Baker Hughes
Lead Project Planner
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Lead Product Planner
Do you enjoy being part of a team that provides high-quality project delivery for our customers? Are you passionate about meticulous planning and attention to detail?
Join a team that delivers essential projects. We devise smarter systems to control and monitor oil and gas extraction. Innovating in the energy industry, our subsea and surface pressure capabilities are industry-leading. Our team is responsible for the successful development, deployment, and delivery of our cutting-edge, world-class control systems.
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As Lead Product Planner, you will be in-charge of planning a large subsea project. The planner will be accountable for the schedule quality and project on-time delivery. The position reports to the Materials Manager.
Responsibilities
As a Lead Product Planner, you will be responsible for:
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Scheduling Management
- Ensure the overall project schedule management, including maintaining its quality (logic, clarity) and accuracy (updates of dates, reflection of the scope of supply).
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Coordinating
- Collaborate with other planners (product line planners & engineering planners) allocated to the project, and with execution functions (engineering, procurement, and manufacturing) to ensure the overall quality and accuracy of the schedule.
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Supporting Project Management
- Serve as the right-hand to the project manager, providing visibility on:
- Creating lookaheads for future activities to be completed.
- Identifying risks in schedules and proposing mitigation actions.
- Spotting opportunities in the schedule.
- Provide relevant reports to project management, ensuring the project manager has the necessary tools to make informed decisions, driving on-time and on-budget project execution.
- Serve as the right-hand to the project manager, providing visibility on:
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Customer Interaction
- Interact with the customer to deliver schedule updates and explain the current situation, challenges, and opportunities.
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Process Adherence
- Adhere to approved processes and proactively drive the implementation of new initiatives that lead to fully integrated planning.
Requirements
Fuel your passion. To be successful in this role, you will:
- Have a Bachelor’s or Master's degree, or relevant work experience.
- Have experience working within planning, ideally in the oil and gas/subsea industry or a related large-scale mechanical manufacturing or controls equipment environment.
- Additional knowledge of Oracle MRP is considered a plus.
- Ability to understand project status and link the schedule to real-world execution.
- Ability to quickly assess risks and opportunities in the schedule and identify appropriate actions.
- Strong expertise in planning large projects and experience using the Primavera P6 planning tool.
- High energy and motivation to deliver, contributing meaningfully to the position.
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills required to collaborate with a team of planners and interact with stakeholders across the project.
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Workplace Flexibility
We recognize that everyone is different, and the way people work varies greatly. In this role, we offer:
- Flexible working hours: Adjust your schedule to fit productivity peaks and responsibilities.
For more details, the Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Project Management Specialist – Project Planning
At Baker Hughes, we are transforming the future of energy, with a focus on innovation to make oil and gas extraction safer, cleaner, and more efficient.
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