Location: Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia
Thales people architect solutions that support 85 million mainline and suburban passenger journeys, worldwide, every day. Our Rail Signalling and Communication systems are used on metro lines across major cities, and 72,000 kms of route, 52,000 trains per day in 16 countries are controlled by our Traffic Management Systems. Together We deployed the first-ever nationwide ticketing system which processes over 50 million ticketing transactions in 100 cities daily.
Thales has been present since 1980, contributing to the industrial success of the country with advanced technologies, services & solutions in the aerospace, defence, security & transportation markets. Aligned with Malaysias goal of strengthening local industrial capabilities, Thales, together with its local joint venture actively engaged in designing, building and implementing leading-edge solutions that help protect the nations citizens and infrastructure.
As Ground Transportation Systems (GTS), we are advancing rail signalling and safety solutions to ensure safe and efficient railway operations worldwide.
Our technologies help to bring billions of people reliably to their destinations by rail every year making sustainable mobility a reality.
Senior Project Planner (Ref.No. R1005262)
at our location in Kuala-Lumpur
You will enjoy having these responsibilities:
- Responsible for independently creating, updating and monitoring Project schedules in P6.
- Be fully knowledgeable with the project contractual requirements and ensure compliance in execution and reporting Work with the Core Team to generate and validate monthly and quarterly updates of EAC and labour demand
- Provide reports/metrics including Critical Path, Earned Value, EAC variance, Critical milestones movement, KPIs & labor forecasts.
- Analyze the data in these reports to identify trends, risks, and issues & work with the Core Team to resolve them
- Support critical Bids that require a full schedule in the Bid submission:
- Read the tender documents,
- Assess all contractual requirements for both the Bid submission and the Contract execution,
- Assess compliance, feasibility and risks
- Create a comprehensive and effective Schedule Narrative when required
- Produce an estimate of the level of effort for the planning function in the project
- Lead the creation of a project schedule to the level required to be submitted in the bid
- Manages both progress against the Baseline schedule; and change to ensure the contractual deliverables and the company's position are protected.
- Very good understanding of the S-Curve outputs. Can provide meaningful commentary on S-Curves, relate back to the schedule and other schedule outputs. Can communicate outputs to the Core Team in a simple and useful manner. Able to produce S-Curves from scratch
- Very experienced in dealing with Customers and Suppliers and negotiating with / influencing their schedulers.
- Will connect the customer, senior management, Project site, the product and departments together and have a full view of the project.
- Very experienced in inputting into the Project change management process and calculating the schedule implications of all changes and ensuring they are incorporated into the Project through Change orders.
- Very experienced in attending risk and opportunity reviews , calculating schedule impact of risks and opportunities and managing assigned mitigation / action items
- Foster an environment of cooperation, commitment and buy-in amongst the Project Team members and the Heads of Disciplines
- Work effectively within a global environment with stakeholders who are geographically dispersed
- Generate clear comprehensive reporting to management and customers as required by process or contract
- Support the Core Team with creative and effective rationale in the justification and documentation of the basis of Claims and Variation orders during project execution
- Provide guidance/support as required for the project scheduler and project planner
- Contribute to process improvement by identifying ideas for improvement and following through to implement where possible
- Able to work in Toronto Time Zone and hybrid arrangements.
You have:
- University technology/Engineering degree or equivalent working experience
- 7+ years of experience in complex technology projects
- Expert level skills in Primavera P6
- Advanced/Expert skills in Microsoft Excel
- Able to understand complex technology & resolve complex problems
- Excellent communication skills
- Able to communicate well in English
- Self-starting; proactive, able to work independently with little oversight or guidance
- Able to plan and manage project schedules requiring over 1,500 activities
- Knowledge of Microsoft Project Software & Primavera Risk analysis will be added advantage.
Our Talent Acquisition Team is looking forward to hearing from you
We look forward to receiving your application in just a few clicks via our career portal.
For further information about Thales and GTS as an employer visit us on https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/career
About Us
Our motivation is the mobility turnaround. To achieve this, our teams find innovative products and solutions that ensure the operation and reliability of the entire rail network and increase capacities on the rails.
Our projects are diverse. To make our teams even stronger, we are looking for your support. In return, we offer you an attractive overall package with the following benefits:
- Stronger together: Networking through internal networks and working in international teams
- Our drive: Together, we are laying the foundations for the digitization of the rail around the world, to get people safely to their destinations and to their loved ones!
- Attractive conditions: A secure and permanent job with a global company
Notes
Equal opportunities and self-determined participation of severely disabled persons and persons of equal status as well as respectful cooperation are firmly anchored principles within the Thales Group and its subsidiaries. We also aim to offer all our equal opportunities to start a career and to receive training and further education in our company. We consciously promote diversity and togetherness in our teams.
At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now!
