Planning Engineer

Rullion Engineering Cumbria; England; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Bonus

Private Medical

Incentive Plan

25 Days Holiday

Job summary

Rullion Ltd. is seeking an experienced Planning Engineer to lead the outages planning and coordination for major maintenance and inspections within the power generation sector.

The role involves developing integrated outage schedules, managing budgets and contractor activities, and ensuring safety, quality and timeliness across multiple teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in outage planning within a large industrial setting.
• Exposure to power generation or related industries is desirable.
• Understanding of safety, CDM and environmental rules.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and coordination of major outages, ensuring safety, schedule, cost and quality KPIs.
• Develop and manage outage schedules with milestones and critical paths.
• Coordinate with site outage managers, engineering, operations and finance.
• Integrate contractor programmes into the outage schedule.
• Monitor progress and implement recovery actions as needed.
• Plan inspections, overhauls and maintenance within outage windows.
• Support budget forecasting, cost control and contract management.
• Apply project controls to manage changes during outages.
• Drive continuous improvement and post-outage reviews.
• Ensure compliance with Generation Safety Rules.

Skills

Outage planning

Maintenance planning

Project coordination

Budget awareness

H&S knowledge

MS Office

Maximo/ Primavera

Education

HNC qualification

Engineering degree preferred

Tools

Maximo

SAI 360

MS Project

Primavera

Job description

Planning Engineer

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: £65,000 per annum

Benefits: Pension, Bonus, Private Medical, Incentive Plan, 25 Days Holiday

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Outage Planning Engineer to join the Wider Engineering Team. You will be responsible for the planning, coordination and delivery of major planned outages, inspections, maintenance campaigns and engineering projects.

This role would suit someone from a Maintenance Planning background, ideally with exposure to the power generation or related industries

Working closely with site outage teams, engineering functions, contractors and stakeholders, you will develop and manage integrated outage programmes, ensuring work is safely planned, efficiently sequenced and delivered to agreed timescales, quality standards and budgets.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and coordination of major planned outages, ensuring safety, programme, cost and quality KPIs are achieved.
• Develop and manage integrated outage schedules, including milestones, critical paths, resources and contractor activities.
• Coordinate with Site Outage Managers, Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, H&S, Environmental and Finance teams.
• Integrate contractor and supplier programmes into the overall outage schedule.
• Monitor outage progress, identify programme risks and implement recovery actions where required.
• Plan major inspections, overhauls, maintenance campaigns and emergent works within outage windows.
• Optimise outage scope, sequencing and duration to minimise downtime and maximise plant availability.
• Support budget forecasting, cost control, contract management and KPI reporting.
• Apply effective project controls to manage changes and emergent work during outages.
• Drive continuous improvement through lessons learned and post-outage reviews.
• Ensure outages are delivered safely and in accordance with Generation Safety Rules and statutory requirements.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Proven experience in outage, project or maintenance planning within a large-scale industrial environment.
• Experience planning major outages, shutdowns, inspections or overhauls, ideally within power generation or process industries.
• Experience with large rotating plant and/or HRSG pressure systems is desirable.
• Strong understanding of the outage lifecycle, from scope development and planning through to execution and close-out.
• Minimum HNC qualification; engineering degree preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Health & Safety, CDM and environmental legislation.
• Experience with budgets, cost control, contract management and project controls.
• Good working knowledge of Generation Safety Rules and safe working principles.
• Strong IT skills, including MS Office and planning systems such as Maximo, SAI 360, MS Project or Primavera.
• Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work to fixed outage windows.

Desirable Skills

• Experience planning CCGT or large-scale power generation outages.
• Experience with turbine, generator, HRSG or balance-of-plant maintenance programmes.
• Primavera P6 or MS Project experience.
• Strong contractor and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience delivering outage planning improvements and best practice.

Valid UK driving licence and willingness to travel as required.

Why Join?

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in planning and delivering major power generation outages, directly supporting plant availability, reliability, safety and business continuity.

You will work alongside experienced engineering teams and major contractors, with structured development opportunities to build your technical, planning and project management skills.

The role offers a competitive salary, pension, bonus, private medical insurance, incentive plan and 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays.

Company Information

This permanent vacancy is being advertised by Rullion Ltd.

Since 1978, Rullion has been securing exceptional candidates for a wide range of clients, from major global organisations to innovative SMEs and start-ups. As a family-owned business, Rullion's approach is built on credibility, honesty and long-term relationships.

Rullion specialises in delivering talent consultancy solutions across multiple sectors and is committed to championing diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities for all employees and applicants.

Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants