Job Description

Team Recruitment is supporting a leading energy operator in the search for an experienced Senior Project Planner to join their Developments and Decommissioning Projects Team. This is a key role supporting world-class field development and decommissioning projects, providing a full planning service to multi-disciplinary project teams.

This is a challenging and varied position, ideal for an established planner with strong technical capability and the confidence to engage across complex project environments.

Key Responsibilities

Build, maintain, and manage detailed project schedules for capital projects and decommissioning activities
Support projects including subsea development and installation, drilling and completions, facilities engineering, and asset decommissioning
Monitor and report project progress using earned value analysis, S-curves, KPIs, and critical path analysis
Lead planning workshops, schedule reviews, and stakeholder engagement sessions
Chair weekly planning meetings and coordinate planning inputs across disciplines
Lead baseline and re-baseline activities in line with scope changes and project controls
Work closely with engineering, procurement, production, and asset planning teams to validate assumptions
Liaise with asset planners to ensure construction activities are accurately reflected
Mentor junior planners and promote planning best practice
Support continuous improvement initiatives across planning activities

Desired Qualities / Qualifications

Essential:

Proven experience as a Senior Project Planner within Oil & Gas or a similar heavy engineering environment
Expert or proficient user of Oracle Primavera
Strong knowledge of critical path methodology (CPM) and schedule risk
Experience producing high-quality planning outputs to tight deadlines
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
Ability to work independently and proactively
Strong communication skills (written, verbal, and graphical)
Experience supporting large-scale capital projects

Preferred:

Offshore or site experience
Decommissioning project planning experience
Experience mentoring or supporting junior planners

Qualifications

Demonstrable track record in a similar senior planning role
Minimum of 10 years’ relevant experience
Degree qualification in Project Management, Engineering, or a related discipline (preferred)

Personal Attributes

Strong team player with the ability to engage across all organisational levels
Self-motivated with a positive, flexible, and proactive approach
Organised, detail-focused, and comfortable working in a multi-disciplinary environment