Techplus are currently looking for a Planner for a permanent position based in East Anglia.

Your key responsibilities will be to ensure Planning, Scheduling and overall resource best practices are applied across all tenders & projects, with high level of details, accuracy and precision, consistency and auditability, to enhance projects status visibility and enable pro-active management.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and manage the Planning system structure for Programmes / Projects
• Establish, manage and update Overall Master Schedules
• Establish, manage and update tendering schedules and Programmes / Project schedules
• In conjunction with Project Teams and supporting departments, develop WBS & baseline schedules
• Ensure all Changes/Variations are captured in the plan and the impact evaluated, proposing alternative/corrective solutions
• Liaise with Clients/Subcontractors/Vendors to ensure full compliance and control of the overall integrated project schedule
• Develop, maintain and manage Projects specific planning, scheduling, reporting processes and procedures, ensuring their application
• Prepare regular internal and external project reports for management
• Provide manpower & key resource (vessels) analysis and trends for forecasting, assessing resources availability
• Prepare short and long-term resource allocation plans based on input from all key players and team members
• Gather actual data, update project schedule and develop reliable schedule forecast with support from project team
• Measure, control and report project progress highlighting any issues or areas of concern
• Participate in the risk evaluation process and perform schedule risk analysis
• Develop planning outputs and reports
• Preparation of close-out reports and create/maintain historical database, improving quality of feedback to tender/project
• Other relevant duties/tasks assigned by the Head of Planning and Cost Control
• Chair planning review sessions

Skills required

• Planning / scheduling
• Risk analysis
• Progress measurement
• Earned Value Management
• Change management
• Excellent presentation skills

Training / Qualifications / Experience

Required

• 5 years in the Renewable and Oil & Gas industry.
• Specific training courses related to Project Management, Planning and relevant tools
• Proficient user of Primavera and MS-Project, good knowledge of Excel; experience with ERPs

 Advantageous

• APM Certification
• Degree (Business Administration/Finance/Engineering Experience)