Senior Planner

Senior Planner

InSite are a leading design and engineering consultancy based in Pembroke Dock, West Wales. We deliver projects in the Oil & Gas, LNG, Nuclear and Renewables industries and our people are key to helping us deliver these projects from concept to completion.

We are a growing company who were recently on the list of the fifty fastest growing Welsh Businesses, winner of SME of the year at the ECITB awards and have a strong client portfolio with clients in the UK and across Europe.

InSite is part of the international Vulcain Engineering Group which operates in 40 countries and employs over 3000 staff. The synergy with the wider group provides opportunities for InSite to share knowledge and skills and take part in huge projects, whilst still retaining the benefits of being a small-size company that values a flexible and friendly working environment.

We now have an opportunity for a motivated and suitably qualified Senior Planner to join our team based in Pembroke Dock, in West Wales.

Key competencies, skills and knowledge required:

• Proficient with P6 Primavera and MS Project.
• Proven experience in an engineering design and/or planning role preferred.
• Experience using Power BI preferred but not essential.
• Planning and organising, communication, team working, and problem solving.
• Good level of numeracy, literacy and IT knowledge.
• Degree in engineering discipline desirable

Key Responsibilities:

• Creation of complex project schedules in Primavera P6 or MS Project – maintain the cost and resource loading of each schedule.
• Be able to update project schedules, monitor critical path activities, key milestones and end dates, and assist the company project team in the notification of potential early warnings.
• Provide support and planning services for project engineering activities as required, ensuring that all issues are recorded and escalated.
• Provide information to enable forecast of budget costs and cash flow projections.
• Ownership of company resource planning.
• Prepare updates of the project schedules within agreed time frames and report progress to project managers.
• Support Project Managers in reporting key schedule information and analysis.
• Key Milestone Management.
• Monitor the implementation of programme policies and practices.
• Collaborate as part of the project engineering team.
• Check plans and updates carried out by other Planners.
• Work closely with engineering disciplines to ensure project forecasts are accurate.

Company Benefits:

• Flexible working
• 32 days Annual leave
• Life Insurance*
• Pension – 10% contribution by Employer
• Private medical insurance*
• Employee assistance programme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Training and development
• Cycle to Work scheme*
• Employee referral scheme

*successful completion of Probationary Period