigate risks.
- Monitors the progress of the construction programme and determines the delay events and their impacts.
- Prepares progress reports and progress audits.
- Prepares commissioning programmes.
- Prepares recovery programmes.
- Prepares baseline schedule which includes resource loading and progress.
- Keeps updated on the construction industry practices and standards, and recommends ways to improve the planning and scheduling systems.
- Provides advice on post-contract claims, reviews, disputes and litigation on programming.
(C)Minimum Qualifications/ Job Experience:
- A Bachelor's Degree in Engineering discipline.
- At least 8 years of experience in planning and scheduling for the construction industry.
- Hands-on experience with Primavera 6 software is a requirement.
- Experience in 4D sequencing will be an advantage.
(D)Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Good knowledge of construction and general application of principles, theories and industry practices and standards.
- Proficient with planning and scheduling techniques.
- Ability to influence various stakeholders and build long-term relationships.
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Strong time management skills with exceptional attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks/ projects at one time.
- Ability to analyse and synthesize complex issues quickly.
