Master Scheduler | Project Planner (m|f|d)

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services, and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials, and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 22,000 employees, sales of €5.2 billion, and locations in over 60 countries worldwide, making it one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

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Your Tasks

• Develop and maintain the project schedule by integrating inputs from all functions, units, and third parties contributing to the project.
• Serve as a key member of the project team, providing schedule status updates to the Project Manager and other project members (Chief Project Engineer, Lead Engineer, Sourcing Manager, and Site Manager).
• Communicate schedule status to the Project Manager, Function Responsible, suppliers, and third parties.
• Conduct schedule analysis to identify project risks and opportunities and collaborate with the project team to implement risk mitigation strategies.
• Provide look-ahead, backlog, and future late reporting with prioritizations to clearly communicate potential and real risks, driving project priorities.
• Ensure contractually required customer reporting is completed and communicate directly with customers on scheduling matters.
• Prepare critical path analyses and work with multiple critical and near-critical paths.
• Generate "what-if" scenarios to optimize execution and collaborate with project teams to evaluate feasibility.
• Align with the cost-controlling function to ensure clear alignment between cost and schedule for accurate project execution.
• Organize and lead timely Planning Reviews with the project team to address schedule issues and define/validate mitigation plans.
• Prepare delay analyses to support the creation of EOT claims.

Your Profile

• Degree in engineering or a comparable field, with several years of professional experience in planning and/or controlling.
• At least 7 years of experience in project planning as part of a project team.
• Proficient in applying planning control principles (WBS, critical path, progress and OTD).
• Experience with planning tools such as MS Project and/or Primavera, including interfaces with cost control and workload management.
• Proactive communication and problem-solving attitude, strong team spirit, critical analysis of available data, rigor and transparency, and the ability to contribute to decision-making processes.

Your personal contact
J.M. Voith SE & Co. KG | Recruiting Germany