Planning Engineer

Astute People Inc; Immingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to 30%

Private medical insurance

Pension 10%

Job summary

Astute's Power team is exclusively partnering with a leading UK CCGT company to recruit a Planning Engineer. The role is site-based with UK-wide travel, ideally based in North Lincolnshire.

Salary up to £63,000 plus overtime and benefits. Responsibilities include supporting standardised outage planning, KPI reporting, and coordinating with site outage managers and external partners.

Qualifications

• Experience in outage planning within large industrial/power environments.
• Knowledge of project controls, scheduling and KPI reporting.
• Experience with budgeting, cost control and contract management.
• Proficiency with planning software Primavera P6 or MS Project.
• Familiarity with Health & Safety legislation (CDM) and quality systems.

Responsibilities

• Support standardized outage planning across the fleet to enable safe, efficient execution.
• Monitor and report on KPIs including safety, programme, financial performance, and quality.
• Act as main planning interface across portfolio; implement planning procedures and reporting.
• Identify and report risks to milestones; communicate delays effectively.
• Coordinate with site outage managers and internal/external partners on programmes.

Skills

Outage planning

Project lifecycle

Budget forecasting

Financial reporting

Contract management

CDM knowledge

Education

HNC in engineering

Engineering degree

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

Astute's Power team is exclusively partnering with a leading CCGT company in the UK to recruit a Planning Engineer to join the team, ideally based in North Lincolnshire with travel to the fleet across the UK. This permanent role is site-based, with travel required UK wide and offers up to £63,000 plus overtime and benefits.

If you have experience in project planning within a large industrial or power generation environment, with strong knowledge of project controls, scheduling and outage planning,

Responsibilities of the Planning Engineer

• Support the development and delivery of a standardised outage planning structure to facilitate the safe and efficient execution of projects across the fleet.
• Monitor and report on key project KPIs, including safety, programme, financial performance, environmental compliance and quality assurance.
• Act as the main planning interface across the portfolio, helping implement and improve outage planning procedures, best practices and standard reporting.
• Identify, record and report risks to project milestones, ensuring potential delays and issues are communicated effectively.
• Liaise with site outage managers and internal support functions, including Health & Safety, Environmental, Engineering, Finance and Performance teams.
• Work closely with external contract partners to ensure project programmes accurately reflect planned works and integrate into wider project schedules.
• Ensure ad hoc and emergent projects are subject to the same planning requirements as scheduled works, supporting safe and efficient delivery despite changing priorities.

Required qualifications and experience

• A minimum HNC qualification in an engineering-related discipline, with a degree being desirable.
• Strong project lifecycle knowledge, including project execution, handover and contract completion.
• Experience in budget forecasting, financial reporting, cost control and contract management.
• Strong experience using planning software such as Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation, CDM, environmental requirements and quality management systems.
• Experience with work planning tools and large rotating plant and/or HRSG pressure systems within a large industrial environment.

Desirable experience

• Previous experience within the power generation industry.
• Experience using Maximo and wider business IT systems.
• Experience working with outage planning and project delivery across multiple sites.

Salary and benefits

Salary: £60,000 - £63,000

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Site-based, with regular UK-wide travel and overtime as required.

Location: Ideally North Lincolnshire, with travel to sites across the UK

• Benefits: includes bonus of up to 30%, private medical insurance and 10% pensionINDPOW (#LI-KS1)

We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation.

We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK.

Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative.