Project Planner - Product Platforms PS&I

at  Vestas

VESTAS TECHNOLOGY & OPERATIONS > RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (R&D) > PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Vestas research and development creates wind energy innovations, products, and technologies that reduce the cost of energy and bring the highest possible value to our customers and Vestas. Within Vestas R&D, Offshore Solutions we work on defining and delivering the most innovative product offerings and our Offshore program management team, which you will be a key part of, develops Vestas’ latest generations of offshore turbines.
We thrive in a diverse and open team environment where each member has room to develop themselves and our team. We win as a team and are confident that diversity and inclusion is the strongest way to lead the way for renewable energy in the future. If you also find our aspirations motivating and want to be part of our journey as leaders in sustainable energy, we have an interesting job opportunity for you.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Project estimation methods, planning, and scheduling
• Scenario planning, simulating the impact of risk on project plan
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Proficient in Project Planning tools:

You will be part of the Offshore program management team that controls and implements the offshore product portfolio for Vestas. Your main responsibilities will be:

• Build a project plan structure and ensure transparency between different planning levels
• Facilitate and conduct planning workshops for project teams
• Search and acquire planning data including timing, dates, etc. to build the plans
• Conduct detailed project planning and scheduling from business activity (level A) across module planning (level B) to Work Package and task (level C) - ensuring plans conclude cross-module dependencies and milestone deliverables, and that critical activities are inherited
• Support project team in time estimation based on historical data for “standard” tasks and deliverables
• Support project manager in understanding and communicating the project plan elements and progress
• Perform critical paths analysis on planned schedule and escalate the risk of missed deadlines
• Maintain and update project plan, including securing review and alignment
• Support project managers on tracking of project and activities progress - by tracking and follow-up on LoD’s, CR’s/CN’s and building burn-down curves, illustrating the scope of work to completion, etc.
• Mapping of project dependencies across projects
• Create a catalog of standard project duration and effort based on completed projects in the past
• Being the point of contact for the Project Excellence team, concerning project planning tools and processes - including alignment and resolving tasks on PowerBI reporting