Senior Scheduler John Cockerill Hydrogen

Location – Mumbai (India)

John Cockerill, Genuine catalysts of opportunities

The John Cockerill Group provides cutting edge, large scale technological solutions to respond to the needs of its times: preserving natural resources, contributing to greener mobility, producing sustainably, fighting against insecurity and facilitating access to renewable energy. His offering to enterprises, States and public bodies comes in the form of services and associated equipment for the energy, defense, industry, environment, transport and infrastructure sectors. Driven since 1817 by the entrepreneurial spirit and thirst for innovation of its founder, the 6,000-strong workforce enabled the Group to achieve a turnover in 2023 of 1,2 billion Euros in 29 countries spread across 5 continents.

Context of the opportunity

John Cockerill Hydrogen is a recognized leader globally for large-scale decarbonized hydrogen production solutions. In order to support the deployment and industrialization of our new solutions (construction of H2 Giga Factory, engineering of Green Hydrogen production plant and product development), especially in order to prioritize all the actions in this fast-growing business, John Cockerill is looking for a new Scheduler. The position is based in Mumbai in India. To start with, he/she will share his/her time between:

• Giga Factory projects (industrialization of new solutions, managing the construction of these new factories, supporting the management of these large-scale projects, specifically for the services related to the design, sourcing, project management, quality insurance and construction of these facilities all over the world)
• Project execution for customers: green hydrogen production plant project including engineering, procurement, supply and support to installation / commissioning.
• Product developments: development of John Cockerill’s products mainly electrolyzer, separation skid and purification skid.

Nature and scope of the mission

In order to meet the deadlines of the project or multiple consolidated projects, the Scheduler provides support by creating and managing the necessary planning tools (both in terms of time and resources), working closely with the technical experts and the project director or the project manager.

More specifically, the Scheduler is responsible for :

At project level

Strategy:

• Define before the project Kick off the most suitable planning structure to ensure a suitable scheduling of the project.
• List and sequence all activities according to WBS and durations (standard or estimated)
• Participate in the elaboration of the schedule process with our suppliers working towards schedule improvement.
• Support the project team during working sessions either internal or external.
• Adapt if needed with the project team the planning structure to ensure an effective follow-up of the project.
• Adapt the lists and sequences of all activities according to WBS and durations (standard or estimated) if needed during execution.
• Together with the project manager, analyze and challenge the schedules (Supplier, Customer, Internal). Adapts and feeds the corresponding indicators.
• Participate in the elaboration of the proofs of delays/non-delays in the litigation process with our suppliers/customers.
• Support the project team during dispute meetings on deadlines with the customer or suppliers.
• Evaluate current processes and recommend changes to improve planning efficiency.
• For product development and customer project execution, he/she will collaborate with the John Cockerill global PMO team.

Operations:

• Collect and analyze all necessary information plan projects.
• List and sequence all activities according to WBS and durations (standard or estimated)
• Identify and include external interfaces (Customers, Suppliers...)
• Implement progress update rituals through the various departments involved in the project.
• Generate forecasts, backlog reports and advances, and any other useful documentation to track and manage projects.
• Create S-curve and histogram.
• Consolidate workload and manage resources planning.
• Analyze the critical path, highlight delays and suggest options to reduce risks.
• Verify schedule consistency with delivery dates.
• Identify and resolve issues that lead to scheduling errors.
• Analyze the impact of a change request.
• Challenge the organization to control and reduce delays.

At entity level:

• Understands and uses standardized planning methods and tools.
• Collaborate with schedulers community within the Group in order to propose and implement standardized planning solutions and best practices.
  • Participate in the administration of planning tools.
  • Ensure a technological watch and benchmark in its field of expertise.
  • Propose and implements rapid solutions for small projects or pre-projects.
  • Implement a consolidation tool to analyze workloads and progress by business line or other level of filter/grouping to help team managers better control their department's activities.
  • Implement follow-up tools.

Profile

• B.E. in Mechanical / Industrial engineering / equivalent degree and Postgraduate or master’s degree in project management, or in a related field preferred
• You have minimum 5 years’ experience in project scheduling in an industrial environment,
• Certification as a PMI scheduling professional (PMI-SP) will be advantageous.
• Advanced proficiency in project scheduling software (ideally MS Projects).
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including pivot table to write report.
• Extensive experience in schedule planning and management.
• In-depth knowledge of the scope of projects within similar industrial projects.
• Advanced ability to evaluate project progress and facilitate interventions.
• Ability to keep stakeholders informed of project timelines and changes.
• Excellent organizational, time-management, and communication skills.
• Fluent in English (strong written, verbal, and proven presentation), French is a plus.

The Scheduler must be available for temporary missions, sometimes on short notice, including international travel.

His/her soft skills are:

• Team player (team spirit & coaching), good mindset
• Information sharing – Collaboration
• Creative, curious, open-minded, source of proposals, solution oriented
• Autonomous profile, able to work from a blank page, flexible, hands-on.
• Decision making, Problem solving, able to take initiatives.
• Assertiveness, Leadership required.
• Results oriented, structured, schedule oriented, priority management, synthetic, rigorous.
• Global viewer
• Comfortable with international contacts and relationships
• Ability to work under pressure, capable of working in a fast-growing environment, entrepreneur.

Who We Are                

About John Cockerill

• John Cockerill is a global player in energy transition. With more than 200 years of experience in energy, industry and mobility, the company designs and integrates innovative technology to facilitate access to low-carbon energy. These technologies and associated expertise are dedicated to the production, storage, and distribution of electricity from renewable energy sources and to optimizing the efficiency of power plants.
• The technologies apply to steam-gas, hydraulic, hydrogen, solar, nuclear, wind and biomass energy.
• To complement its commitment to the fight against climate change, John Cockerill is also deploying solutions to contribute to greener mobility, to produce responsibly, to preserve natural resources and to fight against insecurity.
• In 2020 John Cockerill achieved a turnover of Euro 1.01 bn in 19 countries. John Cockerill, which is privately owned, employs 5,200 people worldwide, including more than 400 in India.

Equal Opportunity Employer                  

John Cockerill and all John Cockerill Companies are equal opportunity employers that evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), age, marital status, disability, veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and other characteristics protected by law.