Scheduling Specialist / Planner

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Scheduling Specialist / Planner

REFERENCE

PM-VA-SC-001-R02

About PM-PARTNERS

PM-PARTNERS is a project management consulting firm, founded in 1995, specializing in Portfolio, Programme and Project Management Services. We support complex and high-demanding projects across the Energy, Industry, Infrastructure and Financial Services sectors, combining structured project controls with hands-on delivery support.

Overview of the role

We are looking for an experienced Scheduling Specialist / Planner to join our team and support a portfolio of major construction, energy and industrial projects.

The role will focus on integrated planning and scheduling, progress measurement, critical path analysis, contractor schedule review and management reporting, working closely with Project Managers, PMO teams, consultants and contractors.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain baseline, detailed and integrated project schedules, together with schedule basis documents, WBS structures, coding, milestones and calendars.
• Translate engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning scope into robust CPM schedule logic and realistic activity sequences.
• Integrate schedules from multiple contractors and disciplines into the overall master schedule and ensure consistent interfaces, assumptions and dependencies.
• Update schedules using verified actual progress, evaluate forecasts, logic, float, constraints and critical / near-critical paths, and identify emerging schedule risks.
• Review and challenge Contractor schedules, including logic integrity, constructability, resource loading, productivity assumptions, sequencing and compliance with contractual milestones.
• Prepare look-ahead schedules, progress curves, S-curves, schedule KPIs, trend reports and concise management dashboards for project and portfolio reporting.
• Perform site walks and coordinate with project teams to validate physical progress and reconcile site status with schedule updates.
• Assess delays and changes for schedule impact, support Time Impact Analysis, recovery planning, scenario analysis and evaluation of Extension of Time / claim-related submissions.
• Develop and review recovery schedules and corrective-action plans where progress deviates from the approved baseline.
• Support Project Managers with resource planning, schedule forecasting, Earned Value / progress measurement and time-cost integration.
• Facilitate or participate in schedule review, progress, coordination and constructability meetings, maintaining effective communication with all stakeholders.
• Promptly highlight critical deviations, risks and required corrective actions to the Project Manager and PMO.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in project planning, scheduling and project controls within construction, infrastructure, energy, industrial or EPC projects.
• Advanced user of MS Project and Primavera P6, with strong hands-on experience in baselines, predecessors / successors, dependencies, critical path, float, constraints, resource loading, S-curves and schedule performance indicators.
• Strong knowledge of CPM scheduling, WBS development, progress measurement, forecasting, Earned Value principles, recovery scheduling and schedule risk / delay analysis.
• Ability to review, challenge and assess schedules produced by contractors and consultants, including schedule implications of contract terms and change events.
• Experience with large-scale construction schedules and multidisciplinary engineering / procurement / construction interfaces.
• Proficient user of MS Excel and PowerPoint; Power BI experience will be considered an advantage.
• PMP, CAPM or relevant project controls certification will be considered an advantage.
• Strong analytical, planning and organizational skills, with the ability to work proactively under time pressure and across multiple priorities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Fluency in Greek and English, both written and spoken, is essential.
• Previous experience in a PMO or portfolio-level project controls environment will be considered an advantage.

Benefits to you

• Competitive remuneration and benefits package.
• Exposure to major construction, energy and infrastructure projects in Greece and abroad.
• Continuous professional development and opportunities to broaden technical and project management expertise.
• Collaborative, dynamic and performance-oriented working environment.

Interested? Send your CV to [email protected]