Planning Engineer – Offshore in Kingston upon Thames, London

• Job title: Planning Engineer
• Location: London/Surrey - Hybrid 3 days a week in office
• Type: Contract
• IR35 Status: Outside
• Rate: Negotiable

*Please note there is flexibility for this opportunity to be a staff position.

The Energy Division at A.R.M. is currently recruiting for an experienced Planning Engineer to join our client, who are an established Global Leader in Engineering, Technology and Construction, for the Offshore Energy Sector.

Job Scope:

• Establish and manage effectively a planning and progress control system in order to support the Project Manager's decision-making process and allow him to complete the project according to the internal baselines and in compliance with the contractual dates and requirements.
• Ensure any deviation from the plan is promptly spotted and analysed, final time impact is estimated and the effect of corrective actions taken is monitored.
• Create a schedule awareness atmosphere among all project participants.

What your role will look like:

• Ensure the development of the project schedule according to the commercial needs. Verify feasibility and criticality.
• Participate in commercial risk management activities.
• Ensure the implementation of the Planning and Progress Control System required by the contract complexity, riskiness, and duration, in compliance with the Project Breakdown Structure, Company Standards, and Contract specifications.
• Interface and coordinate with other Company Functions or Discipline Leaders/Supervisors and Managers to build up activities, and assign milestones and constraints by issuing the logic network.
• Prepare all the reference baseline documents, and ensure that the project's planning and scheduling requirements are properly and clearly communicated to those functionally responsible for executing the work.
• Issue all the relevant reporting.
• Issue the Planning and Scheduling Procedure, Progress Measurement Procedure, and Risk Management Plan for the Project Control Manager verification.
• Coordinate the risk management activities startup organizing the first brainstorming and the qualitative/quantitative assessment of the identified risks & and opportunities.
• Perform the schedule risk analysis for highly critical projects.

During the project execution phase:

• Ensure the effectiveness of the Planning and Progress Control System, monitoring the progress measurement system and ensuring the proper information flow, progress status, and completion forecast are assessed and reported for the Engineering, Procurement, Fabrication, Construction, and Commissioning phases.
• Update all Project Schedules, collect actual data, evaluate forecast dates and monitor any progress and productivity deviation compared with the baseline schedule, including the corrective actions taken by the PM.
• Maintain the risk management process by organizing periodic meetings and verifying the risk owners' feedback.
• Maintain records for all significant events, like contractual claims/obligations, productivity, deliverables, and materials status, with extensive use of Company/Partner/Client IT systems and reports.
• Create and maintain the 90-day look-ahead schedule, weekly, monthly. Isolate any adverse trend and warn the PM on time to take corrective actions, issue weekly and monthly project reports (internal and for the Client).
• Assist the Project Control Manager in the Project Status Report preparation
• Participate in the coordination of meetings (internal or with the Client whenever opportune)
• Support the Project during the contract changes/claims process providing the time impact analysis.
• Support the project control Manager in the preparation of the Project close-out Report and the schedule and productivity feedback data to the Project Control and Commercial Department.

What do you need to succeed?

• Candidates should have Planning experience with Offshore Installation to be considered for a contract role, if not, then they can consider you for a staff position and you will be trained.
• Relevant qualifications for the role

Please apply via the link or get in contact with / 02392 458 027

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.