Senior Planner - Energy Natural Resources
Senior Planner - Energy Natural Resources
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Job Description
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Planner to join our busy and expanding Natural Resources and New Energies team who are undertaking a range of Controls & Performance duties on several highprofile Projects/Programmes. Additionally this role will provide the opportunity to innovate collaborate and learn from our experienced and awardwinning Planning & Scheduling community and wider extensive Controls and Performance Network.
Qualifications :
Working alongside project delivery teams as part of a wider planning & scheduling team or independently with reach back support to experienced planning professionals responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:
- Tailoring planning approaches to meet the clients needs in line with best practice.
- Leading members of the planning team to develop and maintain plans on highly complex highrisk projects or programmes.
- Working with the project team to define scope of work to develop and update detailed schedules cost information and identification of variances from original plan.
- Evaluating project schedule progress and performance and identify developing problem areas.
- Breakdown of the critical path and constraints to understand the effect of changes to schedule and recommend workarounds.
- Lead analysis to understand alternative courses of action or recovery on slipped schedules.
- Lead the development of status reports to keep management informed on project progress.
- Training and coaching clients and less experienced team members on planning processes and practices.
- Challenging schedule information to ensure it is realistic robust and stands up to scrutiny.
- Understanding and be able to explain the EVM reported periodically.
The candidate
Skills and behaviours
- Ability to interact with Management / Leadership members when delivering updates on planning progress within a complex project/programme environment.
- Ability to act as subject matter expert delivering to planning processes on complex projects/programmes along with all associated processes & reports.
- Guide the team on appropriate use of systems and tools in relation to Planning & Scheduling.
- Works to make positive change happen by embracing challenges and opportunities for our clients.
- A UK driving license or the ability to travel to client sites across the region as required is essential.
Qualifications and experience
- Experience in using a standard scheduling tool (Primavera P6 MS Project etc) is essential (must be willing to attend Primavera P6 training as required).
- Practical application of Earned Value Management (EVM) is desirable.
- Having attended formal training in Tilos Time location software is desirable.
- Demonstratable experience of Cemar Contract Management tool or equivalent is desirable.
- Familiarity with NEC contracts is desirable.
Additional Information :
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy productive and flexible working environment that respects worklife balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role which are to be adhered to where applicable.
Join our social media conversations for more information about Turner & Townsend and our exciting future projects:
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
