The Planner will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and monitoring the project schedule for the port construction works, ensuring activities are tracked, delays are flagged early, and progress reporting is accurate and timely.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain and update the approved project baseline schedule, tracking planned vs. actual progress on a continuous basis.
- Generate weekly and monthly progress reports (S-curves, progress dashboards, look-ahead schedules) for project management and client.
- Monitor schedule performance and proactively identify delays, critical path impacts, and productivity/progress trends.
- Provide guidance to the Project Manager (PM) and Construction Manager (CM) on delays and recommend appropriate mitigation measures.
- Perform delay analysis (e.g., windows analysis, time impact analysis, as-planned vs. as-built) to identify root causes and responsibility for delays.
- Identify and flag specific activities that are impacting or delaying overall project progress.
- Coordinate with procurement and site teams to align material/resource delivery with the schedule.
- Support claims/EOT (Extension of Time) preparation with schedule-based justification, if required.
- Attend progress meetings and present schedule status, risks, and recovery plans.
- Maintain the schedule risk register and support contingency/recovery planning.
- Extract progress/interim payment quantities and values from the schedule (physical progress linked to BOQ/contract milestones) to support monthly payment applications and certifications.
Mandatory Candidate Requirements
- Experience : Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in project planning/scheduling preferable to have experience in port/marine or heavy civil infrastructure
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related field
- Strong knowledge of CPM (Critical Path Method) scheduling, EVM (Earned Value Management), and delay analysis techniques (as-planned vs. as-built, windows analysis, time impact analysis)
- International Experience: Prior experience working in Africa or similar developing-market/remote-site environments (preferred)
- Language: Fluency in French or English
Preferred
- Experience with FIDIC-based contracts and EOT claim preparation.
- Familiarity with dredging/marine works sequencing.
