Project Planner – Debswana Diamond Company
Job Description
Title:  Project Planner – 5 Year Fixed Term Contract
Closing Date:Â Â 27 February 2024
Location:Â Â
Jwaneng, BW
Description:Â Debswana Diamond Company would like to invite suitably qualified innovative, results oriented and self-driven individuals to apply for the position listed and described below and join a professional team driven by service excellence, where the demands of the business are met by encouraging team work and addressing the needs of the individual.
Purpose of the Role
- To perform Planning in a project environment for more than one project;
- To integrate Planning into project controls in a project environment for more than one project, i.e., integrate Planning with cost control , estimation, project administration, and document control
Key Job Responsibilities
- Ensures transfer of project Planning-data between financial, accounting, planning, and procurement systems; the review of errors arising from such transfers; and coordinating actions to rectify such errors
Other Job Responsibilities
- Coordinates the safety, health and environmental program in area of responsibility
- Estabilishes and maintains effective relationships with all key stakeholders and partners to ensure achievement of business objectives
- Initiates and implements creative and innovative ideas to continuously improve and sustain business performance
- Implement knowledge management principles through application of tools and methodologies to continuously improve and sustain business performance
- Ensures transfer of cost analysis – data between financial, accounting, planning and procurement systems; the review of errors arising from such transfers and coordinating to rectify such errors.
- Monitors the effectiveness of Planning standards and procedures, and advises the Senior Specialist – Planning about necessary changes to ensure continuous improvement
- Manages and controls allocated timing and operates within approved parameters
- Project Planning-related reporting
- Project Planning-related governance
- Planning-related contractual obligations (e.g., the impact and management of time).
- Planning trends-determination, change request control that impacts on time, changes to schedule- baselines, and monitoring & measurement of the associated time-related impacts
- Coordinates and checks estimation-related integration between project management work, support work and technical/specialist work, including inter-technical/specialist work
- Planning, setting-up, and managing Estimation as part of the project controls system.
Education
- Diploma in related field or Artisan Qualification or Equivalent
- Diploma in Project Management will be an added advantage
Experience
- >5 Years in a Project Planning environment
Legal Certification/Professional Registration
Technical Competencies
- Scope Management
- Project Control Management
- Data Integration
- Estimate Management
- Cost Control / Engineering
- Planning and Scheduling
- Project Risk Management
- Project Change Management
- Operational Readiness
- Document and Information Management
- Front-end-loading (FEL
Behavioral Competencies
- Business Acumen
- Teamwork & Collaboration
- Developing Others
- Service Orientation
- Concern for Safety, Health and the Environment
- Innovation
- Impact and Influence
- Change Leadership
- Planning, Coordination and Execution
- Managing Performance and Holding People Accountable
Closing Date: 27 February 2024
Debswana is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Please note that we only contact shortlisted candidates.
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