Senior Project Planner

Senior Project Planner

Durban, None, South Africa, South Africa — thyssenkrupp Uhde South Africa Pty Ltd

Job details

Type of contract:Full-time, Permanent

Experience level:Professionals

Remote work:Not available

Job field:Engineering & Science

Status:Ongoing recruitment, entry date flexible

Posting date:2026/10/12

Job number:0 RS APA00097

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Your responsibilities

The successful incumbent will be required to fulfil the following job description but not limited to:

Project Activities

• Analyse contract documentation for project scheduling requirements, create the project schedule
• Develop a project specific schedule management plan
• Enter project specific information in the schedule
• Review the draft schedule with the responsible team members
• Ensure the quality of all planning deliverables is as required

Proposal Support

• Analyse the tender information for proposal planning requirements
• Liaise with stakeholders to develop a compliant proposal schedule.
• Ensure quality compliance and bid compliant schedules for bid preparation

Department Duties

• Maintain the required skills and tools to provide the required level of service.
• Manage subordinates if required, including training and quality oversight
• Develop best practices where required to ensure efficient and effective project planning. Identify areas of improvement and initiate improvements.
• Ensure the planning department meets required tk Uhde procedures and those of the clients where required.

HSE Awareness

• General Department Housekeeping, including personal workstation, common work areas.
• Adhere to OSH requirements regarding safe operation of equipment and personal safety
• Adhere to tk Safety Health and Environment requirements

This role provides a schedule planning, monitoring and reporting role to all active projects in addition to supporting new proposals with proposed schedules for bid submission.

Specifically the role:

• Provides support to new proposals as required
• Creates programs for all active projects on initiation and obtains internal and external acceptance of the program
• Monitors progress on the frequency determined by the project execution plan (typically weekly) by interrogating all stakeholders and updating the program.
• Issues weekly updates of the program including S-curves and other reporting as required.
• Provides inputs into the project status reports as required.
• Highlights any deviations to the PM and team as soon as possible.
• Maintains the planning department skills and tool sets as required.

Your profile

Educational Experience

• 3 Year technical qualification in an engineering field or 10 years’ demonstrated experience in an engineering and construction environment aligned closely to the tk Uhde environment
• Additional relevant qualifications and experience an advantage.

Years of Experience

Minimum of 10 years relevant experience in executing E / EP / EPCm / EPC contracts, preferably in the oil and gas, chemical and energy environments. 15+ years preferred

Required Skills

• Microsoft Office

• Primavera and related applications

• MS Projects

• Knowledge of SAP would be an advantage

• Personal Attributes

• Oral and written communication skills in English on an intermediate level (minimum)

• Skill in identifying, analysing and solving problems

• Skill in writing technical reports

• Leadership skills (in case of directing and co-ordinating engineering inputs and scheduling teams)

• Working knowledge of CPM scheduling

• Important to us

• Health and Wellness

• Health & Safety

• Highest health & safety standards and a wide range of health promotion and healthcare activities.

• Highest health & safety standards and a wide range of health promotion and healthcare activities.

• Pension and Retirement

• Pension

• We have various financial models to give you individual support.

• We have various financial models to give you individual support.

• Collaboration and Teamwork

• Collaboration

• Collegiality is of huge importance – we treat everyone with respect and appreciation.

• Collegiality is of huge importance – we treat everyone with respect and appreciation.

• Professional Development

• Development

• Training and education programs to help you develop professionally and personally.

• Training and education programs to help you develop professionally and personally.

• Compensation and Salary

• Compensation & benefits

• Fair working conditions and competitive pay are an important basis for us.

• Fair working conditions and competitive pay are an important basis for us.

• Diversity and Inclusion

• Diversity

• We promote an open and tolerant work culture.

• We promote an open and tolerant work culture.

• Work-Life Balance

• Work-Life Balance

• Work-Life Balance: we guarantee regular working hours to support work-life balance.

• Work-Life Balance: we guarantee regular working hours to support work-life balance.

• Creative and Innovation

• Creative leeway

• We offer a work environment in which you can try out new solutions in a no blame culture.

• We offer a work environment in which you can try out new solutions in a no blame culture.

• Vacation and Time Off

• Vacation and paid time off

• Vacation and paid time off: Paid vacation, sick leave and personal days.

• Vacation and paid time off: Paid vacation, sick leave and personal days.

• Sustainability and Environment

• Sustainability

• We act with responsibility and environmental awareness. We support sociopolitical initiatives and focus on resource efficiency.

• We act with responsibility and environmental awareness. We support sociopolitical initiatives and focus on resource efficiency.

• Onboarding and Training

• Onboarding

• Onboarding: individual and personal support to help you get started in your new job.

• Onboarding: individual and personal support to help you get started in your new job.

• We value diversity

• We value diversity. Therefore we welcome all applications, irrespective of gender, nationality, ethnic and social background, religion and beliefs, disability, age, or sexual orientation and identity.

• We value diversity. Therefore we welcome all applications, irrespective of gender, nationality, ethnic and social background, religion and beliefs, disability, age, or sexual orientation and identity.

• Company

• Established in South Africa in 1959, thyssenkrupp Uhde South Africa is the local subsidiary of thyssenkrupp Uhde. Underpinned by a global footprint with local presence, we are a market-leading technology, engineering, construction and service partner for industrial plants and systems.

• Combining over 100 years of global experience with over 60 years of local African know-how, thyssenkrupp Uhde Africa is a specialist provider of a range of advanced chemical technologies and integrated, environmentally friendly EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) solutions and services.

• As an environmentally-responsible company, our vision is to create a livable planet through engineering green solutions.

• From receiving your documents to acceptance: the application process

• Step 1

• Online application

• Have you found an interesting vacancy? Then apply online. You won’t need more than 10 minutes. The entire application process – from initial contact to response – usually takes between four and six weeks.

• Step 2

• Receipt of your application

• You will receive confirmation that we have received your application – within a few minutes if you apply online; it may take a couple of days if you apply by email. Our recruiters check your app