Senior Planner
Location:
Aberdeen, GB
Employment type: Employee Place of work: Office Offshore/Onshore: Onshore
TechnipFMC is committed to driving real change in the energy industry. Our ambition is to build a sustainable future through relentless innovation and global collaboration – and we want you to be part of it. You’ll be joining a culture that values curiosity, expertise, and ideas as well as equal opportunities, inclusion, and authenticity. Bring your unique energy to our team of more than 21,000 people worldwide, and discover a rewarding, fulfilling, and varied career that you can take in anywhere you want to go.
Job Purpose
1. Responsible for Planning activities on Subsea Projects and Tenders
2. Responsibility for the development and improvement of the planning department, its systems, procedures and more junior personnel
3. Ensure the systems, processes and reporting requirements for both internal and external clients are in place and adhered to, in line with the UK Planning procedure
4. Actively coordinate and deliver workload of the department in a supervisory capacity
Job Description
5. Adherence to, and development of, the TechnipFMC UK Planning procedure (and supporting processes)
6. Supervision, Mentoring and Assistance to the planning engineers and planning technicians
7. Monitoring of the department output in line with known deadlines and effectively manage the team workload to achieve these.
8. Monitoring of the department output from a quality perspective
9. Development of Budget / Tender / Project schedules
10. Interface with Client planning personnel in all relevant matters
11. Development of Project Planning reporting packages for internal and external purposes
12. Responsibility for Monitoring and Reporting of progress on UK projects and engineering studies
13. Interface with key subcontractor personnel and ensure they are advised of (and provide) the correct level of reporting to meeting the TechnipFMC procedures / requirements.
14. Responsibility for Maintaining comprehensive records of all project planning related documentation, including as a minimum: Contract Control Schedules, Detailed Offshore schedules, As-Built schedules, As-Built analysis, Project Change registers, Peer reviews
15. Develop and Update vessel Norms on a regular basis, including the identification and development of areas in Norms not previously considered.
16. Maintain awareness of and inform the UKBU Operations Planning Engineer of all changes to project notification windows, project LDs and all other relevant planning information
17. Issue project managers with project close out pro-formas to ensure feedback is received for the purpose of continuous improvement
18. Provide support to the UKBU business planning function and associated initiatives / projects
19. Provide support to the Corporate led initiatives
20. Participation and Facilitation in the TechnipFMC UK Competence programme
21. Maintain awareness of industry tools / software development for assessment / investigation of use within UKBU
22. Deputise for the UKBU Planning Manager as required
You are meant for this job if:
Must have:
Personal Qualities
23. Proactive approach to the development of the planning department and the service provided to the business
24. Involvement in raising profile of department within the business
25. Ability to work well within a team and effectively interface with Peers, Project Management Teams and Senior Management levels
26. Ability to bring out the best in people
Background and Experience
27. Supervisory Skills / Experience of Mentoring
28. Significant experience in planning
29. Strong Planning competencies related to Oil and Gas
30. Oracle Primavera P6 Certification and experience
31. Microsoft Project experience
Nice to have:
32. Degree in and Engineering / Science Based subject
33. Planning Qualification
34. Subsea industry experience
35. Oracle Primavera Risk Analysis Certification and experience
Skills
Digital LiteracyOrganizationAnalytical SkillsAdministration
Being a global leader in the energy industry requires an inclusive and diverse environment. TechnipFMC promotes equal opportunities and inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities to all ages, races, ethnicities, religions, gender expressions, disabilities, or all other pluralities. We celebrate who you are and what you bring. Every voice matter and we encourage you to add to our culture.
TechnipFMC respects the rights and dignity of those it works with and promotes adherence to internationally recognized human rights principles for those in its value chain.
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Date posted: Mar 11, 2026 Requisition number: 17025