Planner and Risk Manager

Our client is currently recruiting for the position of Planner and Risk Manager, based in Aberdeen.

Responsibilities:
* The role will also be responsible for delivering any system improvements/ways of working within the Planning & Risk functions.
* Full responsibility for all Planning & Risk deliverables covering COG projects in UK & Norway
* Ensure the establishment, maintenance, and delivery of robust & credible schedules across the portfolio of projects.
* Work with the embedded project planners to help ensure there is a consistent approach across the portfolio and that the ways of working are appropriate.
* Manage the CSRA process on projects in the development phase and help to support the individual Project Service Managers as part of their ongoing project Risk exercises.
* Supervise the overall reporting function within COG UK & Norway, this covers monthly Executive Mgt Reporting and Annual Business Planning.
* On a day-to-day basis, those that are in the Front End are managed by that specific team, those in execute by the respective project teams.
* provide a framework, guidance, improvements and assurance to the quality of the work developed and to provide an overall integrated schedule.
* Provide project management support in the development of the work breakdown structure, activities, logic, resources and progress of the integrated project schedule, i.e., baseline. Ensure consistency of approach across the portfolio.
* Instigate, develop and police the planning and progress monitoring procedures to ensure that each project in the portfolio performs the processes timely and consistently.
* Lead Schedule & Risk Assurance activities on the Flagship projects to provide the Senior Management with periodic updates, forecast completions, together with the critical path and trend analyses.
* Apply probabilistic techniques to determine and communicate the possible range of cost and schedule outcomes for the project,
* Provide strategic guidance to the Project Services team consistent with the project's execution strategy with respect to Schedule & Risk Mgt.
* Review scope change requests for the impact on schedules and the critical path of the project. Prepare reconciliation between earlier schedules and the current schedule.
* Consolidate the impact of approved changes and any deviations from the key project targets and milestones, including productivity monitoring and "What if scenarios" to aid project management decision-making.
* Contribute to the development of the project's risk profiles and translate these into the plans using deterministic and probabilistic analysis methods, as appropriate.
* Regularly track the schedule risk mitigation efforts, the criticality of the main paths to completion, float consumption and the release of the 50/50 schedule contingency.

Experience & Qualifications:
* Significant experience in a Lead Planning & Risk role including the front-end, definition and execution phases of an Opportunity or Project.
* Extensive experience in the development of SRA's and broader Risk Management.

Contract position

If you feel that you are well suited to the above opportunity and would like to find out more then please contact Orion Group for more information or apply by forwarding your current CV quoting reference: TR/065673.

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