Project Planner

Project Manager
Sydney
September 22, 2022
Full Time
Urgent

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Job Description

Company Overview

CAE is a high technology company, at the leading edge of digital immersion, providing solutions to make the world a safer place. Backed by a record of more than 70 years of industry firsts, we continue to reimagine the customer experience and revolutionize training and operational support solutions in civil aviation, defence and security, and healthcare.

CAE offers interesting, diverse and challenging work. Our multiple businesses and global sites create a highly dynamic and stimulating environment that offers ample opportunity for creativity, learning and growth.

Our innovative technologies and services, and the people who collaborate every day to deliver exceptional service to our customers, are at the heart of what makes our organization successful and a great place to work.

  • Permanent Position & Immediate Start
  • Located in Homebush

Role Overview

As a member of CAE’s IPAC Project Management & Execution Team, the role is primarily responsible for working with Project Manager’s and other stakeholders to define complex project/program schedules, determine critical paths, constraints and perform scenario based analysis of schedules and to support Project Management Office reporting, processes and improvement initiatives.

Roles & Responsibilities 

  • Work with Project Managers and other stakeholders to define Project/Program schedules, determine critical paths, constraints, and perform scenario based analysis of schedules
  • Develop schedules as part of a proposal and/or project team involving strategic bids or contracts in concert with standard planning practices (i.e. use of predecessors, successors, durations, calendars, constraints, leads, lags)
  • Create Potential projects for Work Force Planning reporting needs.
  • Set up Cost and Schedule baseline
  • Define and maintain project WBS
  • Provide project planning expertise to project team/s
  • Coordinate Schedule Review Meetings for Project execution
  • Monitor project progress against the plan, analyze information to define problems, and formulate recommendations.
  • Maintain up to date Schedules and ensure that they align with budgeted cost
  • Act as Planisware SME (Training will be provided)
  • Organise the Project Initiation and Project Closure process in co-operation with the PMO Lead
  • Ensure that projects are established in Planisware in time for work commencement
  • To drive Continuous Improvement activities

Qualifications and Experience/Requirements  

To be considered for this role, you must have the following:

  • Tertiary qualifications or relevant experience
  • Experience in manipulation of industry standard planner tool.
  • Project management certification, asset.
  • Minimum of five years’ experience – equivalent combination related to project planning and control.
  • Good Troubleshooting skills
  • Good organizational skills.
  • Accuracy and precision.
  • Good interpersonal skills, diplomatic
  • Good communication skills (written and spoken).
  • Ability to manage one’s time and multiple projects with tight deadlines.
  • Program management, MS Project, Planisware and Power BI experience, an advantage.
  • Ability to communicate with customers.
  • Innovation, creativity, sense of ownership.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with minimum guidance and supervision.
  • Ability to drive the collection of data and sign off from multiple geographically dispersed resources.

Note: as the Australian Department of Defence is a major client, you must be eligible for SECRET (NV1) level Defence security clearance, and preferably already hold a current SECRET (NV1) clearance. Australian citizens only.

CAE Australia Offers 

  • A supportive culture for all employees
  • Flexible working hours
  • The ability to work from home
  • Yearly reviews
  • Full Flight Simulator experiences
  • Birthday Leave
  • An exciting career path with potential global opportunities
  • Health & Wellness Subsidy along with other additional benefits

EEO Statement

CAE is firmly committed to ensuring a positive and professional working environment in which all people are treated with dignity and respect. We aim to provide a fair and consistent method for filling job openings in support of equality of opportunity and cultural diversity within the company.

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