Senior Project Planner

Our client is currently recruiting for the position of Senior Project Planner, based in Aberdeen.

Responsibilities:
* Establishing good communication channels within project teams
* Development of project specific procedures, work breakdown structure and progress measurement methods in accordance with company and client requirements
* Development of plans and schedules for various phases of project execution with the assistance from project team members and company's support functions
* Development of fully weighted Baseline Schedules in Primavera P6 (along with basis of schedule documentation, s-curves and critical path analysis)
* Progressing of Contract Master Schedules (incl. s-curves, critical path analysis and progress analysis)
* Implementation of progress reporting cycles for sub-contractors and subsequent interrogation / analysis of these reports (progress review/analysis, recovery plans where necessary)
* Delivery of timely updates to schedules and issue of relevant reports to internal and external stakeholders (weekly/monthly/ad-hoc basis)
* Development of detailed offshore schedules in Microsoft Project (including production of as-built schedule(s) based on the daily progress reports (DPR's))
* Performing baseline revisions
* Producing scenario schedules and other ad-hoc scheduling requirements as requested
* Participation in project team & department meetings
* Contribution to internal initiatives and development of business / planning processes
* Sharing skills and experience for development of other Planning team members

Experience & Qualifications:
* You will be degree qualified in a relevant subject (significant industry experience may negate the need for a degree)
* You will be highly proficient with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project and other Microsoft Packages - Excel, Word & PowerPoint
* You'll have demonstrable previous planning experience within the energy industry
* Ideally you will have experience in company's planning / understanding of companies engineering and infrastructure
* You should be a strong communicator, able to engage with stakeholders of all levels, both internally and externally
* You will be comfortable working on your own and as part of a team
* You should be a logical thinker with strong organisational skills who is able plan and prioritise high level and changeable workloads, but also maintaining strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy in your work

Permanent 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: PR/055310.

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