Project Planner Opportunity - Energy & Natural Resources

Turner & Townsend • Aberdeen, WA

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

Due to increased opportunities and demand in the Energy & Natural Resources division, the Energy & Natural Resources team are recruiting Planners to join a diverse and supportive team during a period of significant growth. We are specifically looking to speak to experienced individuals to support our client on a major carbon capture and storage project in Aberdeen. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing industry and the wider Turner & Townsend business. Candidates will initially be required to be present in our client’s office in Aberdeen for 3 days per week.

Requirements

• Professional Project Controls experience specialising in Planning & Scheduling in one or more sectors across the whole Project lifecycle.
• Strong knowledge and proficiency with Primavera P6 (or MSP) and other planning and resourcing software.
• Ability to coordinate and work with other teams utilising multi-disciplinary knowledge.
• Strong communicator, able to demonstrate leadership behaviours with the ability to influence, manage, motivate, coach and develop a team by fostering a diverse and inclusive environment.
• Promote empowerment and contribution and have a passion to build a community and support network beyond your delivery role.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to make risk-based decisions where the parameters are unclear, and judgement is needed.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to mobilise, inspire and lead by example.
• Strong stakeholder management experience.
• Can navigate through conflict situations and defuse tension.

Nice To Haves

• Member of a relevant professional body e.g., Association for Project Management, Project Management Institute (not mandatory)

Responsibilities

• Creation, development and maintenance of project schedules that assist and align with project and client requirements
• Establish, maintain and administer Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and associated coding structures
• Assisting with the development of project status reports to keep management informed on project progress and costs
• Involvement with client team in the implementation of Integrated Project Controls standards and processes.
• Reducing uncertainty, improving efficiency and understanding project objectives.
• Interacting with the project team to define scope of work to develop and update detailed schedules and identification of variances.
• Evaluation of project schedule progress and performance and identify slippage against baselines
• Analysis of float, critical path and constraints to understand the effect of approved changes or slippages to schedule, recommending alternative courses of action for recovery.
• Support the effective integration of cost and schedule information to ensure coherent project control and decision-making
• Undertaking project progress reviews.
• Monitoring and consolidation of contractor project schedules into Integrated master Schedule (IMS)
• Preparation of weekly and monthly project controls reports as requested by the client
• Monitor and advise on status of project KPIs across multiple projects.
• Understand and report EVM on a periodic basis.
• Functional management of planning personnel within the Turner & Townsend team, conducting mentoring and coaching as required.

Benefits

• Great place to work
• Opportunity and voice to affect change
• Support for success in work and life
• Healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance
• Equal opportunity employer
• Celebrates diversity
• Inclusive environment for all employees

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed