Job Description
Reporting to the Operations Engineer, the Operations Planner
has a key role in delivery of the project Operational Readiness Plan for
one of BP’s major projects. The postholder may transfer to Production
Division after start-up.
The role will start in an engineering
contractors office, and subsequently move to site for construction,
commissioning, start-up and operation.
In the project phase, the main focus of the role will be:
•
Build and maintain a schedule for operations readiness activities,
covering both for project and host RPU, and integrate it with project
schedule
• Own the operations risk management process – risk champion role
•
Coordinate the operations performance management process including
preparation for monthly meetings covering progress on schedule, cost,
risks and action tracking
In the operations phase, the planner will:
coordinate the execution phase of the 6 week plan, using the asset planning tools & processes,
contribute to the preparation of the strategic plan,
ensure that activities meet the 2 week gate criteria, the plan has been
reviewed for SIMOPS and that it is deliverable within resource
constraints,
manage the inclusion of emergent work with minimum disruption to base plan.
Key accountabilities
In the project phase, the planner will:
Develop
and document a detailed schedule of work for Operational Readiness
Activities, ensuring that all detailed schedules interface and tie back
to the Project Master Control Schedule (MCS).
Develop interfaces
with the other parts of the project to maintain a coherent and well
established Operational Readiness Schedule. Participate in schedule risk
analysis.
Prepare appropriate detail and summary project
control schedules consistent with Project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
and Project Master Control Schedule (MCS).
Compile progress
reports for review on a weekly and monthly basis, including progress
curves, completion estimates, Earned Value, etc. against targets.
Assist Project Lead Planner with development and implementation of project wide progress measurement and reporting system.
In the operational phase the planner will:
Drive the quality and practicality of the six week Primavera Plan
Coordinate review of impacts of emergent work on planned activities
Facilitate planning meetings, including preparation of pre-read and relevant documentation.
Create detailed plans in Maxim/ Primavera to support work delivery.
Integrate plan with other field activities, and coordinate related logistics requirements.
Essential Education
A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in engineering discipline.
Essential experience and job requirements
Min 10 years experience in project planning / scheduling and / or project controls gained on a variety of different projects.
Experience of working within the oil, gas or chemical industry on a project or operational role.
Good
Knowledge of both automated and manual project planning and scheduling
techniques and programs, to include Primavera's P3.1 and P6
Working knowledge of Maximo Maintenance Management System.
Willing and able to be mobile in support of the project.
Desirable criteria & qualifications
Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work effectively in a cross-cultural environment.
Additionally,
the candidate should have strong organizational skills and the ability
to communicate across all levels of organization, with discipline
engineering, supply chain, contractors, and shareholder companies.
High level of initiative and ability to work independently to identify and set work priorities.
Experience of planning in an operations environment.
Experience of working in a multicultural environment ideally in Most of World location.
Relocation available
No
Travel required
Yes - up to 10%
Is this a part time position?
No
About BP
Our business is the exploration, production, refining, trading and
distribution of energy. This is what we do, and we do it on a truly
global scale. With a workforce of 80,000 employees, BP operates with
business activities and customers in more than 80 countries across six
continents. Every day, we serve millions of customers around the world.
We are continually looking for talented, committed and ambitious people
to help us shape the face of energy for the future.
The Global
Projects Organisation (GPO) is accountable for the line delivery of
Upstream's global portfolio of over 45 major projects. GPO has 4 key
roles: .
- Integration, with overall accountability for FM delivery from the beginning of project appraisal to first production, .
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Optimisation, with a focus on selecting the right development concepts,
leveraging standardization, segment scale and learning, .
- Execution, continuously improving efficiency with rigorous performance management, .
- Advice, to inform segment portfolio decisions.
.
Significant
value is created in the front end of projects where we optimize the
development concept with multi-disciplinary input, and a standardized
model will ensure that we performance manage the developments to ensure
that we continuously improve. .
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The goal of the GPO is to
deliver sustainable efficiency improvement, close the learning loop with
Operations, and to deliver functional performance into GPO Projects.
Company Description
BP is constantly exploring new oil and natural gas fields.
This means a continuous flow of new challenges for people in our
Upstream business around the world.
Join our Upstream business
and you'll be part of a team that finds, develops, recovers and
transports oil and natural gas around the world. We operate in 22
countries and, taking into account our in-house team, contractors and
joint ventures, Upstream employs about 100,000 people. Our major
interests are in the USA, UK, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey (AGT),
Angola, North Africa, Norway, Abu Dhabi, Oman, Jordan, Iraq, India,
China, Australia, Indonesia, Brazil, Trinidad & Tobago, Russia and
Canada.
We're continually developing new technologies to locate
and access new resources. Using industry-leading seismic imaging we
recover heavy oil and gas from unconventional rocks and maximise
resources from existing and deepwater oil fields. Producing safe,
reliable and efficient well operations is always our priority, and by
integrating real-time data to our operations, we can manage risk from
sand-prone reservoirs and reduce integrity risk.
In 2011, we had a
record year for new access, gaining 55 exploration licences in nine
countries, which opened up around 322,000 km2 of new fields. Despite
major
developments like Mad Dog in the Gulf of Mexico, Clair Ridge
in the UK, Tangguh in Indonesia and Rumaila in Iraq, we plan to more
than double our exploration expenditure over the next few years. This
means even more opportunity for upstream specialists - from engineers
and geologists to operations, planning and logistics professionals.
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