Program Planner

Date: 5 Jul 2023

Location: Vasteras, SE

Company: Alstom

Req ID:426334 

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 74,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time Program Planner in Stockholm or Vasteras we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your planning expertise in a new cutting-edge field and work alongside passionate, motivated, and dedicated teammates.

Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with a Program Manager and Sub-System Manager, owner of time management topic for his area, providing proper time management information to support decision-making to reach the program's expected OTD performance. You’ll specifically take care of internal project schedules and formulate counter-risk action plans.

We’ll look to you for:

• Build the program schedule for his area based on internal standard WBS, contractual targets, and data provided by all stakeholders.

• Contribute with the Finance Project Manager to Earned Value Management.

• Participate in the validation of the program baseline.

• Ensure the consistency of all the internal and external Stakeholders’ commitments and manage the schedules interfaces.

• Perform schedule analysis & trade-offs to close identified gaps or schedule issues.

• Organize and lead periodic project schedule sessions for his area.

• Provide a timely updated schedule situation highlighting the gap between the actual and the baseline.

• Focus on early identification of potential delays (critical paths) including the status on risks and margin related to the schedule.

• Prepare schedule and progress reports.

• Provide support to sub-system manager on all issues related to sub-system program schedule.

• Monitor and review the interfaces between Program and Projects.

• Apply the Program Scheduling Process.

• Promote time management practices awareness in the project team.

• Contribute to the return of experience (REX) and improvements, share best practices, schedule templates.

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role: 

• Degree in Engineering

• Project management and industrial background

• Knowledge of internal processes: Tenders, Projects, Engineering, Industrial, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Quality, and their interface

• Knowledge of different scheduling tools (Primavera or Microsoft Project), especially for project scheduling processes

• Basic overall knowledge of railway products, and good knowledge of the sub-system

• Agility to juggle with schedules simulations, various scenarios, and changing project goals

• Rigorous, structured, and sense of anticipation

• Good communication and interpersonal skills, excellent team worker

• Good at conflict management and multi-tasking

• Be able to challenge sub-system team and highly proactive in proposing solutions

• Comfortable in an international and multi-cultural environment

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines

• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues

• Contribute to innovative projects

• Utilise our flexible working environment

• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries

• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning

• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension).

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 70+ countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.