Planner

Role Summary

Planners are responsible to estimate a timescale for a project and to ensure that the outlined deadlines are met. They work closely with Setter Out, Manufacturing, Procurement, and Logistics to ensure a project runs on schedule and that material supplies are sufficient.

Role Responsibilities

Project Planning & Scheduling Support:

• Assisting in the development of project timelines and detailed schedules for joinery and furniture manufacturing projects, from start to delivery
• Learning to identify critical path activities, dependencies, and potential bottlenecks within the project lifecycle
• Supporting the creation of baseline schedules, dashboards, and tracking reports to monitor project progress
  
  

Coordination & Communication

• Acting as a key interface between the Setting-Out department, Procurement, Production, Logistics, Project Management, and external clients/parties
• Facilitating effective communication to ensure all stakeholders are aligned on project status, requirements, and deadlines
• Assisting in managing project correspondence and documentation with external parties
  
  

Material & Resource Management Support

• Collaborating with the Material Engineer and Procurement team to understand material requirements, lead times, and delivery schedules
• Supporting the follow-up and follow-through of orders with the Procurement department, escalating issues and tracking delivery dates
  
  

Monitoring & Reporting

• Supporting the preparation of weekly and monthly progress reports for management review
• Assisting in tracking production progress and coordinating with the production team to resolve any communication or coordination issues
• Learning to perceive project phases and plot dependencies on tracking reports to facilitate organized follow-through
  
  

Process Improvement

• Contributing to increasing team efficiency by providing operational and administrative support
• Proposing and assisting in implementing innovations in procedures to enhance departmental functionality and output
  
  

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Architecture, or Interior Design
  
  

Experience & Interest

• 3-5 years’ Experience in project planning, scheduling, and operations within the manufacturing or construction/fit-out industry
• Worked on Extension of Time using different techniques
• Baseline Schedules, updates, EVM, Weekly and monthly reports
• Preparing the dashboards
• Worked on Primavera P6, MS Project will be an advantage
• Understanding the proper sequencing of the project
• Working on Multiple projects