Senior Planner

Description:

Bilfinger UK, a leading engineering and maintenance provider across multiple sectors including chemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals, power & energy, utilities, renewables, and food & beverage, is seeking an experienced Senior Planner for their Puma project in Hull. This role is responsible for providing project controls, planning activities, and cost/expenditure transparency across projects and contracts while ensuring best practice across the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage effective project control strategies, maintaining project controls plans and associated procedures.

• Ensure project schedules, including resource loading, critical path analysis, and progress monitoring, are implemented across all projects.

• Collaborate with commercial managers, project managers, and engineers to achieve project objectives within scope, schedule, and budget.

• Establish cost engineering systems to monitor, control, and report costs.

• Aid in the development, integration, and optimisation of project programmes.

• Liaise with project managers and project delivery teams to ensure the provision of resources and expertise.

• Identify project risks, associated control measures, and opportunities.

• Assist in the development and monitoring of key contracts.

• Update business processes and reporting systems through to project closure.

• Develop structured naming conventions in P6 and bespoke/generic rules of credit.

Specific Activities:

• Review and approve cost/planning information for Monthly Project Board meetings.

• Set up and lead Project Control Meetings.

• Maintain robust monthly project updates, risk registers, and value analysis processes.

• Manage programme integration from various sources.

• Implement progress monitoring and productivity measurement.

• Define and issue project work breakdown structures and estimating formats.

• Monitor expenditure and adjust budgets in line with the project change control system.

Experience & Qualifications:

• Proficient in P6 with strong analytical and communication skills.

• 8+ years in a leadership role in project controls.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or related fields.

• Additional qualifications: ICOS, CEng, IEng, or related certifications preferred.

• Knowledge of ERP systems, SAP, estimating software, PMO processes, PowerBI, and Microsoft tools.