Senior Planning Engineer

Job Purpose

• Responsible for Planning activities on UK Projects and Tenders
• Responsibility for the development and improvement of the planning department, its systems, procedures and more junior personnel
• Ensure the systems, processes and reporting requirements for both internal and external clients are in place and adhered to, in line with the UK Planning procedure
• Actively coordinate and deliver workload of the department in a supervisory capacity

Main Accountabilities

• Adherence to, and development of, the TechnipFMC UK Planning procedure (and supporting processes)
• Supervision, Mentoring and Assistance to the planning engineers and planning technicians
• Monitoring of the department output in line with known deadlines and effectively manage the team workload to achieve these.
• Monitoring of the department output from a quality perspective
• Development of Budget / Tender / Project schedules
• Interface with Client planning personnel in all relevant matters
• Development of Project Planning reporting packages for internal and external purposes
• Responsibility for Monitoring and Reporting of progress on UK projects and engineering studies
• Interface with key subcontractor personnel and ensure they are advised of (and provide) the correct level of reporting to meeting the TechnipFMC procedures / requirements.
• Responsibility for Maintaining comprehensive records of all project planning related documentation, including as a minimum: Contract Control Schedules, Detailed Offshore schedules, As-Built schedules, As[1]Built analysis, Project Change registers, Peer reviews
• Develop and Update vessel Norms on a regular basis, including the identification and development of areas in Norms not previously considered.
• Maintain awareness of and inform the UKBU Operations Planning Engineer of all changes to project notification windows, project LDs and all other relevant planning information
• Issue project managers with project close out pro-formas to ensure feedback is received for the purpose of continuous improvement
• Provide support to the UKBU business planning function and associated initiatives / projects
• Provide support to the Corporate led initiatives
• Participation and Facilitation in the TechnipFMC UK Competence programme
• Maintain awareness of industry tools / software development for assessment / investigation of use within UKBU
• Deputise for the UKBU Planning Manager as required

Typical Background and Experience Required

Must have:

• Supervisory Skills / Experience of Mentoring
• Significant experience in planning
• Strong Planning competencies related to Oil and Gas
• Oracle Primavera P6 Certification and experience
• Microsoft Project experience

Nice to have:

• Degree in and Engineering / Science Based subject
• Planning Qualification
• Subsea industry experience
• Oracle Primavera Risk Analysis Certification and experience

Personal Qualities

• Proactive approach to the development of the planning department and the service provided to the business
• Involvement in raising profile of department within the business
• Ability to work well within a team and effectively interface with Peers, Project Management Teams and Senior Management levels
• Ability to bring out the best in people
• Good communication and presentation skills