Project and Engineering Planner
Balmoral Tanks
Date: 4 hours ago
City: Aberdeen
Contract type: Full time

Balmoral, a division of Balmoral Group, provides surface and subsurface buoyancy, insulation and elastomer products and services to the global energy, defence, subsea communications and oceanographic industries.
This is a fixed term position for a period of three to six months the role is for a Project and Engineering Planner to support Engineering.
Brief Description Of The Job's Function
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This is a fixed term position for a period of three to six months the role is for a Project and Engineering Planner to support Engineering.
Brief Description Of The Job's Function
- Align all Project and Engineering Documentation to the overall manufacturing plan and schedule.
- Develop and maintain detailed MS Project Schedules tracking actual time taken for documentation release.
- Co-ordinate with Engineering and Projects to ensure schedule integration.
- Identify and highlight scheduling conflicts between documentation and production activities, proposing solutions to resolve them
- Mitigate risks and delays through proactive planning and communication.
- Support reporting and communication of schedule status to stakeholders
- Support reporting and communication of schedule status to stakeholders.
- Develop, maintain, and update detailed project schedules using MS Project, ensuring alignment between Engineering deliverables and Production milestones.
- Collaborate with Project Managers, Engineers, and Production teams to gather input and validate schedule accuracy.
- Monitor progress against the baseline schedule and update forecasts as required.
- Support the integration of planning data with documentation control systems and production planning tools.
- Provide regular reports to management to communicate schedule status, risks, and key milestones to stakeholders.
- Aid in identifying resource gaps to management to allow re-allocation of resources as required.
- Participate in project meetings, offering planning insights and recommendations to support decision-making.
- Assist in change management processes by assessing the impact of scope changes on the project schedule.
- Ensure planning practices comply with internal procedures and industry best practices.
- Contribute to continuous improvement within the Project and Engineering functions.
Required:
- Bachelor’s Degree or HND: Ideally in Project Management, Engineering, or a related field.
- Additional Professional certification(APM(PFQ or PMQ) or equivalent).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Projects is essential.
- Knowledge of production planning principles and documentation control processes.
Required:
- 5+ years experience working in a Project Management or Planning environment.
- Proven experience in project planning within Engineering, Manufacturing, or Industrial sectors.
- Demonstrated ability to align documentation and production schedules across multi-disciplinary teams.
- Experience identifying and resolving scheduling conflicts in complex project environments.
- Strong track record of using Microsoft Project for schedule development, tracking, and reporting.
- Experience working in contractor or freelance roles within project-driven organisations
Required:
- Proficient in Microsoft Project for planning and reporting.
- Strong communication and coordination skills.
- Able to identify and resolve scheduling conflicts.
- Understanding of Engineering and Production workflows.
- Familiar with documentation control systems.
- Training in project management methodologies (e.g. APM, PMI).
- Demonstrate an ability to effectively utilise resources, and the ability to plan, control, and take responsibility for own work.
- A good knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel packages.
- General office administration experience.
- Keyboard and computer systems skills.
- Computer literacy.
- Familiarity with Balmoral Group products and services.
Required:
- Good presentation, communication and people skills.
- Good teamwork.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Problem solving.
- Strong communication skills.
- Planning and organisational skills.
- Follow QA System
- Follow company’s Health & Safety Procedures
- Responsible for responding to demands of job (as required out of hours working)
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