- The Technical Project Planner will provide continuous project coordination by ensuring continuity between projects. The role will focus on the large-scale technical projects, including assisting the Projects Managers writing project specifications, coordinating between projects, ensuring the proper documentation is completed for each project milestone.
- Work will typically include online or onsite meetings, specification review, schedule development, interacting with third party contractors, and coordinating technical review of project deliverable documents.
- The ideal candidate shall
- Can perform detailed work with little guidance, work well under pressure, and adapt quickly to a changing environment.
- Be familiar with project management processes.
- Have experience and skills necessary to monitor, and keep track of and adjust existing tasks, and synthesize information.
- Have excellent communication skills at the strategic level and be able to focus on details to drive successful execution.
- Be familiar with cruise vessel technical assets.
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft office tools, and Power BI.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Craft project schedules, resource allocation, and timelines.
- Determine with the project managers the start and delivery dates of the technical projects.
- Coordinate with project managers and other teams/departments to ensure project efficiency.
- Map out conflict in the execution phase between different projects.
- Maintain accurate project documentation, including weekly progress reports, technical specifications for bid solicitation, and change orders.
- Maintain Technical Projects SharePoint site.
- Provide technical oversight and verification review to team.
- Draft project progress reports and prepare presentations regarding project status.
- Track the overall status of the Technical Projects, and KPIs.
Note: Project planner vs. project manager
Project planners and project managers are both important positions in project management, but they fill different roles in the project management cycle. While a project manager handles a project's entire cycle, from inception to results, project planners usually focus on the planning and monitoring phases of a project. Project planners are often more detail-oriented than project managers, which can ensure that the project's plan is efficient and adaptive. The project planner will report to the Sr. Director of Technical Projects.