Senior Planner - Glasgow, United Kingdom - AVANGRID

AVANGRID

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Senior Planner - SPT Projects

Glasgow

Salary up to £49,000 per annum based on experience, plus attractive benefits package

Closing date: 28/06/23

Flexible / Hybrid Working

Help us create a better future, quicker

Working within our Transmission business, you will be responsible for the development and update of a portfolio of projects from the wider ScottishPower Transmission (SPT) capital investment portfolio.

Reporting to the Project Unit Manager and working alongside Project Managers and Project Teams, you will be responsible for development, update & review of complex project plans within the Investment Plan of SP Transmission Major Projects Team.

The portfolio contains a diverse range of projects which include network modernisation, customer connection and major infrastructure reinforcement with project budgets ranging between £100k - £100m and project lifecycles from concept to closeout lasting between four & eight years.

Positioned within the SPT Projects business unit and reporting to the Project Unit Manager, you will be responsible for development, update & review of complex project plans within a portfolio for the £2bn Investment Plan of SPTransmission Major Projects, and reporting on the month-to-month movement of defined project KPIs for the portfolio, using specialist Planning Software and established IT Software tools.

What you'll be doing

You'll develop & maintain project plans for SP Transmission Major Projects, ensuring a coherent and consistent approach is applied throughout the portfolio, resolving all project-centric scheduling and specific programming issues by interfacing with members of the Project Team.

As part of the update process, you'll work with the Project Manager and other members of the Project Team to gather updates from their area of expertise, assessing schedule risk associated with the information received and, where necessary, highlighting programme delivery risk and possible programming solutions to alleviate or mitigate the risk.

You'll assess discreet projects and how they integrated into the wider portfolio of work, highlighting & communicating interactions and potential clashes as they emerge - allowing issues to be resolved by the Project Teams e at the earliest opportunity

Following the programme update cycle you'll assess the impact of the programme updates with the Project Unit Manager and Project Managers through review of portfolio level reports, to determine emerging issues and divergence between baselines and forecasts - communicating where programme interventions may assist with budget/resource/schedule efficiencies and savings.

You'll generate and develop new project plans for SP Transmission Major Projects in a coherent and consistent format, resolving all project-centric scope or specific issues by interfacing with members of the Project Team and by planning techniques to determine and display interactions between discreet projects, highlighting potential clashes in advance - allowing project teams to solve issues at the earliest opportunity.

You'll review the quality of and accuracy of project programmes from other areas of the Planning Dept., providing detailed and constructive feedback, allowing continual improvement of programme quality, accuracy and consistency as well as update project plans at a pre-determined frequency (usually monthly); obtaining the relevant inputs through collaboration with other Project Team Members.

What you'll bring

You'll bring proven experience in scheduling/programming/planning projects, a portfolio of works and knowledge of planning software such as Primavera P6 and MS Project.

Your reporting experience working with Engineering Specifications and documentation will be supported by knowledge about the configuration and general arrangement of electricity supply infrastructure (substations, overhead lines and cables).

What's in it for you
As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we'll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

At ScottishPower, we believe it's the little things we do in life that make a big difference.

From helping you look after your family's wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action - our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world - today and tomorrow.

That's why our benefits include: