Senior Planner

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in electrification is seeking a Planner in Birmingham. You'll manage project scheduling and cost control for initiatives valued between 2-25 Million USD. Responsibilities include analyzing project requirements, monitoring progress, and collaborating with team members to optimize schedules. The successful candidate will have proven experience in project planning, expertise in Oracle Primavera P6, and strong communication skills. Join a global leader and make an impact on sustainable energy solutions.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Planner in similar industry.
• Extensive experience in project planning and scheduling.
• Ability to communicate effectively across business areas.
• Self-motivated team player willing to travel when required.

Responsibilities

• Analyze project requirements with the project team.
• Monitor project progress and critical paths.
• Issue progress reports and communicate project issues.
• Establish baseline plans for cost performance measurement.

Skills

Project planning

Scheduling

Oracle Primavera P6

Communication

Team collaboration

Job description

In this role you’ll be involved in अन्य scheduling and cost control efforts for all project phases taking ownership and overseeing multiple projects of a value of between 2-25 Million USD.As part of the team you will set up, maintain and analyse actual and forecasted schedules, cost and risk, and monitor, report and manage deviations.

Our teams follow sound methodology and execution practices in accordance with internal standard procedures, manage the integrated schedule and cost control performance measurement process for the project’s entire scope of work.

(Also note we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position)

How you'll make an impact

Analyses project requirements with the project team, checking that all essential work activities have been identified in sufficient detail to serve as surroundings for developing realistic project schedules.

Monitoring project progress and regularly analyse project critical paths to వాళుం ensure all critical path activities and project milestones are progressed according to the plan, ensuring you communicate effectively to Project Managers any deviations or scheduling issues, and provides input for optimizing resources.

Issuing progress reports, program updates and productivity data on 결정 basis and as requested by customers and stakeholders. Use customer reporting portals such as Fastdraft where appropriate.

Establishes a baseline plan for cost performance measurement. Working with the project team to define the necessary resources for project completion, evaluating the work breakdown structure.

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Working closely with engineering, supply chain, construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning, client, and contractors to identify potential changes in scope and quantify the impact of each change in a timely fashion.

Integrating material resource requirements with project schedule and defines procurement activities and order lead times. Regularly communicates with Supply Chain Management (SCM) team and updates schedules to ensure procurement activities take place in a timely way and lead times are optimized to meet schedule targets.

Participates in project reviews. Composes reports and updates all required project data in Project Control systems for Management Information and Project Analysis. Communicates project progress and control issues to project management team and offers solutions.

Effectively communicates appropriate information to customers and other stakeholders in a tim efficiency manner to achieve nonexistent understanding.

Your background

Proven experience as a Planner within similar industry (preferable for EPC projects in T&D).

Extensive experience in project planning and scheduling, including in mature scheduling methods and tools.

Operational skills, robust previous experience as part of project teams.

Able to advise and lead the project team with respect to the programme progress.

Ability to communicate effectively to all areas of the business.

Expert Knowledge of Oracle Primavera P6.

Self-motivated, Team player.

Ability to travel when required to Birmingham office and site.

More about us

We offer fantastic opportunities to work on dynamic, high-impact and cuttingственный industry initiatives that are making a crucial impact to society whilst also offering the vibrancy of working within a world-leading global organization.

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century in pyramiding mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.

Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.