Project Planner

Date: May 21, 2026

Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Company: Hatch

Hatch is currently seeking a highly motivated Project Planner (12-month Fixed Term Contract) to join our Project Delivery Group (PDG) in Johannesburg, South Africa (with frequent travel to site and/or client offices).

The Project Planner is responsible for the delivery of project planning and progress measurement, ensuring that Hatch procedures and best practices are applied, as appropriate, and recommending changes to the Project Controls Manager where required. The Project Planner is responsible for developing and maintaining the project master schedule to meet the project objectives.

• Have a strong personal commitment to safety
• Take personal responsibility for safety incident reporting
• Embrace Behavioral-based safety ethos
• Take personal responsibility for stopping any unsafe behavior as and when it occurs, and thereafter reporting the safety incident so that corrective action may be obtained
• Have/gain familiarization with Hatch safety processes, protocols and procedures.

• Meet Functional Managers to setup and finalize FEL2, FEL3 and FEL4 project schedules
• Conduct interactive planning meeting with Functional Managers to finalize project schedules
• Confirm level 1 and 2 project schedule and critical path and set baseline for project implementation phase
• Confirm and refine FEL2, FEL3 and FEL4 (level 3) scheduling
• Identify and schedule critical vendor data requirements
• Populate approved measurable commodity quantities and labor to produce baseline S-curves for FEL 4 Execution projects
• Participate in project schedule risk analysis and include resultant contingency in baseline
• Using progress reports (early and late curves) and project schedule (level 3 baseline); maintain, optimize and monitor progress. Identify and resolve issues
• Develop FEL4 level 3 commissioning schedule for execution projects
• Analyze contractor level 4 schedule and provide recommendations.

• Generate and verify weekly updates and issue progress reports
• Maintain and optimize schedule, monitor progress, highlight and resolve schedule issuesGenerate all progress curves
• Develop and maintain commodity and resource profile
• Extract and publish four week look ahead schedule
• Monitor slippages and critical and near critical paths and discuss with Project Controls Manager for resolution w Establish all equipment/ material and contractor ROS (Required on Site) dates
• Provide schedule input to the procurement bid process including reporting requirements and vendor and contractor milestone dates
• Assist with bid evaluation and ongoing management of the vendors and contractors with respect to their schedule commitments.

• Once a change is approved, maintain and optimize the schedule, monitor progress and highlight/ resolve areas of potential concern.

• Generate and verify weekly updates and issue progress reports
• Obtain progress info via progress reports, EPCM status report, vendor progress report and cost report and calculate progress for construction packages
• Tertiary qualification in engineering or other relevant discipline or appropriate substituted experience
• 5-10 years experience as a planner in a multi discipline project environment
• Sound technical knowledge in a multi discipline environment
• Knowledge of the estimating and tendering processes
• Knowledge in the use of Primavera Project Planner P6
• Technical overview of work methods and techniques
• Good knowledge of project management principles
• Knowledge of forms of contract will be a definite advantage.

• Interpersonal and good communication skills in the areas of both written and verbal communication. Need to be able to setup schedule review workshops and present the schedule and logic to the entire project team.
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Collaborate on exciting projects to develop innovative solutions

Don't meet every single requirement? You don't need to. At Hatch, we are building a diverse, inclusive workplace that fosters innovation. If you're interested in this role, we encourage you to apply even if your past experiences don't perfectly align with the skills we've listed.

We're committed to fostering a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we operate and serve. Hatch is an Equal Opportunity Employer that considers applicants without regard to age, race, color, national origin, citizenship, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected status. If you have any accommodation requirements, please let us know. We'll do our best to meet your needs in accordance with applicable local legislation.