We are recruiting a Senior Project Planner for our client in Aberdeen.
This is a full time, office based position with an initial contract duration of 1 year.
Purpose of Role
* Planner will work within our Developments and Decommissioning Projects Team to produce and maintain project plans on our world class field development and field decommissioning projects
* This is a challenging and diverse role where you will provide a complete planning service to multi-disciplinary project teams
* The ideal candidate will have prior planning experience in Oil & Gas or similar industry such as engineering, refining, power industries etc
Duties & Responsibilities to include:-
* Build and maintain a number of project plans for key capital Projects and Decommissioning projects For example subsea development and installation, drilling and completions, asset decommissioning and facilities engineering
* Monitor and report progress through earned value analysis, S-curves, KPIs, and critical path tracking to support performance management.
* Lead internal and external stakeholders engagement & workstream input to plan sessions and schedule review meetings
* Chair the weekly planning meetings
* Lead baseline and re-baseline processes, ensuring schedule alignment with scope changes and project control procedures.
* Coordinate closely with multi-discipline teams (engineering, procurement, production) to validate planning assumptions and logic
* Liaising with the relevant Asset planner to ensure construction activities have been incorporated into the asset plan correctly
* Mentor junior planners and support continuous improvement, driving planning standards and best practice across the business.
* Any other Planning Tasks as requested
Desired Qualities / Qualifications
Essential Skills & Experience
* Proven Senior Project Planner experience (10+ years)
* Strong background in Oil & Gas, Energy, Engineering, or similar major project environments
* Expert user of Oracle Primavera (P6)
* Strong CPM skills and schedule risk identification capability
* Experience supporting large-scale capital projects
* Ability to work proactively, unsupervised and within multi-discipline teams
* Excellent communication and reporting skills (verbal, written, graphical)
Preferred
* Offshore or site experience
* Decommissioning planning experience
* Degree in Project Management, Mechanical/Process Engineering, or related technical field
* Experience mentoring junior team member
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