Our client is currently recruiting for a Senior Project Planner. Located in Aberdeen, the role is offered on a 12 month contract. 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 RESPONSIBILITIES 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 REQUIREMENTS Essential Team player with ability to communicate at all levels of the organisation both onshore and offshore Able to work in a multi – discipline team environment Interface with different business departments Self starter, with a positive attitude Able to work on own initiative & be proactive Willing to demonstrate flexibility Excellent communication and reporting skills - verbal, written, and graphical Promote a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion in line with CNR’s EDI strategy: commit to learning about developing inclusive cultures and eliminating blockers to diversity in the working environment Expert / Proficient with Oracle Primavera Experience in building and maintaining a project risk register / risk based tools Proven experience as a Senior Project Planner Ability to problem solve, identify and suggest solutions to resolve typical planning challenges related to project delivery Able to work unsupervised. Strong organisation skills Multi-disciplinary experience preferably across asset, subsea or engineering Strong command of critical path methodology (CPM) and schedule risk identification Ability to produce high-quality planning outputs under tight deadlines. Experience of planning large scale capital projects Ability to lead multi-disciplinary meetings Excellent communicator across functional and management teams Demonstrable track record in a similar role At least 10 years’ experience in a similar role Preferred Previous offshore or site experience Previous Decom planning experience Experience of Mentoring junior planners Degree qualified – Project Management, Mechanical/Process Engineering or any other relevant technical discipline