Lead Product Planner

Baker Hughes; Scotland; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in Scotland is seeking a Lead Product Planner to oversee planning for a large subsea project. The ideal candidate will have experience in project scheduling, collaboration skills, and familiarity with Primavera P6. The position offers flexible working hours and a supportive team environment, along with competitive benefits.

Benefits

Contemporary work-life balance policies

Comprehensive private medical care

Life insurance and disability programs

Tailored financial programs

Qualifications

• Proven experience working in planning within the oil and gas industry.
• Ability to link schedule to the project's execution reality.
• Strong understanding of risks and opportunities in scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Manage overall project schedule and ensure accuracy.
• Collaborate with various teams for schedule quality.
• Provide updates to project management and customers.

Skills

Project planning

Team collaboration

Risk management

Leadership

Communication skills

Oracle MRP

Primavera P6

Education

Bachelor / Master’s degree

Tools

Primavera P6

Oracle MRP

Job description

Do you enjoy being part of a team that provides high‑quality project delivery for our customers? Are you passionate about meticulous planning and attention to detail?

Join a team that delivers essential projects

We devise smarter systems to control and monitor oil and gas extraction. Innovating in the energy industry, our subsea and surface pressure capabilities are industry leading. Our team is responsible for the successful development, deployment, and delivery of our cutting‑edge, world‑class control systems.

Partner with the best

As Lead Product Planner you will be in‑charge of planning a large subsea project. The planner will be accountable for the schedule quality and project on‑time delivery. The position reports to the Materials Manager.

As a Lead Product Planner, you will be responsible for:

• Scheduling Management: Overall project schedule management, ensuring quality (logic, clarity) and accuracy (date updates, scope of supply).
• Coordinating: Collaborating with other planners (product line planner & engineering planners) and execution functions (engineering, procurement, manufacturing) to ensure overall quality and accuracy of the schedule.
• Supporting Project Management: Right‑hand of the project manager to provide visibility on:
  • i) Creating look‑aheads for future activities
  • ii) Risks in schedules and mitigation actions
  • iii) Opportunities in the schedule
• Providing relevant reports to project management to enable decision‑making and drive on‑time and on‑budget execution.
• Interacting with the customer to provide schedule updates and explain the current situation, challenges, and opportunities.
• Adhering to approved processes and proactively driving the implementation of new initiatives that lead to fully integrated planning.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a Bachelor / Master’s degree or relevant experience.
• Have proven years’ experience working within planning, ideally in the oil and gas / subsea industry or a related large‑scale mechanical manufacturing or controls equipment environment.
• Have additional knowledge of Oracle MRP (considered a plus).
• Have ability to understand the status of a project and link the schedule to the reality of execution.
• Have ability to quickly understand risks and opportunities in the schedule and identify and drive appropriate actions.
• Have strong expertise in planning a large project and using the Primavera P6 planning tool.
• Have high energy and motivation to deliver, making a difference in the position.
• Have strong leadership and excellent interpersonal skills to collaborate with a team of planners and interact with a large panel of individuals contributing to the project's performance.

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well‑being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.

Working for you

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:

• Contemporary work‑life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Comprehensive private medical care options
• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
• Tailored financial programs
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits