Onshore Planner
 
Our client is currently recruiting for the position of Onshore Planner based in Aberdeen or Barrow.  This is a long-term contract role within the Production Operations team. The role is required to support ops/maintenance planning for the Gas Terminal. Ideally the candidate will be based at site, but alternatively they can be Aberdeen-based with monthly visits to the terminal.  In this role the contractor will be required to deliver daily support to operations, providing guidance on prioritization. They will be responsible for compiling and facilitating the 28 day and 3M plans, ensuring engagement with key stakeholders for plan entry, and execution preparedness, for delivery in the 28-day window.
 
 
Purpose Statement
The Planner implements, drives, and continuously identifies opportunities to improve the company Planning Process, ensuring consistency, diligence, rigor and industry best practice for developing plans
Daily support to Operations providing guidance in prioritisation to the Operations Manager - Onshore along with associated operations teams as appropriate.
Responsible for compiling and facilitating the 28 day and 3M plans, ensuring engagement with key stakeholders for plan entry and execution preparedness for delivery in the 28-day window. Key participant in the 8Q planning process
 
Role Deliverables and Responsibilities:
Integrated asset plan for onshore operations and resourcing.
Produce 4W plan weekly, incorporating activities from operations and other relevant functions including Projects and Decommissioning
Produce 3M plan monthly, incorporating activities from operations and other relevant functions
Support development of the 8Q plan, understanding the business drivers and commitments while incorporating activities from operations and other relevant functions
Support the schedulers to ensure combined plans and schedules are implemented to maximize resource efficiency and achieve Schedule compliance
Implements standard planning practice and produces the data to measure plan attainment
Enforces planning process stage gates
Optimises integrated plan for efficiencies and identifies SIMOPS clashes
Ensure oversight of the barrier model is maintained and integrated with the plan as appropriate.
Maintain oversight of ORA’s on the IAP
Identify and support delivery of business improvement opportunities within relevant area of the business.
Ability to provide cover for offshore planner when required.
 
Working with People / Leadership:
Proactively maintains their technical and interpersonal skills and competencies, ensuring capabilities are up to date and in line with industry/functional best practice and that behaviours are in line with company’s core Values. Understand the skills, competencies and behaviours required for their role.
Collaborates effectively, adapting their behaviour and communication as needed to get the best from others. Effectively promotes ideas and opinions and is able to influence others in a constructive way. Maintains good relationships across all organisation levels.
Presents and articulates ideas and arguments effectively, projects credibility and conviction, handles objection and incorporates others’ ideas as appropriate.  Makes / proposes informed decisions having consulted widely.
Is familiar with and adheres to company’s people policies and procedures. 
 
Performance Management & Development:
Is accountable for their performance and delivery against objectives.  Agrees their objectives in a timely fashion, assertively expresses what they need from others to be successful, takes on feedback and learns from their failures.
Lives the Values and is a strong advocate of the company culture - understands and role models the behaviours expected.
Provides clear, honest and constructive feedback, both positive and developmental, to colleagues, team members and others when requested.  Be open to feedback received and incorporate into their development.
Owns their development plan and discusses it regularly with their manager and L&D. Strives for continuous learning and development of their competencies, skills and behaviours.
 
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
Recognises bias, conscious or unconscious, and actively works to eliminate this from their approach to their work and colleagues.
Eliminates the use of language that may leave others feeling excluded or discriminated against. Positively participates in discussion and collaboration on D&I in their teams and amongst peers, which persuades and brings positive change when needed.
Treats all people equally and with consideration of protected characteristics and has an understanding of company’s ED&I policies.
 
Competencies:
Embeds company’s Values and associated behaviours into their everyday work and interactions, continuously learning and developing associated competencies and behaviours.
Great communication skills that informs/shares knowledge clearly and unambiguously and also implements and embeds change. Builds rapport and is able to influence and challenge in a constructive way / skilled at influencing decision makers on complex topics.
Proven ability to work collaboratively, within their team and across the organisation and externally as required. 
Networks effectively internally and externally, creating an immediate, positive and credible impression on others.  Leads other parties in conversations on the important issues and use persuasive contributions to influence change and action.
 
Key Technical Skills:
Qualifications / experience in Project Management and Project Controls
Significant experience and knowledge of Primavera P6, and SAP
Significant knowledge and experience of integrated planning in an Operations environment
Understanding of Project Controls, across Planning, Cost, Risk, MoC, etc.
Analytical and systematic approach with an eye for detail
Conducts all activities in a safe and effective manner and raises safety and environmental issues immediately and in line with corporate policy
 
Education:
Degree qualified preferred but not essential to role
Project Management qualification / experience desirable
 
Work Experience:
Significant experience and knowledge of Primavera P6, and SAP
Significant knowledge and experience of integrated planning in an Operations environment
Experience working within an Operations and maintenance focused environment
 
Mandatory Training required:
All company mandatory training as requested, including Compliance training usually provided annually.
 
contract position
 
If you feel that you are well suited to the above opportunity and would like to find out more then please contact Orion Group for more information or apply by forwarding your current CV quoting reference: TR/081243


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Orion Group was founded in 1987 and is now one of the largest, independent, international recruitment companies. We have a network of 200 employees working from 24 offices, delivering a range of services – Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Outsourcing Services, Retained Search, Global Workforce Solutions, Completions & Commissioning and Materials Management – across 68 countries. As a global leader in workforce solutions, we recruit personnel across the Engineering & Technical, Office & Commercial, Scientific and Skilled Trades disciplines, for sectors including Oil & Gas, Life Science, Power & Utilities, Constructions & Infrastructure, Manufacturing and Renewables.