Senior Planner

🏢 Woodplc
📍 Ellesmere Port, United KingdomPart-timeOn-site
📅 Posted: 1mo ago🔄 Updated: 1mo ago
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Wood is seeking a Senior Planner to join their Asset Solutions team on a long-term basis, primarily based at their Ellesmere Port office. The role requires support for approximately 24 hours per week, with a preference for candidates experienced in TARs/Outages and familiar with tankage planning and maintenance scheduling. The Senior Planner will be responsible for preparing, reviewing, and reporting accurate project schedules and plans throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring adherence to contractual requirements and company policies. This includes developing and maintaining planning control structures, baseline project plans, and schedules using appropriate software. The role involves monitoring and controlling planning activities, liaising with various functions, preparing progress reports, assessing schedule impacts of changes, and participating in schedule risk analysis. A Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical or business discipline is typically required, along with significant scheduling/planning experience, proficiency in Primavera and other scheduling tools, and a detailed understanding of project management principles and contract mechanisms.
Required Skills
Engineering, Construction & Trades
Primavera P6Risk Assessment
Business, Sales & Management
SchedulingProject PlanningEarned Value ManagementProject ManagementCost ControlChange ManagementRisk Management
Other
Logic analysiscost loadingresource loadinglevelingCBS structuresproject reportingschedule developmentplan developmentresource loaded schedulesstaffing planswhat-if scenariosNEC ContractLump Sum Contract
Science & Research
Terrain & Topographic Analysis
Soft Skills & Professional Competencies
Execution
Finance, Legal & Governance
Financial Analysis
Nice to have:
Other
TARs/Outages
Soft Skills & Professional Competencies
Planning
Business, Sales & Management
Scheduling
🎁 Benefits & Perks
33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance
Requirements
The role requires a Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical or business discipline, or equivalent experience. Must have relevant scheduling/planning experience, proficiency in Primavera and other scheduling software, and a strong understanding of project execution procedures, WBS/CBS structures, and reporting capabilities. Knowledge of earned value, cost/schedule variance analysis, project management principles, and contract mechanisms is essential.
Description

Wood is looking for a Senior Planner to support our Asset Solutions team on a long-term basis. This role is based at our office in Ellesmere Port and it is anticipated support will be required 3 days a week (24 hours), working primarily from the office with visits to other Wood offices/sites as required. The successful individual should preferably have experience in TARs/Outages and be familiar with tankage planning and maintenance scheduling.

The role:

The preparation, review and reporting of accurate project schedules and plans in support of the robust control of projects throughout their lifecycle. Preparation and submission of project schedules and plans, ensuring schedules and plans are prepared to the required level of detail and accuracy in accordance with contractual requirements and Wood & Client policies, procedures, and standards. Supports the management of project schedules and plans, and the preparation and filing of project planning documentation. May act as the focal point for several project scopes concurrently.

Our Clients and Projects 

Designing the future. Transforming the world

The Asset Solutions Service Line is an exciting and expanding area of our business, providing critical operations services to the energy sector – including duty holder, managed service and TAR delivery – for 10 UK customers.  Most of our contracts have been built over long term relationships which has allowed us to extend and re-win contract agreements – our secured pipeline of work is extremely stable for the next 3 years and continually growing.

What we can offer

  • Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across renewables and emerging energy sectors
  • Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid and remote working where relevant 
  • Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
  • Competitive salary with 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 lifestyle
  • 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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