Senior Principal Planner
England, London
Experience: All levels
Conventional Energy
Introduction
Join a leading global energy services company on a landmark subsea project based in Chiswick. This 12-month renewable contract offers a hybrid working model with three days in the office and two days WFH. Become part of a high-calibre team delivering world-class EPCIC projects in the oil and gas sector.
What are you going to do
Responsibilities:
- As Senior Principal Planner, you will apply your extensive expertise to develop and maintain logically linked, multidisciplinary schedules for complex marine scope installation projects.
- You will lead schedule risk analysis, quality checks using Deltek Fuse, and facilitate risk review meetings.
- Your role is pivotal in managing critical path activities, resource loading, and earned value integration to ensure project milestones are met.
- You will identify potential delays, recommend recovery plans, and support project baseline creation while mentoring junior planners.
- Your advanced skills in Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and Excel will drive schedule integrity and performance analysis for large-scale subsea fabrication and installation efforts.
Essential skills and knowledge
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Engineering, Construction, Business Management or equivalent technical experience
- 15+ years EPCIC experience in subsea/offshore oil and gas projects, including fabrication of subsea modules (e.g., PLEM/PLET)
- Proficient in Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office with advanced Excel capabilities (curves, histograms, dynamic tables, formulas)
- Demonstrated ability to produce and maintain logically linked activity schedules aligned with EPCIC precedence flow and best practices
- Experience running Acumen Fuse for schedule quality analysis and performing schedule risk analysis
- Strong understanding of project logic, flow, and resource loading matched to earned value systems
- Skilled in producing and assessing progress curves, variance reports, and critical paths
- Excellent communication skills to liaise effectively with multidisciplinary teams and senior management
- Proven ability to lead initiatives and deliver complex planning solutions under tight deadlines