Job Description

Business Unit:

Cubic Transportation Systems

Company Details:

When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners.

We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Cubic.com.

Assist with the co-ordination of the planning function, which aims to provide a consultancy service to program/project managers and the management team in the preparation, monitoring and updating of project schedules and plans for their projects, using the Primavera software package. This role ensures plans are realistic and accurate. This position typically works under general supervision and direction.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work closely with Program/Project Managers and Engineers in the construction of resourced project plans using Primavera in accordance with company standards and the project structure
• Build credible relationships with key stakeholders, including customers, colleagues and project team members
• Maintain project schedules using Primavera software as per company standards
• Adherence to company established processes related to planning and SAP
• Ensures project status information is received, processed and reported in a timely manner to a regular schedule. (That may be weekly, fortnightly or monthly depending on the project)
• Ensure plans are realistic and consistent with estimates of costs to complete
• Convert MS Project schedules into Primavera as required
• Liaise with resource managers and WBS (Work Breakdown structures) owners to ensure timely allocation and utilisation of staff resources
• Co-ordinate the production of detailed budgets consistent with resourced project plans
• Assist/advise in reporting of progress to customers, senior management and project team members
• Analyse progress, identifying key risks, issues and opportunities, and establish current position and forecasting trends. Report significant schedule slippages and the status of project progress to wider team
• Produce earned value and critical path reporting and understand the contributors to it
• Provide expertise in prioritisation of plans, schedules and evaluate accuracy of the job plan
• Assist in the analysis of costing reports received by Program/Project Managers from the accounts team
• Facilitate planning workshops as required

General Duties and Responsibilities:

• Comply with Cubic’s Quality Management System
• Comply with Cubic Occupational Health, Safety and Environment policies and procedures
• Comply with security in accordance with established policies and procedures of the organisations
• Comply with Cubic Human Resources Procedures
• Other duties as requested

Minimum Job Requirements:

Qualifications

Essential:

• Degree or equivalent in project management or business-related discipline, or equivalent experience
• Listed hours of work are 2 pm - 11 pm IST

Desirable

• Certification in Project Planning and/or Scheduling
• Practitioner in relevant APM / OGC topic (PRINCE2 P3O)

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Worker Type:

Employee

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