Site Planner Lead

2 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia Microsoft Full time

Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind one of the world’s largest cloud infrastructures, responsible for powering all Microsoft online Products and Services as well as powering Microsoft’s “Cloud First” mission. Our Global Project Controls team supports the delivery of CO+I’s mission and vision as the trusted advisors that deliver a definitive, responsive, and timely project controls program to all business areas via the industry’s best people, work processes, systems, and tools. We are composed of project management professionals who are committed to providing timely delivery of cost and schedule solutions to positively affect project outcomes. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Microsoft's CO+I team is seeking a Datacenter Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) Integrated Planner / Scheduler to provide services for Melbourne site in Australia. The employee will provide integrated planning and schedule management services for the campus. They will be required to develop and analyze totally integrated engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) schedules. Recommend solutions or recovery plans to schedule or cost impact or delays. Required weekly and monthly reporting as assigned.

We utilize tools such as Master Schedules, Risk Framework, Quality Checklists and Schedule Health Scorecards, and are hands-on with the PMs in the field, and with the General Contractor with our tools and analysis. This results in Schedule Predictability driving overall delivery efficiencies.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

**Responsibilities**:
**_ Planning_**
- Help develop Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) including timelines and dependencies for large-scale datacenter construction projects.
- Work with cross-functional teams, including engineers, procurement, and construction to ensure project milestones are met and deliverables are completed on time.
- Monitor project risks and develop contingency plans to mitigate potential issues.
- Work with clients to understand their needs and ensure project outcomes meet their expectations.
- Develop and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
- Continuously improve project management processes and tools to increase efficiency and effectiveness.

**_
General Contractor _**_(GC) _**_Procurement_**_ & _**_Construction Schedule _**_Baseline Management_**
- Facilitate and support the development of a detailed Project Schedule along with project team, GC and Sub-Contractor vendors.
- Work closely with the Regional Planning Lead to ensure the GC Baseline Schedule meets the standards and requirements defined within the DIV1 Specification.
- Complete the GC Baseline Evaluation process and provide recommendations.
- Carry out the GC Proposal Schedule Evaluations and provide evaluation narrative and scores.

**_
Schedule Analysis and Reporting_**
- Facilitate and participate in weekly schedule reviews onsite with GC schedule teams to analyze and validate progress onsite.
- Proactively analyze project schedules by; comparing cost/resource curves to actuals, tracking float consumption, perform schedule integrity (health) checks, carry-out delay impact analysis, monitor monthly performance and carry out variance analysis supporting Baseline Management and Change Control processes throughout the Project Lifecycle
- Carry out and communicate Schedule Time Impact Assessments of schedule delay events and recommend mitigation strategies to recover and/or control the impacts.
- Ensure GC compliance with MSFT Monthly and Weekly reporting cadence and Rhythm of Business requirements.
- Evaluate GC Weekly and Monthly Schedule Reports, validate progress, review insights EPC PMs and provides feedback and recommendations to GC where necessary.
- Validate schedule updates along with a narrative for submission to the project team and MSFT stakeholders.
- Identify and mitigate threats to the project's schedule and initiate corrective actions through field staff.
- Analyze resource loading and recommend adjustments / corrective action as appropriate.
- Assess impacts of design and/or long lead equipment changes and provide recommendations to mitigate/recover the schedule.
- Provide final review of schedules for estimating as requested.

**_
Collaboration_**
- Support Collaborative Planning workshops by using the Schedule to help facilitate planning, coordination, and accurate progress reporting.
- Interface with site management regarding critical schedule activities, change, impacts to schedule, change

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