Job Description

Description

Project Scheduler/Project Planner
Grade: Manager/Senior Manager
Location: Delhi
Company: Railways Systems Business Division (Hitachi)
Salary Range: As per the industry

Company Overview:

The Hitachi Railway Systems Business Unit encompasses a diverse range of products related to railways. It consists of three main business lines:

Rolling Stock, Signalling and Turn Key Solutions, Operations, Service & Maintenance.

Job Responsibilities:

The Project Scheduler is responsible for creating, updating and coordinating project schedules. Creates resource usage model and predictions. Works closely with team leaders to build, evaluate and optimize project schedules. The Project Scheduler will participate in a cross-functional team environment in development and oversight of development- and construction-related project schedules.

The candidate must be a highly motivated individual with very good organization, technical, and communication skills, and will work with a team of professionals to deliver superior service.

\'Reporting to the Project Management Office, primary responsibilities for this position include the following:

Work closely with the project team to develop, maintain and manage the project schedule; to include development, engineering, construction, supply chain, regulatory and finance-related activities.

Participate in regular project team meetings across multiple projects.

Ensure that all projects are being scheduled and forecast using a consistent methodology.

Prepare spend curves and cash-flow forecasts during the life cycle of the project, responsible for reporting schedule deliverables to the project lead and the project team.

Assist or lead in the creation of comprehensive schedule submissions using the Project Success Method, resource and cost loading as necessary; and

Regularly review critical path, cost loading, schedule content, use of relationships and lag, constraints and milestones.

Provide schedule analysis and metrics to key stakeholders on a regular basis.

The Project Scheduler will work with the project leadership team to perform scenario analysis such as delay analysis and progress analysis.

Shall report weekly, monthly progress reports to the project team and client.

Maximizing efficiency of the project strategy with respect to cost, time and contingency.

Risk and opportunity management.

Participate in the development of standards to support the functional groups in successful delivery of projects.

Updating the schedule and comparing the actual work performed against the baseline program.

Review vendor, sub-contractor and consultant schedule submittals and incorporate appropriate information into the schedule(s).

Identifying and reporting variances, and regularly updating the schedule and reporting on any changes.

Identifying activities impacting the schedule\xe2\x80\x99s critical path and facilitating the identification of opportunities to accelerate completion of the work, or measures to avoid potential delays.

Assist in the review of the schedule and status of the plans during all phases of the projects.

Reporting on project statuses, trends, forecasts and cashflow.

Reporting on project contingency, and schedule risks and opportunities.

Experience:

5+ years of experience in project scheduling.

Qualification:

Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree or equivalent

Other Skills:

Knowledge in Primavera P6 is must.

Railway Signalling and Telecom Experience.

Proficiency in using MS office for preparing Progress reports and Progress curves.

Certification received through PMI or other similar organizations focused on recognition of expertise in Project Management is helpful.

Hitachi