Shutdown Planner

Wood; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits package

33 days annual leave

Contributory pension

Private medical cover

Life insurance (4x base salary)

Job summary

Wood is seeking a Shutdown Planner for a full-time role based in Aberdeen. The position offers hybrid working: 3 days in the office, 2 days at home, with a permanent staff or contract arrangement.

The role focuses on producing investment cost estimates for offshore/onshore development projects, ensuring accuracy of cost structures, validating third-party estimates, gathering inputs from Professional Areas, and updating cost databases for cross-project analyses.

Qualifications

• Produce investment cost estimates for offshore/onshore development projects.
• Ensure accuracy of cost structures and cost estimates.
• Validate estimates produced by Contractors or Third parties.
• Gather and consolidate contributions from Professional Areas for cost completeness.

Responsibilities

• Produce investment cost estimates for offshore/onshore development projects during project phases and input into plan and budget.
• Ensure accuracy of cost structures and estimates.
• Validate estimates produced by Contractors or Third parties.
• Gather and consolidate contributions from Professional Areas for cost completeness.
• Update methods/tools for execution/validation of cost estimates.
• Feed and update databases and perform cross-project analysis.

Skills

Cost estimation

Cost validation

Data consolidation

Job description

Wood is looking for a Shutdown Planner on a full time basis on a Permanent Staff or Contract basis. This is an embedded role at our clients offices in Aberdeen City. We offer hybrid working for this role – 3 days in the office, 2 days at home.

Why Join Us?

Our Operations team plays a key role in delivering maintenance and asset support across a focused portfolio of offshore facilities in the North Sea. This area of the business offers a range of opportunities, enabling you to develop and strengthen your skills within a high-performing asset environment.

Supporting late-life and mature assets, our work spans day-to-day maintenance, offshore campaign execution, and ongoing asset integrity and decommissioning scopes. This provides hands-on experience in a fast-paced, safety-critical setting, where efficiency, reliability, and collaboration are essential to successful delivery.

We are proud of our experienced and close-knit team, built on strong standards and a “one team” culture. Everyone plays a vital role, and you’ll be supported by colleagues who are committed to delivering work safely, efficiently, and to the highest quality.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a team at the heart of North Sea operations. You’ll contribute to critical offshore work scopes while developing your career in a supportive and forward-thinking environment. If you’re looking to be part of a team where your contribution matters and your development is encouraged, Wood offers the platform to help you succeed.

Designing the future. Transforming the world

The Role:

• To produce investment cost estimates for offshore/onshore development projects during the various project phases and as input into the project plan and budget
• To ensure accuracy of cost structures and cost estimates
• To validate estimates produced by Contractors or Third parties
• To gather and consolidate contribution from Professional Areas, ensuring cost completeness for project economic evaluation
• Ensure selection/development/update of appropriate methods and tools for the execution/validation of cost estimates
• To feed and update databases and to perform cross project analysis

What we can offer

• Meaningful and interesting projectsdelivered to leaders of industry across renewables and emerging energy sectors
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
• Competitive salarywith regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
• Flexible benefits package;inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own
• Commitment to continued professional development;development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
• Global connections;join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession

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