PMO & Planning Lead

Orion Group; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Orion Group is recruiting for a PMO & Planning Lead to be based in Aberdeen. This PAYE contract role spans 12 months with potential extensions, focusing on maintaining schedules, risk and change control across a major development portfolio.

The successful candidate will bring expert Primavera P6 skills, PMO leadership experience on large infrastructure or energy projects, and a strong grasp of project controls, governance, and cost management.

Qualifications

• Subject matter expert in Primavera P6 planning software.
• Extensive experience in PMO leadership on large (£500m+) infrastructure, energy, or industrial capital projects
• Deep understanding of project controls, governance, and assurance
• Familiar with carbon storage infrastructure and the capital project development cycle
• Degree in engineering, project management, finance or related discipline
• Professional accreditation (APM, PMP, or equivalent) preferred

Responsibilities

• Maintain project schedules, risk registers, opportunity registers and change control across the development portfolio.
• Support project managers to maintain schedule and cost compliance.
• Document and manage risks with shareholder expectations.
• Maintain project spend forecasts with Finance, Cost & Reporting Analyst.
• Support governance activities and gates.
• Drive continuous improvement and identify value opportunities.
• Act as neutral integrator resolving cross-discipline conflicts.
• Develop long-term PMO plans and solutions.
• Ensure control, predictability and professionalism throughout lifecycle.
• Perform other associated duties as reasonably required.

Skills

PMO leadership

Project controls

Governance & assurance

Education

Degree in engineering / project management / finance

APM/PMP accreditation preferred

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

PMO and Project Lead

Our operator client is currently recruiting for the position of PMO & Planning Lead, based in Aberdeen. This is a PAYE contract position, for 12 months initially with the potential of annual extensions thereafter.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for maintaining project schedules, risk registers, opportunity registers, and change control processes across the development portfolio.
• Support project manager(s) to maintain project schedule and cost compliance.
• Works with the organisation to ensure risks are appropriately documented and managed in compliance with procedures and Shareholder expectations.
• Working alongside the Finance, Cost & Reporting Analyst to maintain project spend forecasts.
• Support project governance activities and compliance including gates.
• Drive continuous improvement and actively seeks out value adding opportunities, and identifies possible issues, for consideration of the project manager(s) and other team members.
• Act as a neutral integrator, resolving conflicts between disciplines where required.
• Develop long term PMO plans and solutions.
• Ensure the project demonstrates control, predictability and professionalism throughout its lifecycle to build credibility and confidence with stakeholders.
• Any other associated duties as reasonably required

Experience & Qualifications

• Subject matter expert in Primavera P6 planning software
• Extensive experience in PMO leadership on large (£500m+) infrastructure, energy, or industrial capital projects
• Deep understanding of project controls, governance, and assurance
• Familiar with carbon storage infrastructure and the capital project development cycle
• Degree in engineering, project management, finance or related discipline
• Professional accreditation (APM, PMP, or equivalent) preferred

Contract position

PAYE contract position for 12 months initially with the potential of annual extensions thereafter.