- Provide planning support to the Project Controls Team and Technical Project Manager to ensure compliance with the Project Planning Procedure
- Develop and assure integrity of the project level 1 and Master Control Schedules
- Provide post update analysis, ensure the project teams are aware of key changes and impact to critical /near critical paths.
- Lead Monthly Project Schedule Review with the Team
- Validate and integrate schedules from internal and third-party sources.
- Ensure the integrity and effectiveness of schedule progress measurement.
- Ensure contractor compliance with contractual planning and reporting requirements especially those detailed contractually within the Project Coordination Procedures (PCP).
- Interface with planning community across to share best practice and key learnings.
- Continuously improve the planning strategy, plans and procedures
Experience and Qualifications:
- Experience of using Primavera version 6 (P6) and Microsoft Project planning software
- Engineering / Science degree or equivalent experience
- Desirable: membership of a recognised professional body
- Demonstrable track record planning delivery with experience of 5-10 years covering the accountabilities relevant to the job description described herein, gained on medium to large scale size projects.
- Experience in Offshore/Onshore Wind projects (5+ years).
- Proven track-record of managing schedules for projects, including communication of complex schedule information to senior management (e.g. development of Level 1 plans to describe interfaces between multiple near-critical paths)
- Ability and proven skills to engage and work within a multifunctional discipline team to establish high levels of cooperation and credibility for the planning function when working with the project team.
- Experience of execution planning for medium to large projects to understand the wider project context, business drivers and development of Project Coordination Procedures.
- Some experience of managing cost control, demonstrating a sound understanding of the relationship between cost control and planning / scheduling as a key component of the performance management framework and project control.