Senior Planner

Planning, Senior Planner
9782
Aberdeen
Contract
Circa £500 Ltd

Herewith an opportunity for a Senior Planner willing to consider a temp to perm opportunity.

As a senior Planning Engineer you will be a fundamental part of the team, working with stakeholders to develop and manage programmes, completing updates and reporting both internally and externally.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop of breakdown structures, quality criteria, product descriptions and monitoring strategy.
  • Enquire and record and then test project assumptions to ensure that plans are realistic and achievable.
  • Regular interfacing and integration with the project controls team to maintain an aligned financial position with the Project Plan.
  • Support the project manager to identify options to optimise delivery through resource smoothing, resource levelling and rescheduling of activities.
  • Identify wider resource requirements for the delivery of the project.
  • Ensure that stakeholder requirements are understood and addressed in reporting arrangements.
  • Provide advice on planning processes throughout the lifecycle of the project.
  • Support capability building and the use of best practice in planning and reporting.

 

Requirements for this opportunity include -

  • Primavera (P6) trained and experienced
  • Experience in building cost and resource loaded plans
  • Experience and show understanding of Earned Value Analysis as a reporting tool
  • Proactive work ethic and comfortable in challenging the team to implement savings to the programme and explore and propose mitigations
  • High level of numeracy and excellent analytical skills
  • Excellent MS Office skills
  • Experience / understanding in the interpretation of estimating, scheduling, programming and risk tools
  • Relevant experience in Project Controls and/or Project Delivery, preferably in a highly regulated environment
  • HNC/HND, degree qualified or experience in a planning related discipline
  • APMG International Project Planning and Control Practitioner or equivalent
  • PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)

If you are interested in this opportunity, then kindly lodge your CV here now.