Sr Manager Project Controls, Scheduler

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Job Function:

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:

Project/Program Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium, Leiden, Netherlands, Little Island, Cork, Ireland, Ringaskiddy, Cork, Ireland, Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Job Description:

Project Delivery: Senior Manager, Project Controls & Assurance - Scheduling

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Senior Manager of Project Controls & Assurance with a focus on program and project scheduling, located in Belgium.

The Senior Manager, Project Controls & Assurance, Scheduler role is responsible for compliant deployment of J&J Worldwide Procedures and E&PS Schedule Controls tools, guidelines and industry standard methodologies throughout the lifecycle of the project, including J&J’s IDEA project delivery platform. This candidate will require a strong background in collaborative planning, scheduling, cashflow management and risk management. This role will be part of the Americas Project Controls & Assurance team and strategic projects’ onsite teams.

This role is responsible to drive standardization, through the ideation, definition, execution and assessment, and operational turnover project phases; including, but not limited to developing detailed and cost-loaded schedules and value-focused metrics, progress reporting, and implementing and communicating risk management processes. In addition, this role will support the Project Leader to deliver on early, end-to-end timelines, business case and execution approach alignment, project progress and reporting throughout the project phases, and lessons learned.

Come join J&J’s diverse Engineering & Property Services (E&PS) team in delivering outstanding results as we care for all J&J buildings around the world by providing end-to-end services from Real Estate, Engineering & Strategic Project Delivery to Facilities Management. In this team you’ll be part of profoundly influencing the entire J&J Enterprise, providing innovative workplaces where our employees can collaborate and grow, and delivering flexible site solutions which enable our business to best serve our important customers and patients.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide support to the Director, Project Controls & Assurance – Site Lead on Front End Loading (FEL) / early, end-to-end timeline efforts supporting the Capital investment by obtaining agreement on project definitions, scope, and priorities, and support the assessment of resources, capabilities, and project delivery processes, including global schedule management standards.

• Support the implementation of J&J’s Project Delivery processes, particularly focusing on schedule and cashflow objectives, identifying and mitigating risk and adhering to key financial procedures.

• Ensure that projects are implementing key Risk Management processes at all stages of project delivery (Cost & Schedule Risks assessments).

• Evaluate the Designer (AE), Construction Management (CM) and C&Q firm’s performance with respect to schedule control, cashflow and change management.

• Evaluate subcontract procurement plan, track performance against target dates.

• Review schedules and cashflow projections for subcontracts prior to award, validate against project objectives.

• Evaluate project time contingency and monitor usage throughout the duration of the project.

• Support maintenance and update of the 21-Tab / ESR to accurately reflect status against the funding authorization and target schedule, track project cashflow against plan and track project safety statistics.

• Ensure proper schedule integration and focus on identification of critical and near-critical paths so that the project team can begin to consider possible mitigation plans in case of schedule delay.

• Provide thorough review of the overall timeline and logic networks for all workstreams to ensure a true overall baseline.

• Manage the overall schedule development and integration, including engineering and design deliverables, procurement tasks, and construction management tasks, integrated with IT-automation tasks, commissioning and qualification, operational readiness, process validation and technology transfer.

• Support teams in the development of programmatic/project-specific procurement strategies to meet timeline and cashflow objectives.

• Identify areas of opportunities and risks while recommending courses of action that enable the project team to optimize its schedule performance.

Qualifications: Education

• B.S. in Business, Engineering, Architecture or Construction Management from an accredited institution or equivalent [Required]

• Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP), Planning & Scheduling Professional (PSP) or equivalent [Preferred]

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• Minimum 8 years of project controls experience supporting major capital projects, relative business experience and project or operations management.

• Extensive knowledge of engineering, construction, Commissioning Qualifications Validation (CQV) projects controls execution

• Prior experience managing complex capital projects > $50MM in Supply Chain, R&D, Pharma or Medical Device.

• Knowledge and experience of translating complex business needs into clear Final Project Objectives.

• Track record of developing and maintaining highly collaborative partnerships at all levels within the organization.

• Highly skilled listening and problem-solving skills when managing potential project conflicts.

• Full working knowledge of Project Controls methodologies in schedule development and management, cashflow forecasts, and risk control processes.

• Familiarity with multiple contract types and implementation schemes.

• Experience in integrated scheduling is required; working knowledge in collaborative and web-based planning/scheduling platforms; OPC, Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project.

Preferred:

• Proficient in Microsoft Suite

• Familiarity with J&J’s project management and project delivery processes (IDEA)

• Experience with web-based project management information systems

• Experience with risk management processes and tools including Monte Carlo analysis 

• Experience in an FDA-regulated industry

Other:

• Language requirements – Fluency: English

• Travel percentage – Up to 50%

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills: