Lead Planner - Projects

Lead Planner - Projects Our North Sea operator client is currently recruiting for the position of Lead Planner (Projects) for a long-term contract role, based in Aberdeen. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who has strong project planning experience. Hybrid working

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for the development, maintenance, and issue of high quality, fully integrated project plans to support safe, compliant, and efficient execution.
• Lead the assessment, alignment, and continuous improvement of project planning processes across the business, embedding best practice and consistent standards.
• Provide planning leadership and line management for the planning team, including direct reports and planners embedded within projects, ensuring appropriate capability development, training, and succession planning.
• Work closely with the Executive Leadership Team and Project Managers to develop a strategic, forward looking view of project activity requirements and delivery priorities.
• Ensure all internal, external, and vendor project plans are accurately captured, logically integrated, and maintained at the appropriate level of detail and update frequency.
• Drive effective interfaces with Corporate Planning to ensure full alignment between project plans and the overall business plan.
• Own and govern all project planning information issued internally and externally, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and fitness for purpose.
• Ensure robust project change management processes are applied to plans, with clear visibility of schedule impacts, risks, and dependencies.
• Develop, monitor, and report meaningful planning and performance dashboards, analysing trends to identify risks, areas of concern, and improvement opportunities.
• Provide oversight and support for the effective use and maintenance of Primavera P6, ensuring data integrity and consistent application across projects.
• Ensure robust, integrated planning information is available to support CSRAs, decision making, and assurance activities.

Experience:

• Accountable for the development, maintenance, and issue of high quality, fully integrated project plans to support safe, compliant, and efficient execution.
• Lead the assessment, alignment, and continuous improvement of project planning processes across the business, embedding best practice and consistent standards.
• Provide planning leadership and line management for the planning team, including direct reports and planners embedded within projects, ensuring appropriate capability development, training, and succession planning.
• Work closely with the Executive Leadership Team and Project Managers to develop a strategic, forward looking view of project activity requirements and delivery priorities.
• Ensure all internal, external, and vendor project plans are accurately captured, logically integrated, and maintained at the appropriate level of detail and update frequency.
• Drive effective interfaces with Corporate Planning to ensure full alignment between project plans and the overall business plan.
• Own and govern all project planning information issued internally and externally, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and fitness for purpose.
• Ensure robust project change management processes are applied to plans, with clear visibility of schedule impacts, risks, and dependencies.
• Develop, monitor, and report meaningful planning and performance dashboards, analysing trends to identify risks, areas of concern, and improvement opportunities.
• Provide oversight and support for the effective use and maintenance of Primavera P6, ensuring data integrity and consistent application across projects.
• Ensure robust, integrated planning information is available to support CSRAs, decision making, and assurance activities.

Cost Risk – working knowledge of risk management tool Safran to manage schedule risk and support CSRAs

Experience in Decommissioning activities

Qualifications:

• Engineering background; preferably qualified to HNC level or equivalent.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated supervisory and leadership capability.
• Strong communication, networking, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders and customers.
• Trusted, approachable, and professional.
• Proactive, delivery focused approach

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/081235.

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