Service Planner

**Job Description Summary**: We are seeking an onshore Service Planner for the preparation and organization of operational activities for the Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm. The Service Planner will be the driving force in our task readiness, ensuring activities are ready to be executed as per our Master Maintenance Plan as well as efficiently reacting to emerging works.

Providing management and insight into project task readiness that enable high performance service to SQDC targets in collaboration with our customers.

Primary location will be Dogger Bank O&M Base is at the Port of Tyne. #DB

**Responsibilities**:

- Exemplify GE Leadership Behaviours - Act with Humility, Lead with Transparency, Deliver with Focus
- Stand up for the GE Lean program, introducing and implementing LEAN principles.
- Translate and execute the yearly planning made by the Site Operations team into a rotation plan, tracking site activities, evaluating planned technicians, planned service schedules, requisitions, documentation requirements and availability.
- Be able to manage the task readiness of the short-term plan, so everything is prepared aligned to be deployed on the assigned SOV rotation.
- Order, track and report on parts/tools/materials as per our procurement process to ensure alignment with our planned work.
- Own and develop the availability forecasting tool and facilitate management of change to rectify deviations from expectations.
- Align future preventative and corrective rotation planning demand from the Site Operations team, managing and mitigating potential deviations to SQDC targets.
- Define the monthly corrective and preventative maintenance planning considering weather forecast, transportation, resources, and contractual obligations.
- Identify and communicate planning recovery actions in case of deviation to the management team.
- Management of the stores process and stores areas offshore facilitating in time ordering and accurate stock counts.
- Develop the data processes for the back office to facilitate a lean workflow of information and controls for operational data.
- Grow the continual improvement culture within your area of responsibility, ensuring that high quality knowledge is retained and improved, facilitating feedback to required stakeholders across the business.
- Support the development and continual improvement of Standard Operation Procedures.
- Aid in the development of all planning systems and processes as required to deliver Offshore Wind Maintenances.
- You will have an excellent opportunity to develop yourself professionally and gain new knowledge with our great online learning platform and classroom courses

**Education / Professional Experience**
- Extensive professional experience in procurement systems and driving task readiness through project management.
- Experience of renewable operations or equivalent is desirable but not essential.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a cross-functional, global environment, with remote teams as a steady team player who can enable change and get work over the line.

**Technical knowledge and skills**
- Demonstrate driving and reporting on task readiness on large projects.
- High motivation level; self-supporting with sound leadership and communication skills
- High capability with Microsoft Software (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and Cloud based digital tools.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
- Demonstrated ability to analyse and resolve problems in a structured manner.
- Ability and willingness to work nationally and internationally occasionally.

**Additional Information**:
**Relocation Assistance Provided**:No