LGAC001AEB

Job Title:

Planning Engineer / Manager

Job Type:

Contract 6 - 12 months

Start Date:

November 2009

Industry:

Building and Construction

Location:

Ghana

Salary:

USD5000  per month + 1000 local curreny for all your expenses + free  accommodation + tickets home every 3 months (tax free arrangement)

Company Info:
Our client is a well established and reputable engineering international consultancy firm. The company offers a multi-disciplinary consultancy service to the private and public sector, and has won many large scale international projects. It is involved in the areas Structures, Roads, Environment and Commercial Developments with a particular emphasis on luxury hotels.
This particular vacancy is for a Planning Engineer / Manager for one of their projects in North Africa. Joining this firm will ensure an exciting and rewarding career within a well established and growing company. The project will give you the opportunity to work on a high profile hotel project in one of the country's most sought after locations.

Responsibilities:
*Produce proposals and tenders for work using primavera.
*Set up project calendar Activities and Coding with construction managers resource requirements using companies standard outputs
*Setting up and maintenance off Critical path networks, including updating, reporting and implementation of logic and resource changes, as required.
*Regular progress recording on site of actual progress
*Providing advice and support to the site planning engineers.
*Presenting work schedules and co-ordinate subcontract schedule and day-to-day operations
*Liaising closely with the site management and ensuring all work is completed in a timely manner and meeting a tight finish deadline
*Planning multi-projects with logic & a resource interlinks,

The opportunity is a working on a joint venture with a Lebanese Contracting firm.  Your role will be very instrumental in the success and completion of the project within a tight timeframe.  You will be required to offer strong negotiation and communication skills and the ablity to get the job done.  You will be working for  a consultancy firm that offer a very strong working team atmosphere and a working environment that promotes open communication.

Requirements:
*Engineering or Building Degree or equivalent
*Must have 8-15 yrs experience
*Strong Primavera experience
*Must have previously worked with high storey buildings
*Experience work on hotel project would be ideal