Description
Outage Planner/Scheduler wanted for a Power Station project.
You must a proven background working on Outage planning/Scheduling within Power Stations along with solid Primavera experience.
Job Purpose
This role will be pivotal to the efficient execution of Outage works.
Responsible for the outage planning co-ordination and integration of the APP and C Inspection outage during 2017 to ensure the safe operation, engineering health, integrity and performance of the unit asset whilst maximising resource utilisation.
Key Activities
- Development and implementation of a central outage planning function to ensure prioritisation and efficient execution of all works across the outage.
- Responsibility covers full breadth of outage activities across all departments and disciplines (Safety, Environment, Operations, Engineering).
- Ensure clarity of communication of works planning to ensure works are undertaken as efficiently as possible.
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement through regular review cycles and implementation of lesson's learned
- Measure and report on planning process effectiveness against agreed KPI's.
- Identify opportunities for cost savings and delivery of added value.
- Ensure wider communication of improvement measures.
- Identify Best Practice from external sources and develop plans for implementation
- Leadership of Planning activities and processes across the fleet
- Be an advocate for continuous improvement and implementation of best practice.
Main responsibilities of role
- Review of planning schedules with communication and implementation of changes arising from review cycles.
- Plan and integrate planned works within outage.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Project support other users plus presenting feedback to the Outage team.
Key skill requirements
Essentials
- A minimum HNC or equivalent qualification in a related Engineering discipline.
- Experience in the use of Primavera or Microsoft Project Planning Software. knowledge of key PC based computer systems
- Understanding of Power Station operations.
- Experience of large scale projects and Power station Outage works.
- An understanding of health and safety management.
- Effective planning and organising skills to include prioritising of maintenance, resource management
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to give clear instructions/guidance to team members
- An ability to analyse complex problems by isolating key issues, evaluating relevant data and drawing appropriate conclusions reflecting in the work schedule/programme.
- Good interpersonal skills to enable effective working relationships with the ability to effectively communicate with all stakeholders.
- The confidence to challenge established practices, suggesting imaginative solutions to problem