Planning Engineer

Our client Scottish Power Transmissions are seeking a Planning Engineer for a contract role either based in Edinburgh or Cambuslang.

The Strategic Projects Planning Engineer is directly responsible for the Production, Maintenance & Update, Change Control, Schedule Risk Management and Reporting of high-quality Primavera P6 Schedules.

Development of high-quality project schedules within Primavera (P6) Enterprise.

Cultivate and maintain close working relationship with internal and external stakeholders

Ensure regular, accurate and consistent schedule updates from internal and external stakeholders

Integration of Contractor Tasks and updates into SPEN Project Schedule

Identify and highlight schedule risks and variance to internal and external stakeholder

Develop mitigation scenarios where programme risk and variance is identified

Co-ordinate between multi-functional teams to resolve identified project or programme issues.

Provide accurate progress reporting at a pre-defined frequency and on an adhoc basis as required

Use project plans to pinpoint programme inter-dependencies or clashes. Communicate these and lead development of solutions.

Use project schedules and working knowledge of project to pinpoint programme inter-dependencies and/or clashes. Communicate these and lead development of solutions

Develop project schedules in Primavera (P6) planning software for the delivery of a portfolio of projects with CAPEX investment levels of > £2Bn for the capacity increase required on Scottish Power Transmission Network

Responsible for managing project internal and external schedule updates, identifying & highlighting schedule risk.

Central point of contact for contractor schedule updates and schedule-related queries from internal and external stakeholders

Daily interactions with Contractors Project Managers, Sr Strategic Project Management Team, Environment Planning & Transmission Wayleaves, Engineering Designers

Working knowledge of Planning software tools (i.e. Primavera P6 & MSPe)

Clear understanding of Project Management principles

Strong influencing and stakeholder management ability

Good verbal and written communications skills

Highly Numerate and analytical

Understanding of Utility Regulatory principles

Understanding of major capital project development and delivery lifecycle

PC literate

Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience

Wide experience of project scheduling using Primavera P6 and MSPe

Experience of co-ordinating multi-project programmes of work