Planning and Reporting Manager

Job description / Role

Thales is a global technology leader for the aerospace, space, defense, security and transportation markets. Thales Security business unit is currently anticipating execution of the Special Airport Systems and Information and Communication Technology Package as part of the Bahrain Airport Modernization Program.

Position is open for a Planning and Reporting Manager to:
• Develop and manage the schedule for Bahrain Airport Modernisation Program. To undertake various functions related to the planning and managing schedule for Airport Systems and Information and Communication Technology and interfaces with Civil Works and different stakeholders.
• Develop and manage the internal and external reportings

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Understand Airport Systems and Information and Communication Technologies and have an excellent understanding of Project life cycle: the initialization phase, the design, procurement, construction/installation, interfaces, commissioning and integration of the different Systems
• Expert in planning methodology, like PERT
• Experienced user of Primavera P6, TILOS and other recognised planning tools
• Manage the overall development, maintenance, control and reporting of integrated resource-loaded project schedule
• Experience in project control tool included and not limited to data analysis, Earned Value analysis, and delays analysis
• Experience of Schedule Risk analysis and Critical Path Analysis
• Experience of Claims analysis, in particular Time Impact, Collapsed-as built and windows methods
• Experience in resource histograms preparation and chart planning
• Experience in working in a multi-national company and on a big scale projects.
• Experience in internal and external reporting
• Responsible for managing the project schedule and ensure to identity deviations, slippages and delays on the project schedule baseline.
• Responsible to collect and consolidate all the inputs and planning feedback from the different stakeholder (other Thales entities, work package managers, sub-contractors, third parties, …)
• Responsible to highlight to senior management on a timing manner any deviation on the project schedule baseline.
• Ensuring that all issues within the schedule are highlighted to senior management and to give appropriate planning advice.
• In charge of managing the project planning department.
• In charge to provide necessary planning and progress reports whenever is needed.
• Attend and present at regular client planning and delivery meetings
• In charge for producing all reporting’s (weekly and monthly progress reports to the customer and monthly Dashboard reports for the PM and senior management) in due time.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant engineering field
• Membership of relevant professional body (APM, CIHT, PMI etc.)
• Able to work under limited supervision
• Having high attention to details and being accurate.
• Having good organizational skills.
• Having good communication abilities.
• Highly competent in written English
•10 years of Primavera experience and on similar projects
• 5 years experiences of running planning teams on large multi-discipline projects
• Airport Systems and Information and Communication Technologies experiences
• Tilos experience preferred

PREFERRED SKILLS:
• Able to work under pressure and committed to deliver
• Strong leadership to be able to collect all information on time
• Open mind and strategic sense;
• Ability to analyse and summarize;
• Rigorous Time management and prioritizing;
• High resistance to stress;
• Team work skills

About the Company

Thales is a global leader in advanced technologies, investing in digital and “deep tech” innovations – connectivity, big data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and quantum computing – to build a confident future crucial for the development of our societies. The Group provides its customers – businesses, organizations and governments – in the defense, aeronautics, space, transport, and digital identity and security domains with solutions, services and products that help them fulfil their critical role, consideration for the individual being the driving force behind all decisions.

Thales has 81,000 employees in 68 countries. In 2020 the Group generated sales of €17 billion and Self-funded R&D 1B€.