Senior Planner

TRS Staffing Solutions; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the construction and renewable energy sector is seeking a Senior Planner to oversee time and resource management for complex projects. Opportunities for professional growth are abundant in this long-term contract role, which requires strong communication and schedule management skills. Candidates should have relevant degrees and experience in managing contractors within a project matrix organization.

Qualifications

• 5 years experience in similar construction or wind-related roles.
• Experience managing contractors and complex construction projects.
• Proven ability to analyze project risks and provide planning insights.

Responsibilities

• Support project management in time schedules and human resource plans.
• Develop and maintain Time Management Plan and Time Schedule Assumption Book.
• Report on progress and perform critical path analysis as required.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Teamwork

Risk Analysis

Schedule Management

Education

MSc or relevant degree

PMI Scheduling Professional

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

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TRS Staffing have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Planner.

The role will see you drive time & resource management in compliance with processes and policies and ensure deliverables comply with defined quality standards.

Responsibilities
• Support project management team in developing time schedules and human resource plans.
• Control / maintain time schedules and human resource plans and perform schedule and human resource analyses.
• Communicate and report progress, performance and forecast on a regular basis.
• Secure coordination and alignment between the package schedules and key milestones.
• Provide planning related input to the Close Out Report.
Tasks:
• Establish and maintain the Time Management Plan
• Support the project organization in developing and maintaining time schedules and human resource planning in accordance with guidelines and processes for the relevant phase including compliance and integration with portfolio standards.
• Facilitate appropriate weather downtimes are calculated based on OptiLog and included in the offshore installation schedules.
• Assist the project organization in the preparation of tender time schedules with project milestones for employer/external supplies.
• Facilitate that requirements to the suppliers' planning and progress reporting are included in the tender documents and contract documents.
• Collect progress data from the DPR system during offshore installation activities and update the schedule accordingly.
• Provide detailed analyses including scenario analysis, milestone tracking, critical path, float analysis and quantitative schedule risk analysis (QSRA) as required in the project.
• Review suppliers' time schedules and ensure compliance with the overall construction time schedule.
• Develop and maintain the Time Schedule Assumption Book
• Report progress, performance and forecast on a regular basis to the project management and Portfolio Management including Knock On analysis.
• Secure that the installation sequence is defined, optimized, and aligned.

Deliverables
• Project Time Management Plan input to the PMP.
• Progress reporting to project management and portfolio management.
• Project Time Schedule and human Resource overview to project/package management.
• Time Schedule Assumption Book
• Analysis and presentations to support Project Management decision making.
• Close Out Report input

Experience
• Complex construction projects in execution, working on the client side
• Used to managing contractors’ performance: managing and discussing interfaces, ensuring they put the right people around the table for aligning these interfaces, approving contractor baseline, following up and challenging contractor status and progress
• Excellent communicator and team-oriented approach
• If possible, experience related to Cable supply and installation (onshore and offshore) Soft skills in role fulfilment is equally as important as Primavera P6 skills.

Requirements
• MSc or other relevant degree. Competence equivalent PMI-SP (PMI Scheduling Professional)
• Recommended 5 years of relevant work experience within wind and/or construction
• Recommended 5 years of experience from similar position
• Recommended 2 years of experience working in project matrix organisation

This is a long-term contract with plenty of growth opportunities, if you are interested to learn more, please apply with you updated CV!