Ocado Engineering
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Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Engineering Project Planner
Overview
The Automation Engineering department plan, configure, supply and fit all the engineering aspects of the Ocado Smart Platform into our clients’ automated Customer Fulfilment Centres (CFCs) around the world. We create and manage the detailed engineering plans ensuring efficient and effective delivery for our global clients. Within Ocado Automation Engineering sits the Engineering Planning team whose primary focus is to plan the delivery of UK and international Customer Fulfilment Centres (CFC’s). This includes budgets, supply chain plans, resourcing, build sequencing etc. Additionally the Engineering Planning team support Automation Engineering management team with wider combined project, strategic & departmental planning. What will you be doing?…. Create and maintain tools to aid planning of current and future projects, ensuring consistency of approach that enables global scaling Create, maintain, review and administer realisation and implementation schedules and plans Keep the project team up to date on progress to present to the stakeholders Liaising with managers and engineers to discuss the progress of the project and address any issues that arise Manage multiple projects and programmes, maintaining strategic (combined) plans & forecasts for projects (including timings, resource, budget and product supply) Work closely with engineering supply chain to create schedules and help manage deliveries to site Identify risks and opportunities in plans About you…. A STEM subject degree or planning experience Time management and planning skills Awareness of budget and financial management required for lead level and understand commercial impacts Strong communication skills (able to present in a variety of formats and styles) The ability to multitask and manage and prioritise a complex diary Highly IT literate, proficient with Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite and relevant knowledge of Planning software including MS Project, experience working with Microsoft Office and Google drive Commercially aware and consider cost impacts on decisions and proposals About Ocado Group When our journey started, we were all about changing the way people shop for groceries. 20 years later, we’re a FTSE 100 business developing our own ground breaking technology, opening multiple sites at an accelerating rate and engaging in exciting new business partnerships around the world Transforming an industry means also transforming the way we do business. As we continually develop new technologies and customer propositions, we’re looking for the brightest talents to lead us into the next stage of our evolution: enhancing our capabilities, inspiring our teams and developing new ways of working. Only a 20 minute commute from London King’s Cross and with a free shuttle bus provided from Hatfield Station to the office Benefits… Ocado employee experience is very important to us. As well as keeping a smile on your face with weekly massages, a games room, coffee shop, weekly food samples and amazing food hall to satisfy your daily breakfast and lunch taste budsAll Ocado employees are offered a benefits package of - 25 days holiday the option to buy an additional 3 via salary sacrifice, 15% discount on your weekly ocado shop, pension, share options, discounts on gym memberships and much much more…. Our values: we’re in it together, we are proud of what we do, we can be even better… …