Senior Project Planner

JAM Recruitment Ltd; Carlisle; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Planning Engineer for a 6-month contract role based in Barrow, UK. Candidates should have over 5 years of planning experience, ideally in engineering. The role involves managing Engineering delivery plans, data analytics, and stakeholder communication. Must be able to work bi-weekly on-site and eligible for SC clearance. A strong grasp of project control processes and experience with Microsoft Office is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of planning experience, ideally in Engineering.
• Prior experience in Project Controls or Project Management environment.
• Good understanding of processes in line of business.

Responsibilities

• Manage construction of Engineering delivery plans across various stages.
• Communicate known issues and variances to stakeholders.
• Oversee alignment of Engineering Delivery to build programme.

Skills

Planning experience

Data analytics

Cross functional teamwork

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Job description

Location: Barrow (2 days bi-weekly onsite)

Duration: 6 Month Contract Initially

Rate: £53.90 per hour umbrella (Inside IR35)

Notes: Will be working on UK eyes only projects, must be eligible for SC

Overview

Looking for someone with planning experience - ideally 5+ years experience. Doesn't have to be subs. As long as its project control. Ideally someone with Engineering planning experience (desirable). P6 experience is extremely desirable. Role has come available as current role holder has moved to a different part of the business.

Key Deliverables

• Actively managing the construction of Engineering delivery plans across Stage 2/3 Engineering, as well as maintaining governance of these plans through maintenance cycles.
• Be responsible for data analytics, communicating known issues, variances, and open dependencies to all stakeholders.
• Use and apply various toolsets and applications to manipulate a variety of Engineering data sets that support the team's delivery into the Engineering function.
• Oversee the alignment of Engineering Delivery to the build programme, whilst identifying misalignment and providing possible mitigation actions to key stakeholders.
• Lead and maintain Project Management and Control Processes across your work scope.

Key Skills & Knowledge

• Good understanding of the structure, organisation, processes and culture of line of business, so as to be able to support implementation of appropriate PM&C approaches.
• Prior experience within a Project Controls/Project Management environment.
• An ability to gather information and experience of supporting with the development of solutions and of implementation approaches.
• Good experience of cross functional team integration across multiple projects.
• Experience of Microsoft Office functions; Excel (the generation and manipulation of data), Outlook, PowerPoint (construction of presentations and reports) and Word.