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BILFINGER

Bridgwater

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Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

A leading engineering and maintenance provider in Bridgwater is seeking a Planning Engineer to develop, operate, and monitor contract programmes, ensuring timely execution within budget. The ideal candidate will possess a relevant HNC/Degree qualification and experience in Petrochemical or related sectors. Key responsibilities involve producing programme reports, anticipating critical paths, and liaising effectively with all stakeholders. Proficiency in Primavera P6 and strong communication skills are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

Sufficient experience as an assistant/trainee Planning Engineer.
Ability to produce feasible programmes from given scopes.
Awareness of safety, quality, and cost considerations.

Responsibilities

Develop and monitor relevant contract programmes for execution.
Produce and update programmes to reflect contract requirements.
Report progress against programmes and record delays.

Skills

Planning Engineer experience

Fluency in Primavera P6

Communication skills

Experience in Petrochemical sector

Education

HNC/Degree qualification

QCF Diploma Level 3/5 Planning

APMP Practitioner

Tools

Excel

Job description

Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.

We have extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities; specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.

This commitment is delivered by an experienced and highly competent workforce of over 4,500 employees operating from 14 offices in strategic industrial hubs, upholding the highest standards of safety, compliance and quality.

To develop, operate and monitor the relevant contract programmes for the work scope so that the contract can be controlled and executed within budget and duration.

Key Accountabilities

To produce all necessary programmes at the appropriate times to reflect the overall contract requirements.
To monitor and update all contract programmes by relevant discussion with all relevant parties.
To predict and communicate critical path deviations to enable management to take corrective action.
To optimise the use of approved computer software packages to ensure accountabilities 1 - 3 are met.
To incorporate emergent works effectively into existing programmes.
To report progress against programme on a regular basis and record any delays with associated reasoning.

Key Duties

Produce programme
Monitor programme continually against performance
Incorporate programme variations
Programme report to client/management
Anticipate problem areas regarding critical paths and advise remedial action.
Allocate the estimate costs to the activities on the programme and assist in the baselining of the programme.
Development and communication of resource requirements necessary to meet the demands of the project timescales.
Analyse Earned Value Performance on the project

Experience

Sufficient and appropriate assistant/trainee Planning Engineer experience.
Sufficient and appropriate experience in Petrochemical, Power & Process Industry Sectors.
Ability to produce a feasible programme of activities from a given scope of work.
Communication skills to liaise with all relevant parties to report accurate contract status.
An ability to anticipate and highlight critical programme areas for management action.
Fluency in Primavera P6 and excel to provide prompt accurate and regular information.
Awareness of the technical implications and interfaces to be able to programme work effectively.
Awareness of the impact of planning on safety, quality and cost considerations.

Role Qualifications