Integrated Planning Engineer (Advanced English)
AFRY is a leading European company in engineering services, projects, and consultancy, with a global reach. We will accelerate the transition to a more sustainable society. We are part of the AFRY group with more than 19 thousand specialists worldwide dedicated to the areas of infrastructure, industry, energy, and digitalization, creating sustainable solutions for future generations. Present in Brazil since 1974, it currently has 4 offices. It has about 1,400 brave, dedicated, and teamwork-oriented employees, and serves more than 50 clients from various sectors.
Work in the integrated planning and control of the engineering project portfolio, ensuring the consolidation of individual schedules into a Masterplan and the alignment between scope, deadlines, resources, priorities, interfaces, and the strategic objectives of the portfolio. Support coordination and management in generating consolidated information for decision-making, contributing to increased predictability, identification of conflicts and dependencies, risk mitigation, and fulfillment of the project portfolio objectives. Main responsibilities Report to the Planning and Projects Coordinator or Manager. Develop, maintain, update, and control the Masterplan of the project portfolio, consolidating the schedules of different projects and initiatives. Integrate schedules developed by internal teams, design companies, contractors, and other suppliers, ensuring consistency between assumptions, milestones, and dates. Structure and organize the project portfolio, keeping information on scope, phase, priorities, main milestones, responsible parties, and execution forecasts updated. Establish and control strategic milestones and interfaces between projects, identifying dependencies, constraints, and potential execution conflicts. Evaluate impacts resulting from changes in individual schedules on the Masterplan and on other projects in the portfolio. Periodically update the integrated planning together with the engineering, implementation, procurement, contracts, and other involved areas. Consolidate information on physical progress, trends, and project completion forecasts, ensuring the reliability and consistency of the reported information. Monitor portfolio performance through indicators of deadline, physical progress, milestones, deviations, and trends. Prepare and analyze progress curves, S-curves, resource histograms, and other consolidated indicators of the project portfolio. Identify deviations from planning, evaluate impacts on projects and on the Masterplan, and propose corrective actions, preventive actions, and recovery plans. Evaluate the execution capacity of the portfolio, identifying resource conflicts, activity overlaps, and periods of highest demand concentration. Develop scenario analyses and project sequencing to support decisions on prioritization, postponement, or rescheduling of the portfolio. Support project prioritization considering constraints, dependencies, resource availability, and strategic objectives. Monitor schedule risks and critical interfaces between projects, supporting the definition and monitoring of mitigation strategies. Support change management, ensuring that relevant changes are reflected in the project schedules and the Masterplan. Prepare and monitor performance indicators (KPIs), dashboards, and consolidated management reports of the portfolio. Prepare executive presentations highlighting portfolio evolution, main milestones, deviations, trends, risks, constraints, and necessary decisions. Participate in and support integrated planning and portfolio monitoring meetings, presenting consolidated information and supporting decision-making. Facilitate communication and integration between planning, engineering, implementation, procurement, contracts, contractors, and other stakeholders. Ensure the traceability of assumptions, planning changes, milestones, and main decisions related to the Masterplan. Contribute to the standardization of schedules, measurement criteria, calendars, coding, and planning processes used by different projects. Support the implementation and continuous improvement of governance processes, integrated planning, and project portfolio management.
Completed Higher Education in Engineering. (Post-graduation in Project Planning will be a differentiator). Knowledge in integrated planning. Proficiency in Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Office tools. Advanced English, capable of conducting meetings in English. Experience in engineering planning and control.
Work on-site in Nova Lima every day.
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