*TEST* Senior Principal Planner / Planning Manager

Kintec Global Recruitment; Chiswick; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kintec Global Recruitment is seeking a Senior Principal Planner / Planning Manager in Chiswick, London to provide senior-level planning and scheduling leadership across complex subsea and offshore EPCIC projects.

The role requires extensive experience with Primavera P6, Deltek Acumen Fuse and Risk, MS Project, and strong expertise in critical path analysis, earned value, and recovery planning. The successful candidate will mentor junior planners and coordinate cross-functional planning activity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Engineering, Construction, Business Management or equivalent.
• Approximately 15–20 years of EPCIC planning and scheduling experience.
• Subsea planning experience essential, including offshore and marine installation projects.
• Experience in planning fabrication and installation of subsea modules such as PLEM and PLET.
• Strong command of Primavera P6, MS Project; Deltek Acumen Fuse and Risk experience is desirable.
• Advanced Excel capability with curves, histograms and dynamic tables.

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed schedule analysis using Primavera P6, Deltek Acumen Fuse and MS Project.
• Develop and maintain Level 3 and Level 4 schedules for marine installation scopes.
• Lead planning input coordination across project functions and multi-discipline reviews.
• Monitor critical path, schedule compliance and deviations from baseline.
• Provide schedule risk assessments and recovery planning recommendations.
• Mentor junior planners and provide technical direction to project teams.

Skills

Scheduling leadership

Multi-discipline planning

Mentoring

Critical path analysis

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Engineering, Construction, Business Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Deltek Acumen Fuse

Microsoft Project

Excel

Job description

Senior Principal Planner / Planning Manager

Location

Chiswick, London

Contract Type

Annually Renewable, Residential, Inside IR35

Start Date

ASAP

Role Objective

• Provide senior-level planning and scheduling leadership across complex subsea and offshore EPCIC projects.
• Develop robust, logically linked project schedules that provide clear visibility of critical path, progress, risk and recovery requirements.
• Proactively identify and solve complex planning issues affecting project performance, direction and resource allocation.
• Act as a specialist within Planning and Project Controls, providing guidance and mentoring to project teams and junior planners.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform detailed schedule analysis using Primavera P6, Deltek Acumen Fuse and Risk, and Microsoft Project.
• Support project baseline development during project initiation and set-up, including WBS, OBS, project and global codes, and calendars.
• Develop and maintain logically linked Level 3 and Level 4 schedules for marine installation scopes within subsea and offshore oil and gas projects.
• Maintain and review the sequence of Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Construction, Installation, Hook-Up and Commissioning activities.
• Lead multi-discipline scope reviews and coordinate planning inputs across project functions.
• Monitor critical path, schedule compliance, key performance factors and deviations from baseline.
• Evaluate schedule risks, facilitate risk-review meetings and recommend recovery or improvement plans.
• Provide project schedule support and mentor junior planners as required.

Tasks

• Run schedule quality and integrity checks using Deltek Acumen Fuse.
• Update and validate physical progress reported through earned value management systems.
• Resource-load schedules and align them with the project earned value system.
• Produce workforce histograms, progress curves, quantity curves and variance reports.
• Identify current and potential causes of delay and expedite activities affecting project delivery.
• Assess schedule changes and develop practical workarounds for unforeseen conditions.
• Evaluate the validity of the critical path based on project logic, sequencing and prior experience.
• Create and issue prepared and ad-hoc planning reports for project leadership and stakeholders.

Deliverables

• Approved project baselines and maintained Level 3 and Level 4 EPCIC schedules.
• Schedule quality, integrity and risk-analysis outputs.
• Critical-path, progress, variance, workforce and quantity reports.
• Recovery schedules and improvement recommendations where performance deviates from plan.

Project Documents

• Project baseline and detailed activity schedules.
• Schedule narratives, progress updates and variance reports.
• Workforce histograms, progress curves and quantity curves.
• Schedule risk assessments, critical-path analyses and recovery plans.

Decision Authority / Responsibility

• Lead planning and scheduling activities within the assigned project scope and provide specialist recommendations to project management.
• Challenge schedule logic, reported progress and forecast dates where supporting evidence is insufficient.
• Escalate critical delays and recommend sequencing, resource or recovery actions to protect project milestones.
• Provide technical direction and mentoring to planners while supporting broader Project Controls initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Engineering, Construction, Business Management, or an equivalent combination of technical training and experience.
• Approximately 15-20 years of relevant EPCIC planning and scheduling experience.
• Subsea planning experience is essential, including offshore oil and gas or marine installation projects.
• Experience planning the fabrication and installation of subsea modules such as PLEMs and PLETs.
• Strong command of Primavera P6, Microsoft Project and Microsoft Office; Deltek Acumen Fuse and Risk experience is highly desirable.
• Advanced Excel capability, including curves, histograms, dynamic tables and formulas.
• Demonstrable ability to produce and maintain multi-discipline, logically linked schedules using precedence-flow planning and EPCIC best practice.
• Strong capability in schedule analysis, earned value, critical path, risk analysis, forecasting and recovery planning.
• Managerial, team-lead or substantial mentoring experience is preferred, together with the ability to influence project teams and senior management.
• France-based candidates must attend the office three days per week.