Planning Engineer

Planning Engineer

Initial 12 Month Contract

Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey – 3 days per week in the office and 2 days per week from home

Outside IR35

Are you a Planner/ Planning Engineer with experience with offshore installation/ EPCI projects and looking for your next opportunity?

This position would provide the opportunity to work across multiple tenders with the opportunity to become more project specific further into the role.

• As the Planning Engineer, you will establish and manage effectively a planning and progress control system to support the Project Manager’s decision making process and allow them to complete the project according to internal baselines and in compliance with the contractual dates and requirements
• Ensure any deviation from the plan is promptly spotted and analysed, final time impact is estimated, and the effect of corrective actions taken is monitored
• Create a schedule awareness atmosphere among all project participants

Responsibilities for the Job
• Ensure the development of the Project Schedule according to contractual requirements and internal standards, verifying its feasibility and highlighting any criticalities
• As the Planning Engineer, you will implement the Planning and Progress Control System required by the contract and in compliance with internal standards
• Interface and coordinate with Discipline Leaders, Supervisors, and Managers to build up activities, assign milestones, identify project constraints and devise the activity network
• Prepare all the reference baseline documents, and ensure that the Project’s planning and scheduling requirements are properly and clearly communicated to those functionally responsible for executing the work
• Issue all relevant reporting in a timely manner
• Perform critical path analysis
• As the Planning Engineer, you will issue the Planning & Scheduling Procedure and the Progress Measurement Procedure
• Perform schedule risk analysis
• Participate in risk management activities
• Ensure the effectiveness of the Planning and Progress Control System, monitoring the progress measurement system and ensuring the proper information flow, progress status and completion forecast are assessed and reported throughout the Project Lifecycle (EPCI)
• Update all Project Schedules, collecting actual data, evaluating forecast dates and monitoring any progress and productivity deviation compared with the baseline schedule, including the corrective actions taken by the PM
• As the Planning Engineer, you will maintain records for all significant events, like contractual claims/obligations, productivity, deliverables, materials status, with extensive use of Company/Partner/Client IT systems and  reports
• Create and maintain the 90 days look-ahead schedule, weekly schedule, and monthly schedule. Isolate any adverse trends and warn the PM on time to take corrective actions
• Issue weekly and monthly project reports (internally and to the Client)
• As the Planning Engineer, you will assist the Project Control Manager in the preparation of the Project Status Report
• Participate in coordination meetings (internally or with the Client as appropriate)
• Support the Project during contract amendments/claims providing the time impact analysis
• Support the Project Control Manager to prepare the Project Close-Out Report and productivity feedback data

Qualifications:
• Degree qualified, preferably in engineering
• As the Planning Engineer, you will have previous experience in a similar role
• Previous experience working on Oil and Gas projects
• Ideally Past experience of EPCI projects, with a strong emphasis on offshore vessel planning
• Expert user of Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project

First Recruitment Group are committed to finding the right candidates for our clients, and the right companies for our candidates to work for. We’re passionate about putting people first, and take pride in being able to offer an all-round service for candidates and clients with our payroll solution, Primis and workforce management solution, Operam.

As part of putting people first, we strive to be an equal opportunities employer and we are always looking to increase the diversity of our workforce, working closely with our clients to ensure everyone is included.

Voceer presents this job opportunity for First Recruitment Group, a 50 person sized company who are categorized as a Recruitment Agency.

This position is being managed by First Recruitment Group, a reputable recruitment agency known for placing candidates in desirable positions.

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