SeniorFull TimeENAsia/Pacific
About Us
A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.
Hong Kong, China Hong Kong, Hong Kong (On-Site)The Role
You’re responsible for provision of accurate, integrated and meaningful bid and / or project planning information to the management team and key stakeholders.
This encompasses; monitoring, analysing and reporting for bid /project schedules to ensure that information is used in bid / project decision-making based upon the status of the most up to date schedule.
The information provided to review and report the status of the bid / project must be based on auditable, controlled and managed data.
Key Responsibilities
Maintain, develop & communicate the integrated bid / project plan in the designated planning tool set including all contract deliverable milestones, internal milestones, invoicing and sales milestones in accordance with the Hitachi Rail Procedures
Monitor the integrated set of bid / project schedules, costs, and resources in accordance with the company timetable, procedures and working practices and cost structure and Work Break-down Structure
Undertake and coordinate the formal update of bid / project schedules, interdependencies, resource allocations budgets and financial status
Provide effective planning support to the management of transition from P3e to P6
Generate the overall critical path across the integrated set of bids / projects and reconcile issues, making recommendations to assist in the recovery of slippage, where applicable
Undertake Earned Value calculations, where applicable, to support bid / project performance forecasting
Analyse resource profiles resulting from the monthly schedule update process and make recommendations to reconcile resource loading anomalies ahead of the Forward Load extraction
Undertake all baseline and change control activities associated with the schedules including regular local archiving of the associated database(s)
The role will also involve occasional ad-hoc duties that are not listed above but are necessary to respond to the needs of the business. These ad-hoc duties will be consistent with the nature of a Project Planner position within Hitachi Rail
Requirements
Experience of providing a bid / project planning service within a medium to large organisation. The experience is required to demonstrate;
A thorough understanding of planning techniques – for example; the application of critical path analysis, work breakdown structures etc…
A high level of proficiency in the use of project planning tools and standard business administration software – Primavera P6, MS Project, SAP
Commercial awareness that demonstrates useable knowledge of how conditions of contract are applied.
A track record of excellence in progress Reporting and KPI Production
Strong service delivery ethos and orientation
Excellent technical project planning skills with proficiency in common project planning tool sets (such as Primavera, SAP)
Effective at operating across functional and departmental boundaries (working in a matrix style organisation)
A strong understanding of the need for governance in bid / project management and the ability to uphold governance requirements.
Excellent communication skills to convey planning information to a variety of stakeholders
Can demonstrate commercial, financial and general business acumen
Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at https://www.hitachirail.com/careers.
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