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Job Description
Job Title: Project Planner
Function: Projects
Reporting to: Project Quality and Controls Manager
Scope: Clarke Energy Ltd
Location: Knowsley, with extensive UK and some overseas travel required
Job Purpose: To develop and manage Project Design, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning Programmes
Majority of time spent: Programme Planning and Development
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for ensuring that internal planning processes and work instructions are followed on all assigned projects to allow for consistency and reporting.
- Development of multi-discipline construction project programmes in accordance with contracted scope.
- Successful in identifying any project deviations, slippage, opportunities, mitigations and communication of same to the Project Delivery Team.
- Ensuring that all issues and risks within the programme are highlighted and understood by the Project Delivery Team, providing appropriate planning advice.
- Delivering periodic project updates regarding progress, changes and delays that have impacted the project as required.
- Assisting the proposals team to develop tender programmes.
Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills:
- Good understanding of both electrical and/or mechanical engineering.
- Ability to read and understand Engineering Drawings, PID’s, and GA’s.
- Knowledge of the ‘Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015’
- Proficient user of Microsoft Office package
- Advanced user of Microsoft Project
- Good general IT skills.
- Understanding of Project Management and Engineering / Construction Project Delivery
Personal Attributes/Skills:
This requires the job holder to demonstrate that they are:
- Consistently trustworthy and professional.
- Reliable and dependable.
- Responsive to customers’ needs
- Supportive and able to work well with colleagues.
- Effective in managing their time and workload.
- Prepared to work under own initiative and do what is required to get job done.
- Committed to quality and improvement.
- Willing to take responsibility for work and actions.
- Keen to seek out and act on ideas for self- improvement.
In addition, it is particularly important to the success of this role that the job holder can demonstrate the following:
- Good relationship building and communication skills-at all levels and across functions, internally and externally.
- Ability to motivate, persuade and influence others.
- A flexible approach to requirements – adapts to changing priorities and requirements.
- Strong planning skills.
- Commercial awareness – acts to minimise costs to Clarke Energy and customers.
Essential:
- A background in both electrical and/or mechanical engineering.
- Knowledge of the ‘Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
- Proficient user of Microsoft Office package
- Advanced user of Microsoft Project
- Good general IT skills.
- Willingness to travel extensively and work away from home as required.
Desirable:
- Degree / HND / HNC in Engineering.