Airswift is currently looking for a Senior Principal Planner to work with our client oil and gas EPC BASED in London
Job Title:
Senior Principal Planner
Work Location:
Chiswick,
London
Start date: September
Duration of Contract: 12 months renewable contract
The Senior Principal Planner is tasked with solving unique and complex problems that have a broad impact on the business. They must proactively identify and solve the most complex problems that impact the management and direction of the business. The Senior Principal Planner is considered a specialist in the field of Planning/Scheduling, and they offer a broad base of knowledge about the Project Controls function. They impact the direction and resource allocation of programs and projects in their discipline and work within general functional policies and industry guidelines. The Senior Principal Planner role requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop creative solutions to Planning/Scheduling challenges.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities:
Perform schedule analysis using Project Management software's including Primavera P6, Deltek Fuse & Risk, and Microsoft Project
Support project baseline creation during the project initiation and setup phase
Facilitate detailed multi-discipline scope reviews
Perform detailed schedule quality and integrity checks using Deltek Fuse
Update and validate physical progress reported from EVMS systems
Provide project schedule support and mentor junior planners as required
Develop and maintain logically linked level 3 and level 4 activity schedules, for marine scope installation projects in the Oil and Gas Industry (pipelines, subsea, platforms, HDD), according to precedence flow planning, using best practices
Produce workforce histograms and progress and quantity curves in connection with the schedules
Maintain and review the sequence of Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Construction, Installation, Hook-Up, and Commissioning, and other operations for control of critical path and overall project durations
Elevate and expedite operations that are delaying the schedule and analyze changes to the schedule to meet unforeseen conditions
Create and Monitor schedule compliance, key performance, factors, and provide analysis of variations to baseline data
Identify current and potential factors that may delay the schedule
Assess actions for recovery and improvement and analyze changes to the schedule to meet unforeseen conditions
Lead and deliver initiatives
Create and run a prepared or ad-hoc report
Evaluate the validity of the critical path based on prior experience
Resource load the schedule and match it to an earned value system
Suggest recovery plans or areas of potential improvement
Have a strong understanding of typical project logic and flow
Run Acumen Fuse to analyze schedule quality
Run schedule risk analysis and facilitate risk review meeting
Set up overall schedule parameters (WBS/OBS/Project/Global Codes /Calendar)
Essential Qualifications and Education:
Bachelor's degree in Project Management/Engineering/Construction/Business Management or equivalent combinations of technical training or experience required
15+ years of EPCIC experience with Subsea / Offshore Oil and Gas projects
Experience in the fabrication of subsea modules e.g PLEM/PLET etc.
Have solid command of Primavera P6 Microsoft Project and Microsoft Office software
Must be able to use advanced features in Excel (curves, histograms, dynamic tables, formulas, etc.)
Able to produce and maintain logically linked activity schedules, according to precedence flow in EPCIC planning, using best practices
Able to produce and assess progress curves, histograms, variance reports, and critical paths
Able to analyze project status and performance, deviations, performance factors, forecasts, and workarounds
Must be able to produce multidisciplinary logically linked activity schedules, according to precedence flow in planning, using best industry practices
Ability to effectively communicate with team members and management