Onshore Planner

Onshore Planner

Our client is currently recruiting for the position of Onshore Planner based in Aberdeen or Barrow. This is a long-term contract role within the Production Operations team. The role is required to support ops/maintenance planning for the Gas Terminal. Ideally the candidate will be based at site, but alternatively they can be Aberdeen-based with monthly visits to the terminal. In this role the contractor will be required to deliver daily support to operations, providing guidance on prioritization.

They will be responsible for compiling and facilitating the 28 day and 3M plans, ensuring engagement with key stakeholders for plan entry, and execution preparedness, for delivery in the 28-day window.

The Planner implements, drives, and continuously identifies opportunities to improve the company Planning Process, ensuring consistency, diligence, rigor and industry best practice for developing plans.

Daily support to Operations providing guidance in prioritisation to the Operations Manager - Onshore along with associated operations teams as appropriate.

Responsible for compiling and facilitating the 28 day and 3M plans, ensuring engagement with key stakeholders for plan entry and execution preparedness for delivery in the 28-day window. Key participant in the 8Q planning process.

• Integrated asset plan for onshore operations and resourcing.
• Produce 4W plan weekly, incorporating activities from operations and other relevant functions including Projects and Decommissioning.
• Produce 3M plan monthly, incorporating activities from operations and other relevant functions.
• Support development of the 8Q plan, understanding the business drivers and commitments while incorporating activities from operations and other relevant functions.
• Support the schedulers to ensure combined plans and schedules are implemented to maximize resource efficiency and achieve Schedule compliance.
• Implements standard planning practice and produces the data to measure plan attainment.
• Enforces planning process stage gates.
• Optimises integrated plan for efficiencies and identifies SIMOPS clashes.
• Ensure oversight of the barrier model is maintained and integrated with the plan as appropriate.
• Maintain oversight of ORA’s on the IAP.
• Identify and support delivery of business improvement opportunities within relevant area of the business.
• Ability to provide cover for offshore planner when required.

Proactively maintains their technical and interpersonal skills and competencies, ensuring capabilities are up to date and in line with industry/functional best practice and that behaviours are in line with company’s core Values. Understand the skills, competencies and behaviours required for their role.

Collaborates effectively, adapting their behaviour and communication as needed to get the best from others. Effectively promotes ideas and opinions and is able to influence others in a constructive way. Maintains good relationships across all organization levels.

Presents and articulates ideas and arguments effectively, projects credibility and conviction, handles objection and incorporates others’ ideas as appropriate. Makes / proposes informed decisions having consulted widely.

Is familiar with and adheres to company’s people policies and procedures.

Is accountable for their performance and delivery against objectives. Agrees their objectives in a timely fashion, assertively expresses what they need from others to be successful, takes on feedback and learns from their failures.

Lives the Values and is a strong advocate of the company culture - understands and role models the behaviours expected.

Provides clear, honest and constructive feedback, both positive and developmental, to colleagues, team members and others when requested. Be open to feedback received and incorporate into their development.

Owns their development plan and discusses it regularly with their manager and L&D. Strives for continuous learning and development of their competencies, skills and behaviours.

Recognises bias,…