Project Planning Digital Transformation & Scheduling Systems Leader
GE Vernova
DubaiHybridFull-Time1w ago
Description
The Project Planning Digital Transformation & Scheduling Systems Leader is a critical hybrid role responsible for designing, maintaining, and continuously improving the digital scheduling ecosystem that enables integrated project planning and execution across ITO and OTR.
This role combines deep Primavera P6 scheduling expertise, project controls process knowledge, automation capability, enterprise systems understanding, and data-driven analytics to support the One Project Schedule (OPS) operating model and wider planning transformation.
The role will act as a bridge between Planning & Scheduling, Engineering, Equipment Planning, Project Management, Factory teams, IT/UDC developers, PLM, PMx, Data Lake, and other enterprise tool owners. The position will lead the development and governance of scheduling tools, automation workflows, system integrations, dashboards, and data quality controls required to support baseline creation, schedule updates, project readiness, proposal analysis, field test learnings, and execution reporting. Job Description
Key Responsibilities
1. OPS Digital Scheduling Architecture
- Own and support the digital architecture required to enable the OPS scheduling model across projects.
- Maintain and enhance the Primavera P6 enterprise scheduling setup required for integrated Engineering, Equipment, Factory, Logistics, PM Key Dates, and project baseline schedules.
- Support OPS template governance, baseline schedule creation, rebaseline workflows, and schedule update/reporting processes.
- Ensure scheduling architecture supports integrated logic, cross-product dependencies, PM Key Dates, CUD/Vendoc requirements, and baseline readiness.
- Partner with planning, engineering, equipment, and tool teams to convert field test learnings into repeatable digital scheduling solutions.
2. Primavera P6 Administration & Enterprise Scheduling Support
- Provide advanced Primavera P6 expertise across EPS/OBS structure, project codes, activity codes, calendars, baselines, layouts, global changes, user access, and schedule configuration.
- Support P6 project creation, template copying, baseline assignment, project coding, and integration readiness.
- Troubleshoot P6 issues related to scheduling options, F9 simulation, constraints, loops, negative float, baseline mismatches, and integration failures.
- Ensure P6 data structures are compatible with downstream tools such as GER, OTD Tracker, PMx, PLM, dashboards, and reporting environments.
- Support controlled deployment of P6 configuration changes in alignment with governance requirements.
3. Tool Development, Automation & Integration
- Lead or support development of automation tools that reduce manual planning effort and improve schedule quality.
- Partner with UDC / IT / development teams to define requirements, test solutions, validate outputs, and manage deployment of planning tools.
- Support integrations between P6 and enterprise systems such as PLM, PMx, Data Lake, UDC, OTD Tracker, LTDB, Vendoc/CDH loaders, and reporting dashboards.
- Translate business process requirements into functional tool specifications, user stories, validation logic, and test cases.
- Own user acceptance testing, defect tracking, and continuous improvement of planning automation tools.
- Ensure automation solutions are scalable, auditable, and aligned with project controls governance.
4. ITO Proposal Planning & Analysis Support
- Support ITO planning teams with proposal schedule analytics, standard cycle validation, lead time analysis, and bid readiness reviews.
- Handle complex TK and EEP projects scheduling during ITO phase including coordination with Partners, support deal teams for discussions with Customer during clarification phase.
- Help strengthen ITO-to-OTR handover by ensuring proposal assumptions, standard cycles, customer commitments, and OPS schedule lo
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