Project Planner - Capital Development Projects (M/F)

Verkor is a French industrial company aiming to pioneer low-carbon battery manufacturing in France. With the backing of prominent industrial companies such as Renault Group, Plastic Omnium and Schneider Electric, Verkor intends to electrify the future of European mobility.

With over 750 experts from 48 different countries, our endeavor is to unite exceptional global talent to bring this ambitious and innovative project to life. Our strong and agile international team continues to grow and adapt to new challenges. Based in Grenoble and Dunkirk (France), we have recently started operations our Verkor Innovation Centre (R&D centre and 4.0 pilot line).

We now focus on building the world’s most modern and efficient Gigafactory in Dunkirk (France). With this facility, our ambition is an initial annual production of 16 Gwh of lithium-ion batteries by 2025, thus powering 300,000 electric vehicles annually.  

In joining us you will actively participate in this breathtaking industrial adventure to shape the future of European mobility.

About this role:

We are currently looking for our next Project Planner to join us at our gigafactory based in Bourbourg.

Reporting to the Capital Development Project Department, you are responsible for managing all activities related to the construction planning of future projects for Verkor. Including but not limited to schedule creation, management, progress updating, and administration and reporting.

You support the project team members by performing schedule analysis and providing a distilled view of the project planning for efficient communication and decision-making.

Responsibilities:

• Create, manage and facilitate the planning management process for each project.
• Continuously monitor and update the schedule with all information gathered on the project's progress, identify risks of delays and communicate on the health of the project. 
• Ensure that all major operations dates (such as loading dates, equipment installation and commissioning, etc.) are aligned for each project's commitments to internal customers and communicate them to project stakeholders. 
• Be in constant communication with project stakeholders to mitigate risks, propose improvement or catch-up plans and ensure the best possible projection of future activities. 
• Define project status or track specific project activities as appropriate (permitting, documentation, manufacturing, installation...) with a tool to control activities in terms of delivery and reporting and support internal project reporting processes. 

Requirements:

• Master's degree is required, with diploma obtained in a related field, 
• Minimum 5 years of experience in project planning and management. 
• Expertise in project planning and organization. 
• Expertise in reporting (S-curve planning, HSE, metrics, KPIs etc.) 
• Good command of IT tools & Outlook package 
• Fluent English and French

Essential Skills:

• In order to fulfill their central role in the organization and execution of projects, the project planner must:
• Be an excellent communicator, able to interact at different levels depending on the typology of the project.
• Have a strong ability to work in a team and be customer oriented,
• Be Rigorous and Organized to manage complex schedules with numerous participants and data sources,
• Have strong synthesis skills and the ability to manage stress. 

If you are searching an ambitious project to work on, it might be just this one.

Don't hesitate to apply and demonstrate us your motivation.

We would be delighted to get to know you better !

Why join us?

Strong company spirit and culture settle down around our 4 values:

Contribution

We promote personal initiative and give everyone the means to contribute to the company's success.

Communication

We're committed to transparent communication: we say what we think, and we mean what we say.

Team Spirit

Everyone, in their role, is an ambassador for the company. At Verkor, success is most definitely a team sport!

Commitment

We're all working towards a common goal: a sustainable future, which we're building one step at a time.

Attractive work conditions*

- Stimulating work environment: pleasant offices, multicultural and motivated team

- Lunch vouchers

- 50% of local transportation costs financed

- Industry-leading healthcare

- Verkor Shareholding Scheme

- Opportunities to network and connect with worldwide experts

For more info on the company, please visit us at www.verkor.com

*all positions are open to individuals possessing a Recognition of the Status of Disabled Worker (RQTH)