Practitioner Planning Engineer

Westlakes Recruit are recruiting for an experienced Practitioner Planning Engineer to be engaged on a permanent basis, to be located in Dungeness.
You will be part of a large client-led team and will be accountable to the client Project Controls Group Head, PPM and/or Operations Manager and will be responsible to develop and manage schedules to incorporate risk, change, resource requirements and cost in accordance with company requirements and standards.

Key responsibilities will be:

• The role will involve the creation of plans for the full project lifecycle including development and design in the Nuclear Defueling team, supporting delivery of the client's commitments
• Everyone working in the team will have a proven track record of working within highly regulated environments with high safety standards and culture
• Strong communication and organisational skills are a must with the ability to develop relationships and maintain effective networks and be results-focused tempered with a team-centred approach.

• Minimum of HNC/HND ideally in an Engineering discipline or relevant experience
• Breadth of experience across whole project and programme lifecycle. (e.g. Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation/Commissioning processes) and experienced in the latest version of Primavera
• Ability to develop, control, monitor, analyse and report on schedule related aspects for designated projects within a Portfolio
• Establish and monitor a cost and resource loaded, logic linked, baseline plan for the project in accordance with Programme Office processes
• Capture project budgetary costs and resources in the plan to determine time phasing of expenditure and the total project budget
• Robust Work Breakdown and Project Control Structures in terms of project scope, in accordance with Investment, delivery processes, templates and Procedures
• Experienced to challenge as necessary to ensure compatibility and compliance
• Leadership to ensure that the project plan embraces the full project work scope, is fit for purpose and is achievable

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