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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.
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