Planning and Project Controls Manager

A day in the life of a Murphy Planning Manager

• Manage the planning team on a day-to-day basis
• Drive implementation and use of planning and project controls procedures and processes
• Line and/or functional management of planners, including management of external planning resources
• Develop capability across the team to deliver high quality standards and outputs
• Apply a consistent audit and review approach to ensure planning requirements are met, reduce non-compliance and improve project and business performance
• Manage the structured and controlled use of enterprise planning tools
• Contribute to the development of business unit and sector plans and strategies
• Review and apply client-specific requirements
• Maintain effective working relationships with clients and project stakeholders (internal and external)
• Ensure integrated, whole life programmes are developed from first principles in line with planning and work winning procedures
• Contribute to business development activities to identify, pursue and secure projects
• Ensure alignment with work winning governance processes in relation to planning outputs
• Ensure tender programmes are critically reviewed to confirm that planning and scheduling are appropriate, contractually compliant, robust and deliverable
• Ensure integrated, whole life programmes are developed and maintained from first principles in line with planning procedures and contract requirements
• Ensure accurate and transparent reporting of progress, risks and issues related to the programme
• Ensure programmes and associated reports are regularly updated and submitted to the client in line with contract requirements
• Apply change control processes for identifying, notifying and quantifying time impacts relating to delay, disruption and change
• Maintain alignment between Operations, Commercial and Planning teams to ensure consistent project information
• Contribute to the identification, management and mitigation of project risks
• Facilitate planning and project teams in resolving risks and issues

Still interested, does this sound like you?

• Experience as a Planning and Project Controls Manager
• Experience managing a team of planners
• Contract and tender planning experience within a Tier 1 contractor
• Fully proficient in the use of P6 planning software
• Stakeholder management experience, including representing the organisation in client-facing planning and business performance meetings
• Experience in mentoring, coaching and professional development