Engineering Planning Director

Engineering Planning Director Location: Houston, TX, US Aberdeen, GB Rio de Janeiro, BR Paris, FR Employment type: Employee Place of work: Hybrid Offshore/Onshore: Onshore TechnipFMC is committed to driving real change in the energy industry. Our ambition is to build a sustainable future through relentless innovation and global collaboration – and we want you to be part of it. You’ll be joining a culture that values curiosity, expertise, and ideas as well as diversity, inclusion, and authenticity. Bring your unique energy to our team of more than 20,000 people worldwide, and discover a rewarding, fulfilling, and varied career that you can take in anywhere you want to go. Job PurposeThe Global Engineering Planning Director is responsible for managing strategic, tactical, new technology, product life-cycle management, and test lab planning for One Engineering globally. This includes overseeing sales and operations planning and management across all levels of engineering. The role focuses on setting directions, strategy, and guidelines for the company’s One Engineering functional planning across strategic, tactical, and project planning domains, spanning all geographies. The Global Engineering Planning Director manages demand for all Subsea, Surface, and New Technology projects, as well as capacities for the entire One Engineering population, which represents 25% of TechnipFMC dispersed across the world.Job DescriptionStrategic Planning: Sets standards, develops, and manages global demand and capacity planning processes for One Engineering, including deployment of guidelines and planning big rules. Leads and manages the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process for three levels of the organization (L1, L2, L3) across Subsea and Surface GBUs, in collaboration with REMS and Commercial. Manages scenario planning changes in the business environment and provides timely responses for strategic and business planning priorities. Deploys and manages KPIs, risk management, help chain management, and key SSI programs. Integrates UDP, tender information, and product strategy into S&OP and supports deployment of integrated planning tools and systems with Digital and other value streams. Serves as the subject matter expert for Engineering Planning, providing executive and senior leadership with insights on key business scenario changes. Tactical Planning: Manages teams that support day-to-day project planning and management for various engineering and manufacturing sites worldwide. Establishes engineering planning guidelines and KPIs to measure and track project performance across all projects within Subsea and Surface GBUs. Ensure adherence to these guidelines across all projects within Subsea and Surface GBUs. Integrates cost/hours, labor, and resource planning into tactical project planning. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure efficient project execution. Master scheduling for projects based on project, subsystem strategy, and site strategies and manages month-on-month change driven due to change in business scenario, and tactical issues. Conduct project/subsystem level analysis, reporting on project On-Time Deliveries (OTDs), milestones, actual hours/costs, and value destruction. Provide insights to senior leadership for informed decision-making. Lead key improvement programs in planning and project management, leveraging global engineering operations. Support the iEPCI execution model by driving efficiency gains. Technology Projects Planning: Define project planning, execution, and reporting guidelines for all NPD/PLM projects across Subsea, Surface, and New Energy. Establish standard reporting for project progress, key milestones, KPIs, and KSFs. Global Test Labs Planning: Develop strategy, roadmaps and lead master scheduling efforts for key test lab operations across multiple locations (India, US, Brazil, UK, France, Singapore). Coordinate global test labs demand and supply planning for short/medium/long term planning horizon including management of project schedules and milestones. Lead and support various SSI initiatives for demand planning, synergies and capacity enhancement across all Test Labs in the company. You are meant for this job if:Education: Bachelors in Engineering, Business, Planning, Project Management or related field. Master's degree preferred. APICS, PMP and other related certification preferred. Experience: A minimum of 15 years within the company, with a significant portion of that experience focused on project management and planning. Ideally, this experience should include managing one of the main GBUs or the REMS function on a global scale.Planning Expertise: Proficiency in planning systems and a deep understanding of company operations across Subsea and Surface domains. Familiarity with engineering processes is essential.Collaborative Skills: Ability to work seamlessly across geographies and collaborate with leadership (including ELT and below) to address dynamic problems spanning business, strategic, and tactical aspects.People Management: Direct experience in leading a diverse global team, including project managers, planning specialists, and business analysts. The role will involve overseeing 50+ employees located in our engineering and manufacturing locations across the globe.SkillsStrategic Vision and PlanningManagement Skills and AbilitiesCommunication Skills and AbilitiesProject GovernanceProject ManagementProject Schedule ManagementAdditional Skills Being a global leader in the energy industry requires an inclusive and diverse environment. TechnipFMC promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion by ensuring equal opportunities to all ages, races, ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations, gender expressions, disabilities, or all other pluralities. We celebrate who you are and what you bring. Every voice matters and we encourage you to add to our culture. TechnipFMC respects the rights and dignity of those it works with and promotes adherence to internationally recognized human rights principles for those in its value chain. Learn more about TechnipFMC and find other open positions by visiting our Career Page. Follow us on LinkedIn for company updates. Date posted: Aug 8, 2024 Requisition number: 8192 Nearest Major Market: Houston