Senior Planner

<b> Overview / Responsibilities </b><br><br>Wood is currently recruiting for a Senior Planner with extensive experience in the oil and gas petrochemical industry for a duration of 6 months. <br><br><b> Key Accountabilities: </b> <br><ul><li> Deliver and advise on the following project services knowledge areas: work breakdown structure, planning and scheduling, project change management, project reporting, schedule benchmarking and project close-out </li><li> Prepare and input to P&M 20Q, 8Q and annual plans and project milestones </li><li> Interface between P&M, BP scheduling and contractor by working with contractor project managers and the BP schedulers to ensure that project plan is integrated into the BP schedules </li><li> Support project managers and project engineers to review proposed plans and monitor progress by providing KPIs and forecasts </li><li> Assist in performance management by supporting construction to monitor and improve wrench time, participate in planning and performance reviews with contractor, provide and assess key performance indicators and metrics </li><li> Work with contractors to ensure adequate quality of manpower and resource planning. Verify plans consider POB/POS and other operational constraints. Assess schedule risks </li></ul> <br><br><b> Skills / Qualifications </b><br><br><ul><li> Detailed working knowledge of project planning processes, working experience and understanding of planning all project stages, resource control through manpower loaded schedules, histograms, preparing or applying project plans, understanding critical path analysis, working knowledge of Primavera as a planning tool </li><li> Working knowledge of SAP and Maximo is advantageous </li><li> Previous experience working in situations requiring self-motivation, ability to set goals and objectives, work unsupervised and meet deadlines </li><li> Facilitate Constructability plan reviews and develop construction and commissioning plan based on site constraints and contractor resource capability </li><li> Understanding and experience of brownfield construction and commissioning constraints, particularly for multi-discipline plans within an operating asset </li><li> Integration with and planning of core crew resource within the project construction plan </li><li> Competent in the different phases of CVP and building a project plan in discrete phases through from inception to handover and closeout from Level 1 up to Level 4/5 </li><li> Contractor performance management - supporting Project Managers by translating S-Curves, histograms, earned value and productivity reports into overall project progress </li></ul> <br><br><b> Company Overview </b><br><br>Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world's most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people. www.woodplc.com <br><br><b> Diversity Statement </b><br><br>We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.