Company: Wood
Skills: Planner / Scheduler
Education: High School/Secondary
Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom
Skills: Planner / Scheduler
Education: High School/Secondary
Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom
Overview / Responsibilities
Join Wood! It's a future for all of us. We aspire to shape a better tomorrow by unlocking solutions that address the biggest challenges facing our clients and our society.
The Role
Wood is currently recruiting for a Senior Planning Engineer to give project planning support to the Power Solutions UK - Transmission & Distribution business, based in Glasgow on a permanent basis. The planning support will include preparing schedules for tender submissions, and providing weekly and monthly progress updates on design and construction schemes for Overhead Lines & Cabling Projects.
Duties and Responsibilities
Skills / Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Company Overview
Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com
Diversity Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.
Join Wood! It's a future for all of us. We aspire to shape a better tomorrow by unlocking solutions that address the biggest challenges facing our clients and our society.
The Role
Wood is currently recruiting for a Senior Planning Engineer to give project planning support to the Power Solutions UK - Transmission & Distribution business, based in Glasgow on a permanent basis. The planning support will include preparing schedules for tender submissions, and providing weekly and monthly progress updates on design and construction schemes for Overhead Lines & Cabling Projects.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Providing planning support to schemes including preparation of tender schedules and submissions in collaboration with the Estimator, Design Engineers and Construction delivery team
- Planning support for Engineering, Procurement and Construction schemes, including weekly and monthly progress updates of contract schedules, critical path analysis, resource profiles, earned value reports, schedule narrative and production norm reports etc
- Commercial entitlement promoted and highlighted to delivery teams
- Ensure all planning and project control activities are delivered in accordance with Wood guidelines and 'Planning Best Practices'
- Depending on workload across T&D business, planning support may be required in other areas of the business including other regional Overhead lines and EHV cable schemes.
- Travelling to other locations in the UK to support where required and this will include overnight stays.
Skills / Qualifications
Essential
- Expert user of Primavera P6 and MS Project.
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable
- NEC 3 Form of Contract
- Planning of substation construction projects
- Member of Guild of Project Controls
Experience
- It is essential to be able to work as a team member, working collaboratively with the Client and other team members for the successful delivery of projects.
- The individual shall be proficient in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project
- Desirable to have experience in the development and delivery of substation schemes or other transmission and distribution projects
- Experience in NEC conditions of contract.
- Enthusiasm and ability to integrate into a team, with the skill to liaise with and challenge the site delivery team
- Good written and spoken English communication skills
- Earned Value analysis and cost-loaded programmes
- Work breakdown structures
Company Overview
Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com
Diversity Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.
Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world’s most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people. At Wood our common purpose is to ‘unlock solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.’ Through the delivery of our Consulting, Project and Operations solutions across energy and the built environment we deliver exceptional returns for our clients, our people, our investors and the communities where we live and work. Visit us at www.woodplc.com and follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn.
