PMO & Planning Lead

Spirit Production (Services) Ltd; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 83,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Spirit Energy in Aberdeen is seeking a PMO & Planning Lead for the Morecambe Net Zero portfolio. You will establish and run the PMO, ensuring governance, control and decision support across the project lifecycle to aid commercialisation of carbon storage and related energy transition initiatives.

The role requires strong Primavera P6 expertise, extensive PMO leadership experience, and a solid background in project controls and governance.

Qualifications

• Subject matter expert in Primavera P6 planning software with integrated planning experience.
• Extensive PMO leadership on large-scale 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.
• Support project managers to maintain schedule and cost compliance.
• Ensure risks are documented and managed in line with procedures and shareholder expectations.
• Collaborate with Finance, Cost & Reporting Analyst to maintain spend forecasts.
• Support governance activities and compliance including gates.
• Drive continuous improvement and identify value-adding opportunities for the team.
• Act as a neutral integrator resolving conflicts between disciplines.
• Develop long-term PMO plans and solutions.
• Demonstrate control, predictability and professionalism across the lifecycle.

Skills

Primavera P6

Integrated planning

PMO leadership

Project controls

Governance & assurance

Education

Engineering degree

Project management accreditation

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Morecambe Net Zero (MNZ) is one of the UK’s most ambitious decarbonisation projects, transforming depleted gas fields in the East Irish Sea into a world‑class carbon storage hub. By safely capturing, transporting and permanently storing CO₂ from heavy industry, MNZ will play a vital role in helping the UK achieve its net zero targets while supporting thousands of skilled jobs across the country.

THE OPPORTUNITY – PMO & PLANNING LEAD

Establishes, leads and maintains the project management office (PMO) for the MNZ portfolio, provides governance, control, assurance and decision support across the full project lifecycle to aid the successful commercialisation of Spirit’s portfolio of energy transition opportunities, including the MNZ carbon storage project in collaboration with Peak Cluster, formation of an integrated CO2 shipping hub on Merseyside and/or at Port of Barrow, and the Barrow Energy Park development.

Location: Aberdeen

Duration: 1 year contract

Contract Type: PAYE

Day Rate: TBC

IN THE ROLE

• 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.

ABOUT YOU

• Subject matter expert in Primavera P6 planning software – Must have strong experience in integrated planning.
• 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.

As we move towards first operations, we are building a diverse and forward‑thinking workforce to deliver this critical infrastructure.

We are a truly pioneering energy transition company with a portfolio and ambitions that span the breadth of the energy transition. We’re continuing to break new ground, collaborating and thinking differently. We’re proud of our heritage. With more than 30 years of production, we’re maximising the potential of our existing assets and substantial gas reserves in the UK and Netherlands. Above all, we live by our commitment to safety in everything we do. Our portfolio is predominantly gas (96%), providing vital, primary energy to fuel our homes and businesses in the UK and Europe.

OUR STRATEGY IS FOCUSED ON:

• Safely delivering production from our existing assets;
• Meeting and de-risking our decommissioning obligations, and
• Exploring strategic energy transition opportunities from our existing assets.