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Lead Project Planner - Tenders

Baker Hughes

Baker Hughes

Posted on Jul 19, 2024

Lead Project Planner - Tender

Do you enjoy being part of team that provides high-quality project delivery for our customers?
Do you enjoy being part of a successful team?

Join our Oilfield Equipment Team
Bringing the most cutting-edge physical and digital technologies together to create oilfield equipment is the beating heart of our work. Devising smarter systems that control and monitor oil and gas extraction, our subsea and flexible pipe capabilities are industry leading. Our team provides support for customer operations to ensure continuity for production.

Partner with the best
As a Lead Project Planner, you will be responsible for flawless project execution through effective coordination of activities and resources. You will contribute to innovative technology projects in a complex and interesting technical environment. You will ensure every detail is meticulously planned to deliver successful projects to our customers.

As a Lead Project Planner, you will be responsible for:

  • Creating, monitoring and managing complex project schedules covering engineering, procurement, construction & installation of topside & subsea field equipment.
  • Collaborating with project teams, stakeholders and customers to ensure quality and accuracy of project schedules from tender through to execution.
  • Performing Schedule Risk Analysis - recognizing opportunities and risks and working with stakeholders to identify and execute mitigations that will ensure project delivery, on time and on budget.
  • Preparing and presenting schedule reviews and providing schedule status updates and ensuring that key messages are communicated and understood at all levels of the business.
  • Reviewing planning and project administration specifications and working collaboratively with partners to ensure flawless execution of planning processes.


Fuel your passion
To be successful in this role you will:

  • Have experience in planning, ideally in subsea oil and gas equipment, or in another large-scale manufacturing environment.
  • Have well-developed influencing and negotiating skills.
  • Have excellent presentation and communication skills; be able to bring analysis and insights to life for key stakeholders.
  • Have knowledge and understanding of the planning tool Primavera P6 & Schedule Risk Analysis.
  • Have comfort working as a team lead or as a team member.
  • Have ability to co-ordinate the planning of several projects simultaneously.
  • Have experience Microsoft Power Automate and Power BI, preferably


Work in a way that works for you
We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

  • Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive


Working with us
Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.

Working for you
Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:

  • Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
  • Comprehensive private medical care options
  • Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
  • Tailored financial programs
  • Additional elected or voluntary benefits
About Us:
We are an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet.

Join Us:
Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company that values innovation and progress? Join us and become part of a team of people who will challenge and inspire you! Let’s come together and take energy forward.

Baker Hughes Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.