3 YEARS PM "MISSION"​ IN UK

BIOMASS Project

Biomass is a satellite mission with the goal to reduce the uncertainty in the worldwide spatial distribution and dynamics of forest Biomass in order to improve current assessments and future projections of the global carbon cycle. This objective will be achieved by implementation of a P-band SAR mission (satellite), providing global maps of forest Biomass stocks, forest disturbance and growth.

The job is intended to supply Project Office Support (POS) for Schedule Control and Risk Administration and is part of the support tasks for the provision of the BIOMASS Project Management Office (PMO), located in Stevenage, UK. The duration of the contract will be of 36 months between Q1 2019 – Q1 2022.

Skills Expected

• University degree in Technical domain
• Master degree, PhD, MBA are a plus
• Fluent in English language (technical) is expected (writing/reports and conversational)
• Knowledge of Satellite domain/Space is a plus
• Working experience of at least 5 years
• Experience with Project Management, Critical Path Analysis, Gantt Charts, What if Scenario Analysis, Master Bar charts, Milestones Trend Charts, KPI determination
• Experience in Risk Management, Risks databases, risks metrics, risks reporting, risk registers/risks reports
• Experience in working with:Adobe Acrobat Reader, MS Excel, Internet, Explorer, Outlook, MS PowerPoint, MS Word.
• Experience in working with: PRIMAVERA P6, Active Risk Manager (ARM), MS Visio Professional, Database Collaboration Tools.
  

Schedule Control

Responsibilities

Update the Schedule Database Architecture (schedule tree);

Update the decomposition of work package into schedule activities and milestones: for new work packages;

Identify the logical relationships among schedule activities: for new activities;

Estimate the number of work period to complete individual schedule activities: for new activities;

Develop the schedule for new activities: enter activities and milestones with attributes; Organize activities and milestones according to the schedule tree; Update current layouts and filters and communicate the schedule; run the tool calculations; Analyse the schedule; Conduct Critical Path Analysis, what-if scenario analysis, adjustment of leads and lags;

Control the schedule;

An overall update and schedule report shall be provided every 4 weeks. The schedule report shall contain the Current Working Schedule information - Master Bar charts for the entire project and for each major constituents to give an overview of the current schedule situation;

Overall update and schedule report shall be provided every 4 weeks. This internal schedule report is limited to the following Working Schedule information:

Risk Administration

Responsibilities

Collect inputs to the risk management process from the Industrial Manager, the Work Package Managers and Suppliers;

Organize and administer the risk analysis meetings held at each update of the Risk Portfolio;

Update the risk database with agreed changes;

Utilize the functionality of the risk database to generate risk reporting, risk metrics and KPI’s;

Overall update and internal reporting shall be provided every 4 weeks. This internal reporting is focused on top risks and opportunities, risk trends and associated metrics;

An overall update and risk register / risk report shall be provided every 4 weeks. In addition a summary status of major risks shall be prepared for presentation at the progress meeting.

The accommodation and the flight tickets (to and from UK) will be supported by the Client Company . The employees will have, also, the diary assured, as the Romanian law specified.