Senior Project Planner (Rail)

Randstad Middle East

Cairo, Egypt

Ref: KP622-1686

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

My client who are an internationally known engineering consultancy. After winning a multi million pound contract, they require an experience Project Planner in rail. This is a very exciting role and they are in the process of looking to bring the right candidates on board.

The candidate shall take up the position immediately after the contract has been signed and the duration of the assignment is estimated to be 283 working days. It is expected that the expert will use the first 170 working days fulltime in Cairo to establish the tools, define and implement the reporting procedures and familiarise the planning department of NAT with these tools and procedures. Thereafter (in the remaining TA contract period), the expert shall work part time keeping in close contact with his counterpart, receive all reports in draft and comment on them before they are issued officially. In this period you shall also visit the site as deemed necessary to help his counterpart sort out problems in using the tools, when new phases of the projects are started, in the data collection and in applying the procedures. The expert shall be available to provide assistance during the full TA contract

Requirements

- At least a Bachelor Degree in Engineering or equivalent educational background.
- Fluent in English language and proficient user of MS-Office tools
- A minimum of 15 years of work experience as an engineer
- International work experience, preferably in developing countries
- At least 10 years experience as project planner
- At least one experience as project planning expert on a project of similar size, preferably in the rail or urban transport sector
- Involvement in at least one large public transport project, in the last ten years
- Documented experience in working with the procedures and software proposed by the PMTS

About the Company

Over 30 years of local industry experience.

New name, proven expertise In 2009, recruitment leaders Beresford Blake Thomas (BBT), Hill McGlynn and Ma Foi integrated under the Randstad brand to form Randstad Middle East.

Experience and local knowledge are essential commodities within the Middle East region, so it made perfect sense to combine 30 years recruitment experience in the Gulf, providing a larger, more streamlined service to our clients and candidates.

As well as having the largest geographical footprint of any recruiter, Randstad is the worlds largest specialist recruitment provider, employing over 28,000 members of staff and helping over 2.5 million people find work every year. With an enviable reputation worldwide, we have an established and respected presence in the Middle East, and are the preferred choice for specialist staffing solutions in more customary and emerging markets across the entire region.

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