Project Planner/Engineering Planner/Subsea/Primavera P6

Project Planner/Engineering Planner/Subsea/Primavera P6 required for a leading global oil and gas client based in Bristol/Nailsea.

The candidate will be required to project plan and schedule using Critical Path Methodology (CPM) with a Project Scheduling Software Tool (Primavera). Professional Communication skills, both verbal and written, Proficiency with Microsoft Office (MS Excel, PowerPoint). Must be a self-starter, Alert and Pro-active with strong teamwork skills.

* Establish and communicate project milestones to the team
* Ensure quality and consistency in the level of detail within the Integrated Activity Network developed by each CoE.
* Establish and maintain a consistent operating routine to ensure project progress reports are generated and issued on time.
* Arrange and chair the regular (bi weekly) Project Planning Team Meeting. Frequency of meetings is determined by in-house business reporting requirements and Project specific requirements.
* Plan activities that are specific for the team responsibilities, like SIT and final delivery handover.
* Organize and implement planning rules as required in Contract.
* Overview that the schedules are continuously updated with deliveries and dates.
* Puling reports/P6 extracts for customer.
* Setting required layouts/coding structures in P6 for COE planners to apply.

KEY JOB SPECIFIC SKILLS

* Project planning - detailed and in-depth knowledge of project planning principles and practice including Critical Path Analysis and Earned Value.
* Strategic view.
* Customer focused with knowledge of customer key drivers.
* Knowledge of engineering and manufacturing processes.
* Domain knowledge of Primavera planning software.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

- Primavera experience,
- Project Meeting Facilitation in a corporate environment,
- Project cost management experience,
- Resource loading/portfolio resource management experience.
- Identify project schedule trends & perform analysis to mitigate delays/conflicts, risks and future problems.
- Ability to create and maintain Metric reports.
- Primavera Database Administration.
- Advance Knowledge of Enterprise Project Management. Must have experience and be able to demonstrate the ability to set up and maintain: WBS, UDF's Activity Codes and Resource Codes at a Project Level.
- Must be Proficient at building custom filters, layouts and reports on demand.
- The successful candidate must have experience as a lead scheduler for a medium to large sized project portfolio.
- The successful candidate must have experience in the development and implementation of training courses.

DESIRABLE SKILLS:

- Project Planning & Management with minimum 7 years' experience
- This can be negotiable - ideally the candidate will have been doing a similar role for one of our competitors
- Subsea experience preferred, but not essential