Planner (Cape Town)

Recruiter:

Swift Human Resources

Job Ref:

CEN000858/LK

Date posted:

Monday, June 9, 2025

Location:

Capetown, South Africa

Salary:

600000 Annually

SUMMARY:
Producing project time and resource schedules on “Gantt and PERT charts.” Monitoring and reporting on progress and forecasting project objectives to establish the best way projects can be completed. Determining the Project Scope and the appropriate methods for completing the project and disseminating the project into project activities. Produce the relevant tools (dashboards, histograms etc.) to enable effective monitoring and control.

POSITION INFO:
Position available for a planner to join the Cape Town Office.

REQUIRED MINIMUM EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS AND WORK EXPERIENCE:

Grade 12 and Primavera
Candy and MS Projects
5 - 10 years' experience

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

Establishing the most cost-effective construction methods and convert into a working programme model.
Co-ordinate schedule from multiple contributors and incorporate the information gathered into the overall Project Master Schedule
Evaluate critical paths in project schedules and evaluate alternative schedule options to identify optimum project strategies or resolve problems before and during execution.
Report and analyses monthly deviations from plan.
Evaluate allocation of resources and provide recommendations to maintain required progress.
Align contractor schedules with baseline signed off schedules.
Develop Project Baseline Programme, major milestone indicators and network precedence with critical path.
Develop control schedules for daily activities.
Prepare action plan on deviations to targets with recommended remedial actions.
Monitor actual project progress, compare to baseline, and report progress against schedule.
Develop Construction Programs using (Microsoft Projects/ Candy/ Primavera)
Develop schedule base, project schedule plan, and regularly update.
Develop and implement plan versus actual progress curves.
Propose and evaluate alternative action plans to correct project deviations.
Develop and maintain an integrated progress reporting system including schedules, S-curves, tables, milestones and earned value analysis.
Develop schedule base, project schedule plan, and regularly update.
Facilitate accuracy in project execution and reporting.
Prepare and issue updated project schedules to Manager: Projects
Maintain Primavera project files.
Compile and monitor production reports and provide to management team for consideration.

Kindly apply if you meet the minimum requirements. Should you not hear back from us within 2 weeks consider your application as unsuccessful.

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