CAPEX Project Planner (7165)

Specialized Recruitment in Life Sciences

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Global Market Leader in Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

Our client is a global market leader in the production and process support of active pharmaceutical ingredients across both chemical and biotechnology sectors. They are seeking a professional to join their team in Visp, Switzerland, for an initial 12-month contract.

Role Overview

This position involves developing, maintaining, and reporting integrated project schedules across the lifecycle of the client’s global facilities and infrastructure portfolio. The role provides accurate planning, schedule analysis, forecasting, and reporting to ensure successful project execution and delivery.

Main Responsibilities

• Support resource planning and resource-loaded schedules
• Monitor project progress according to approved baselines and identify schedule variances and deviations
• Maintain accurate records of scope changes, trends, delays, and variances affecting project timelines
• Prepare and distribute regular schedule progress reports, dashboards, trend analyses, and schedule performance metrics
• Collaborate closely with Technical Project Team Members, Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Commissioning teams to deliver weekly progress tracking

Required Profile

• Relevant working/residency permit or Swiss/EU-Citizenship required
• Degree in Engineering, Science, Construction Management, or Project Management
• 10+ years of project planning and scheduling experience supporting large capital projects within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical, engineering, or related industries
• Demonstrated experience planning projects (CHF 20 million or greater), from design through commissioning and start-up
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6
• Experience working within an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management (EPCM) environment
• Experience developing and managing integrated project schedules in a complex, multidisciplinary project environment
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Project
• Experience with progress measurement methodologies
• Understanding of project controls principles, including planning, forecasting, reporting, and change management
• Full working proficiency in English; German is an advantage