Lead Project Planner

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

Job summary

An international energy company in Scotland seeks a Lead Product Planner to oversee scheduling for large subsea projects. This role demands a minimum of 5 years’ experience in planning within oil and gas or large-scale manufacturing environments. Responsibilities include ensuring the accuracy of project timelines, collaborating with various teams, and preparing detailed reports for project management. The position offers flexible working hours and a strong emphasis on employee wellbeing and development.

Benefits

Contemporary work-life balance policies

Comprehensive private medical care

Life insurance and disability programs

Tailored financial programs

Additional voluntary benefits

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in planning, preferably in oil and gas/subsea.
• Ability to link schedule to project execution reality.
• Experience managing large project schedules.

Responsibilities

• Manage overall project schedule quality and accuracy.
• Collaborate with project teams and execution functions.
• Prepare relevant reports for project management.

Skills

Planning expertise

Strong leadership

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor / Master’s degree or relevant experience

Tools

Primavera P6

Oracle MRP

Job description

Lead Product Planner

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: The planner is in-charge of the overall project schedule management, ensuring its quality (logic, clarity) and accuracy (update of dates, reflection of the scope of supply).
• Coordinating: The planner will be collaborating with the other planners (product line planner & engineering planners) allocated to the project and with the execution functions (engineering, procurement, and manufacturing) to ensure the overall quality and accuracy of the schedule.
• Supporting Project management: The planner is the right‑hand of the project manager and, as such, will provide visibility on:
  1. Creating lookaheads for activities to be completed in the future
  2. Risks in schedules and mitigation actions
  3. Opportunities in the schedule
• Providing relevant reports to project management to ensure the project manager has all the tools to make the right decisions and drive on‑time and on‑budget project execution.
• Interacting with the customer to provide schedule updates and explain the current situation, challenges, and opportunities.
• Adhering to the approved processes and proactively drive the implementation of new initiatives that will 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 a minimum of 5 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 is considered a plus.
• Have ability to understand the status of a project and link the schedule to the reality of the execution.
• Have ability to quickly understand the 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 are required to collaborate with a team of planners and interact with a large panel of individuals who will contribute 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.