Planner
BH-281204
Posted: 10/09/2024
- Competitive
- Norway Norway
- Contract
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Oil & Gas
PLANNER
Function: Project Controls
Reports to: Project Controls Manager
Direct Reports: none
Location: Svelgen, Norway
Overview
Our client is leading the global energy transition by developing a portfolio of renewable energy and green hydrogen projects. Our large scale, low-cost hydropower, geothermal, solar and wind assets will support establishment of green energy and green product industries around the world. Our client is committed to building thriving communities by delivering social, environmental, and economic benefits.
The Planner requires knowledge and experience across Planning of major capital projects, project controls, commercial and construction activities. The role is responsible for progressing the development planning of an ongoing study into execution schedule for a mega project. This includes the implementation of the progress measurement system and processes; alignment with the cost control systems; managing and leading the contractor schedules, approvals and change management on the schedules; and analysing progress and potential claims.
Key Responsibilities
·Develop and maintain integrated master schedule, and detailed project schedule(s) to ensure timely delivery of project, ensuring integration with interfaces milestones between various contractors and main business objectives
·Analysing contractor project schedules / progress and integration of contractor schedules into the master program.
·Perform "What-if" scenarios as required, critical path and milestone analysis.
·Perform "schedule health check" to meet the highest planning standards.
·Maintain the integrity of the project schedule ensuring logic is sound, and cost/ resource loading of schedules
·Develop documents to support schedule such as basis of schedules.
·Active participation in schedule workshops, risk reviews and change management processes.
·Implement Earned Value Management techniques to measure/status and monitor progress and performance, and present dashboard reports to the Leadership team
·Early diagnosis / reporting of project trends, evaluation of productivity and benchmarking
·Accurate and timely issuing of weekly, month end, quarterly, and ad hoc reports
·Support quarterly capital planning process.
·Coordination of planning aspects within the broader project controls team ensuring alignment and collaboration with the other functions, in particular estimation and Power BI dashboard reporting
·Evaluate Contractor’s progress reporting, with monitoring of the site activities.
·Establish positive working relationships with all parties involved and upholding our values.
Person Specification
•Minimum of 10 years' experience as a project planner (essential)
•Client-Side experience to have exposure to full project life cycle, from concept through to execution, and the associated gate movements.
•Relevant experience and understanding of project management principles, project control function, including cost control function
•Relevant experience and understanding of scheduling risk concepts and techniques
•Relevant experience and understanding of facilities construction technics, EPC experience is very beneficial
•Advanced skills Primavera P6, MS Office, Business Intelligence tools like Power BI
•Strong communication skills, ability to interface with project and corporate stakeholders.
•Ability to work autonomously with limited supervision, and within a team
•Awareness and compliance with safe workplace practices and duty of care
Qualifications
Key Attributes
•Excellent stakeholder management skills to ensure project reporting is forward looking and reliable.
•Demonstrated ability to operate in dynamic delivery environments.
•Outstanding organisational and time management skills.
Health Safety & Environment
All employees have a responsibility to behave in a manner, which ensures that their actions or omissions, do not adversely affect the environment or health, safety and well-being of colleagues, contractors, or others.
Employees must:
•Meet all responsibilities as outlined in the Health, Safety and Environment Policies.
•Participate in any training and safety initiatives implemented by the company.
•Comply with all safety directives, and work instructions.
•Immediately report any incident or potential hazard to their supervisor.
•Correctly utilize any Personal Protective Equipment distributed.
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.
Function: Project Controls
Reports to: Project Controls Manager
Direct Reports: none
Location: Svelgen, Norway
Overview
Our client is leading the global energy transition by developing a portfolio of renewable energy and green hydrogen projects. Our large scale, low-cost hydropower, geothermal, solar and wind assets will support establishment of green energy and green product industries around the world. Our client is committed to building thriving communities by delivering social, environmental, and economic benefits.
The Planner requires knowledge and experience across Planning of major capital projects, project controls, commercial and construction activities. The role is responsible for progressing the development planning of an ongoing study into execution schedule for a mega project. This includes the implementation of the progress measurement system and processes; alignment with the cost control systems; managing and leading the contractor schedules, approvals and change management on the schedules; and analysing progress and potential claims.
Key Responsibilities
·Develop and maintain integrated master schedule, and detailed project schedule(s) to ensure timely delivery of project, ensuring integration with interfaces milestones between various contractors and main business objectives
·Analysing contractor project schedules / progress and integration of contractor schedules into the master program.
·Perform "What-if" scenarios as required, critical path and milestone analysis.
·Perform "schedule health check" to meet the highest planning standards.
·Maintain the integrity of the project schedule ensuring logic is sound, and cost/ resource loading of schedules
·Develop documents to support schedule such as basis of schedules.
·Active participation in schedule workshops, risk reviews and change management processes.
·Implement Earned Value Management techniques to measure/status and monitor progress and performance, and present dashboard reports to the Leadership team
·Early diagnosis / reporting of project trends, evaluation of productivity and benchmarking
·Accurate and timely issuing of weekly, month end, quarterly, and ad hoc reports
·Support quarterly capital planning process.
·Coordination of planning aspects within the broader project controls team ensuring alignment and collaboration with the other functions, in particular estimation and Power BI dashboard reporting
·Evaluate Contractor’s progress reporting, with monitoring of the site activities.
·Establish positive working relationships with all parties involved and upholding our values.
Person Specification
•Minimum of 10 years' experience as a project planner (essential)
•Client-Side experience to have exposure to full project life cycle, from concept through to execution, and the associated gate movements.
•Relevant experience and understanding of project management principles, project control function, including cost control function
•Relevant experience and understanding of scheduling risk concepts and techniques
•Relevant experience and understanding of facilities construction technics, EPC experience is very beneficial
•Advanced skills Primavera P6, MS Office, Business Intelligence tools like Power BI
•Strong communication skills, ability to interface with project and corporate stakeholders.
•Ability to work autonomously with limited supervision, and within a team
•Awareness and compliance with safe workplace practices and duty of care
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering and commerce/ finance, or equivalent by experience.
- Project management or an internationally accredited project controls certification
Key Attributes
- High level professional communication skills, including written communication.
•Excellent stakeholder management skills to ensure project reporting is forward looking and reliable.
•Demonstrated ability to operate in dynamic delivery environments.
•Outstanding organisational and time management skills.
Health Safety & Environment
All employees have a responsibility to behave in a manner, which ensures that their actions or omissions, do not adversely affect the environment or health, safety and well-being of colleagues, contractors, or others.
Employees must:
•Meet all responsibilities as outlined in the Health, Safety and Environment Policies.
•Participate in any training and safety initiatives implemented by the company.
•Comply with all safety directives, and work instructions.
•Immediately report any incident or potential hazard to their supervisor.
•Correctly utilize any Personal Protective Equipment distributed.
With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.