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Sector: Construction and Building Services
Role: Senior Executive
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Position status: This opportunity is for a secured role that is due to commence in June subject to approval. If you would like to be considered as we progress with this position, please click to apply.
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The project:
The senior scheduler role is within the chief infrastructure office of a semi-state organisation in Ireland. The experienced scheduler must possess experience as a scheduler in a large capital project delivery environment with an understanding of building and managing schedules against baselines to effectively communicate the schedule to key stakeholders. It is expected that the candidate will be educated to degree level in a project management, engineering, or construction industry discipline. Strong analytical & IT skills, particularly Primavera, MS Project Online, Excel, MS Office Suite, including Power BI is desirable.
Responsibilities:
* Advocate for Mace's value of safety first, and be accountable for leading and maintaining exceptional safety, quality, cost, programme, sustainability and project compliance standards.
* Possess expertise in local health and safety rules and regulations relevant to project portfolio.
* Champion a diverse and inclusive working environment, and understand the importance of the wellbeing of the people you manage.
* Manage the delivery of key assignments and defined business areas, providing strategic direction and monitoring delivery aligned with overall vision and objectives.
* Support the long-term success of planning performance for specified engines/sectors/hubs, and the overall contribution to the broader company goals.
* Deliver and maintain a detailed logic linked integrated master schedule in Primavera P6 & MS Project Online, spanning across all workstreams and in line with the agreed programme WBS.
* Lead the effort in maintaining WBS, project scope, basis of schedule document, and assumptions log as the project progresses while ensuring strict change control.
* Establish and manage the project baseline and reporting of same, including regular schedule variance reports.
* Facilitate and lead schedule planning workshops and reviews with a multi-disciplinary team developing interfaces with the subject matter experts in the programme team.
* Conduct monthly schedule progress updates with package leads and consultants.
* Review, assess and challenge deliverability of contractors' schedules.
* Report on schedule progress including critical path, trend analysis and highlighting impacts from any interface areas.
* Provide regular schedule status reports for the programme and sub-elements ensuring clear, timely and accurate information is provided to Stakeholders as and when required.
* Contribute to developing planning processes and procedures to support the programme delivery plans.
* Undertake 'what-if' scenario planning to support the successful development of the project and develop ad-hoc schedules and reporting as required by programme leadership.
* Produce consolidated timeline views for resource planning, budgeting and benchmarking.
* Liaise with the controls and performance team aligning schedule, cost and risk for integrated controls.
* Support in schedule baselining/re-baselining activities.
* Support in Quantitative Schedule Risk Assessment (QSRA) processes.
* Perform other activities as required from the programme controls lead.
Qualifications:
* Excellent communication, presentation, and organisational skills.
* Proactive ability to work independently and with cross-functional teams including consultants and contractors.
* 8+ years' hands-on scheduling experience and advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 and MS Project. MS Power BI desirable.
* 8+ years' experience as a scheduler on large and complex Infrastructure projects in the offshore energy sector and hold a relevant university qualification.
* Experience with quantitative schedule risk assessments (QSRA).
* Proven track record of developing work breakdown structures, creating project schedules, analysing contractors' schedules, and schedule control.
* Experience in communicating and reporting up to C-Suite.
Additional Qualifications:
* Membership of APM, RICS, CIOB, ICE, AACE, IRM, IEMA or equivalent demonstrable professional or personal development.
* Extensive experience in the successful planning of projects and programmes in the electrical sector.
* Deep property or infrastructure project management expertise.
* Strong commercial and financial acumen.
* Leadership and management experience of large, diverse teams.
* Experience of managing relationships with key senior stakeholders.
* Knowledge of how carbon and sustainability considerations will shape the outlook of the projects you are working on.
Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.
We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.
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