Lead Planning Officer - Aberdeen, United Kingdom - BP Energy

Description

Production & Operations
At bp, we're reimagining energy for people and our planet. We're leading the way in reducing carbon emissions and developing more sustainable methods for solving the energy challenge. We're looking for people who share our passion for reinvention, to bring fresh opinions, ambition, and to challenge our thinking in our goal to achieve net zero

This role provides leadership and technical expertise, often leading a small to medium sized team of contractors in planning and delivering events.

The lead planner plans and schedules bp and contractor resources to achieve the safe execution of North Sea events. Their primary role during execution is to support execution of the events through deployment offshore.
The team collaborating with the lead planner is composed of planners, schedulers, and execution contractors. All work follows the BP TAR Common Process through the life cycle of the project.

Similar to a TAR Event Lead (the senior role in regional TAR teams), the lead planner provides direction and targets for Agile work teams and is responsible for safety, schedule, cost, work quality and achieving unit performance objectives for the smaller events they are assigned.

The role will follow the standard 60/40 (office/home) work protocols that BP has implemented. Integrate and align all TAR partners - bp and contractors.
Deliver quality events on schedule and on budget.
Develop and provide consistent, sustainable training to achieve TAR goals.

Coach/mentor tar planners and work contributors across maintenance, operations, projects, and the supporting disciplines on the non-cycle ending outages and Turnaround objectives, goals and common process.

This would include, but not limited to, participation in constructability reviews, risk assessments, and schedule optimization exercises.
Actively travel offshore and safely lead the execution teams during the event.

Understand the purpose for and apply the principles and policies of Management of Change (MOC), Process Safety Management (PSM), Control of Work (CoW), Activity Integration (AI), and handover management (GoC, etc) in order to ensure personal safety and health, technical and mechanical integrity, environmental health, security of the facility, and energy isolation.

5-10 years of previous experience in petroleum or chemical Production & Operating facilities, TAR experience preferred.
~ Ability to travel offshore (must be able to pass Physical fitness assessment and offshore required training) up to 25%, including during execution of events.

Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams, Power BI and other digital tools
Basic understanding of computerized maintenance management systems (SAP, Maximo etc.)
Basic understanding of schedule development and scheduling software – Primavera (P6)
Stakeholder management – ability to communicate and influence up and down the organization to achieve the desired outcome in support of TAR delivery
Knowledge of agile ways of working and tools associated (Kanban, Sprints, etc).

We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity


Diversity Statement:
At bp, we provide an excellent environment and benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others

Diversity sits at the heart of our company and as an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place.

We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Travel Requirement
Up to 25% travel should be expected with this role


Relocation Assistance:
This role is not eligible for relocation


Remote Type:
This position is a hybrid of office/remote working


Legal Disclaimer:
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status , neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status.

Individuals with disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation related to bp's recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.).

If you would like to request an accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us to request accommodations.

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy.

This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.