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Title: Project Specialist III
Location: Wilmington, NC
Duration: 12 Months
Job Description:
PURPOSE OF POSITION:
A. Create/update master schedule and incorporate important decision diamonds into project plan.
B. Coordinate/facilitate meetings with task owners to establish/evaluate/update tasks, durations, and constraints.
C. Analyze critical path and constraints to determine effect of changes to schedule and recommend work-around.
D. Elevate concerns related to ownership of tasks, roadblocks to constraint resolution, or completion of tasks per the plan.
E. Conduct analysis to determine alternative courses of action or recovery on slipped schedules.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
A. Weekly email communications of tasks that are late or that are scheduled to start/end in the next 2 weeks (weekly work plan).
B. Regular communication of driving predecessors that impact target dates (to task owners and project lead).
C. Develop and update weekly short interval schedule working with superintendents and field engineers. Pull Planning or Last Planning.
D. Assist project team to develop and maintain periodic status reports to keep management informed on project progress.
E. Develop/manage constraint log. Obtain commitments from owners to resolve constraints.
F. Monitor and communicate resource utilization via the project plan (people and $).
G. Coach/mentor Leaders and Task Owners on the planning process and constraint resolution.
H. Log all new information and provide scheduled reports for coordination and reporting purposes.
I. Assist in refining tasks and sub tasks to ensure satisfactory realization of project requirements as scheduled.
J. Interact with project team and task managers to develop and update detailed schedules, cost information and identification of variances from original plan.
K. Assist in developing mechanical and electrical installation checklists and schedules.
DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
Education required:
AAS Engineering Technology, BS Engineering Technology, BS Engineering
(Equivalent work experience will be considered in rare circumstances such as a project manager if projects were managed with an integrated schedule.)
Experience required:
Minimum 3 years of experience
Skill required:
A. MS Project experience (Primavera is acceptable)
B. Proficient in MS Project and various execution methodologies such as waterfall, agile and sprint and lean or last planning
C. MS Outlook experience
D. Attention to details.
Skill or work style preferred:
A. Self-motivated
B. Results oriented
C. Attention to detail
D. Well organized
E. Ability to handle multiple priorities
F. Ability to work well with varied job requirements
G. Ability to work well in small teams is essential.
Unique or special requirements:
All positions will require a minimal amount of time be spent on the floor familiarizing with equipment and installation process steps
Equipment or software experience preferred:
A. 3 years MS Project experience (Inc MSP On-line administration)
a. Constraint management
b. Critical path analysis
c. Driving predecessor analysis
d. Resource Planning
B. Windows, MS Office suite including: Power Point, Excel, Word.
Equipment familiarization preferred:
A. Familiar with mechanical and pneumatic systems and schematics, electrical control systems, automated equipment systems
B. Equipment used for machine installation activities
Position is in Wilmington, NC. It is likely a worker will stay in Wilmington the entire duration of their assignment with 0% travel based on the work we have to do. We do have plants in Midland, Winston, and Hickory. If worker is listed as based in Wilmington and the project work shifts to Midland for example, the worker's hotel, food, and fuel will be reimbursed while they are working in Midland. Same goes for other sites work may move to. However, one of our locations will be declared as the worker's base and no expenses will be reimbursed while working at that location.
About us:
DivIHN, the 'IT Asset Performance Services' organization, provides Professional Consulting, Custom Projects, and Professional Resource Augmentation services to clients in the Mid-West and beyond. The strategic characteristics of the organization are Standardization, Specialization, and Collaboration.
DivIHN is an equal opportunity employer. DivIHN does not and shall not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status.