Planner - Teesside

Driver Consult Limited; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global multidisciplinary consultancy firm in the UK is seeking a Project Planner with EPC project experience and expertise in Oil and Gas/petrochemical environments. The ideal candidate will demonstrate excellent planning, organizing skills, and proficiency in Primavera P6 to develop and manage project schedules. This position requires strong communication and attention to detail while working both independently and collaboratively.

Qualifications

• Experience in a project planning/control environment with computerized scheduling systems.
• Competent in Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Flexible work ethic and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Develop logical phasing from design to construction.
• Report the weekly status of the work and prepare detailed project reports.
• Ensure project management is fully informed of project status.

Skills

EPC Project experience

Experience in Oil and Gas / petrochemical Plant

Excellent Planning & Organizing Skills

Excellent Communication/Interpersonal skills

Attention to Detail

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

The company:

Driver Project Services (DPS) are a global multidisciplinary consultancy firm which has operated in the UK and overseas for over 45 years, providing commercial and dispute related services to the construction and engineering industries.

DPS offer a full range of planning, project management and commercial management services for both construction and civil engineering projects.

The Role:

Candidates must be able to demonstrate some of the following:

• Must have EPC Project experience
• Experience in Oil and Gas / petrochemical Plant
• Experience in developing all level of schedules from first principles, utilizing scope of work documents and liaising with engineers and subcontractors.
• Must have the ability to work standalone and within a project team.

• Able to develop logical phasing from design, through construction, and understand inter relationships between disciplines in all phases.
• Able to incorporate change control, EWs and CEs into baseline schedules.

• Able to understand the relationship between a WBS and a level 3 schedule. Able to develop the WBS.
• Understands how a full cost analysis or estimate will be used to generate resource loading.
• Able to produce histograms / S Curves.
• Interface closely with offsite subcontractors and update / integrate subcontractor programs / progress within a master schedule.
• Report the weekly status of the work and prepare detailed project reports and KPI’s.
• Provide weekly schedule updates against the project baseline.
• Ensure that the project management are kept fully informed of the project status and that work planning and execution objectives are integrated and fully communicated.
• Provide planning support to proposals dept on an as and when necessary basis.

Qualification/Experience:

• Have experience in a project planning/control environment, with experience of computerised scheduling systems. (Primavera P6)
• Competent level of expertise in the use Microsoft Excel/Word
• Excellent Planning & Organizing Skills.
• Excellent Communication/Interpersonal skills.
• Initiative.
• Flexible work ethic.
• Attention to Detail.