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Bilfinger; Stogursey; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Bilfinger UK is seeking a trainee Planning Engineer to develop, operate and monitor contract programmes for on-site work within the petrochemical and process industries.

You will produce programmes, monitor progress, report to management, and integrate emergent works while ensuring safety, quality and cost considerations across projects at HPC. This role is on-site and staff-salaried.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Awareness of safety, quality and cost considerations in planning.
• This position is staff salaried and is based on site at HPC full time.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Produce programme
• Monitor programme continually against performance
• 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

Skills

Planning proficiency

Communication

Attention to detail

Tools

Primavera P6

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
• 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.
• This position is staff salaried and is based on site at HPC full time.