Senior Project Planner - VR/32471
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Project Planner to join a leading organisation operating within the energy sector. This role offers the opportunity to work on complex, high-value projects, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to develop and maintain robust project schedules that support the safe and efficient delivery of operations. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced planner who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and thrives on coordinating multiple workstreams while ensuring projects remain on track.
As Senior Project Planner, you will play a key role in developing, maintaining and monitoring project schedules, ensuring project teams have accurate planning information to support successful project delivery.
Main duties and responsibilities
- Developing and maintaining detailed project plans and schedules across multiple projects.
- Working closely with Project Managers, Engineering Teams and operational stakeholders to ensure plans reflect project priorities and resource requirements.
- Coordinating project timelines with internal departments and external stakeholders.
- Monitoring project progress and updating schedules to reflect changes in scope, priorities and delivery dates.
- Reviewing daily and weekly operational plans to identify scheduling conflicts, risks and opportunities for improvement.
- Producing regular progress reports and schedule updates for project teams and senior stakeholders.
- Supporting effective resource planning and asset utilisation.
- Identifying schedule risks and recommending mitigation strategies.
- Promoting continuous improvement in planning processes and project controls.
Applicants to this role require
- Experience in a Project Planner or Planning role within engineering, energy or another technical industry.
- Proficiency with planning software such as Microsoft Project and/or Primavera P6.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret project data and identify trends.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- The ability to identify scheduling constraints and proactively resolve potential issues.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- High attention to detail and a methodical approach to planning.
- A collaborative mindset and the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
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