Planner & Scheduling Analyst

Role: Planner & Schedule Analyst – Power Generation

Location: Immingham/Home working

Contract Duration: 18 months  

The client

VPI is a preeminent power company, part of the Vitol Group. With responsiveness and ability to act swiftly at its core, as well as breadth of experience that spans operations and trading, we are a system solver for the problems that must be resolved to enable the energy transition.

We are already one of the leading Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) operators in the UK, with assets across five locations capable of generating 3.3GW of power. Our efficient and flexible generation portfolio complements an increased use of renewables as part of the energy system, ensuring security of supply in the power grid.

At the same time, we are solving for decarbonisation of gas-fired dispatchable generation, as well as industrial clusters. For example, we are part of Humber Zero, a project to decarbonise critical energy intensive industry in the Humber. Humber Zero is a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project on the south bank of the Humber Estuary. The large-scale decarbonisation project will remove up to 8-million tonnes per annum of CO2 at the Immingham industrial site within the next 7 years.  This represents a meaningful reduction in national CO2 emissions, while protecting local jobs and supporting the region’s economy.

Finally, we are anticipating the shift to zero-carbon storage technologies that will provide flexibility and stability in the energy system in the long term. We are building our portfolio in these areas and creating a suite of services to suit corporate and grid needs.

VPI has an ambitious growth agenda. We are growing our portfolio in the UK and abroad. We can see an energy system that is changing rapidly and fundamentally. As a company that holds on to a system wide view and responds at pace, we see opportunity in this complex and fast-changing ecosystem.

The Position

An opportunity has arisen for a Project Planner & Schedule Analyst in order to support the delivery of the capital investment projects and potential future developments.

Reporting to the Head of Projects and working alongside the Development & Delivery Team. The post holder is required to review and analyze project programs issued by Contractors and challenge where required. On some occasions detailed program forensic analysis will need to be completed to support the detailed review of commercial claims.

Responsibilities

• Input into the month-end process including updating schedule progress, undertaking schedule forecasting, updating milestone status and critical path analysis, and undertaking schedule performance review including EV variance analysis (where required).
• Proposing solutions and workarounds to address schedule performance issues.
• Providing Planning input to Investment approval and Change control process, Risk and Opportunity process.
• Complete detailed analysis of monthly submissions of programs from EPC Contractors.
• Support the Project Managers and Delivery Team with regards to the project programs.
• Ensure Contractors are complying with the program requirements as stated in the Contracts.
• Track and continuously monitor the critical paths on all projects.
• Complete various program sensitivities whilst analyzing the program(s) issued by the Contractor(s).
Input into developing and managing budgets and costs.
• Collaborate with the Contractors project management team and in particular the Planner.

The Person

• Self-starter with the ability to organize own workload and prioritize own focus areas depending on project(s) needs.
• Have a proactive approach and be a team player.
• Desire, aptitude, and attitude to learn and develop and share your knowledge and experience with colleagues.
• Ability to communicate detailed program/schedule information clearly and concisely.
• Embraces change and adapts to new situations / working methods.
• Flexible approach applying your skills to meet the business needs.
• Promotes business ethics with high regard to Safety and the Environment.
• Ability to manage priorities and work to challenging timescales.
• Ability to deliver objectives on time and to high quality with minimum supervision.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Highly developed interpersonal skills focused on achieving and maintaining effective working relationships to meet the project goals.
• Knowledge or experience of using best practice planning processes and tools.
• Demonstrable experience in development, integration, and analysis of project plans.
• Highly proficient in Oracle Primavera P6 and Microsoft Projects.
• Capable of working on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent analytical skills along with the ability to read and interpret Level 3 to 5 programs.
• Experience in the power generation or other large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Good computer literacy skills.
• Knowledge of budgets and contract management.
• Demonstrable experience in completing forensic program analysis when reviewing commercial claims.
• Knowledge and experience with dispute resolution process.
• Understanding of construction projects and program risks.
• Ability to work as part of a small team, supporting other disciplines.
• Demonstrable experience in creating integrated master schedules, work breakdown structures, and resource estimates to ensure successful project completion.