MICHELLE BURRY
Elgin
Summary
Accomplished Planning Engineer with experience in process mapping and workflow development for improved outcomes. Owns technical, operational and client support for smooth, informed project coordination. Resolves issues quickly through strategic problem-solving to limit project disruptions.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
4017
4017
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Planning engineer
Balfour Beatty
2025.11 - Current
- Plan, structure and lead the planning of the project programme of works
- Manage the interface between the programme and the operational staff through structured meetings, programme and progress reporting.
- Highlight both the dependencies and the interfaces between stakeholders.
- Identify programme risks and propose mitigation strategies.
- Identify programme opportunities and propose capture strategies.
- Maintain a fully logically linked Primavera P6 project programme.
- Ensure the schedule is resourced (plant and personnel) and update to reflect modifications in execution strategy. This will require close work with the project delivery team to regularly maintain the status of the programme.
- Update and report progress of the project at regular intervals to the Regional Planning Manager and Project Manager.
- Reporting on key resources including staff; operatives, key plant and equipment, supply chain and other.
Planner
Murphy
2024.04 - 2025.10
- Communicate project schedules and deadlines clearly to stakeholders.
- Identify and mitigate potential project risks proactively through contingency planning.
- Facilitate communication between team members and stakeholders throughout project lifecycle.
- Evaluate project outcomes and identified lessons learned for future projects.
- Allocate resources strategically to meet project goals and optimize team productivity.
- Utilise project management software to schedule tasks and track progress.
- Consult with stakeholder to determine objectives and required milestones.
- Undertake the tender and contract planning in accordance with the business' procedures and processes and the requirements of the contract.
- Accountable for ensuring that integrated, whole life programmes are prepared from first principles.
- Ensure that the planning and project controls procedures and processes are implemented.
- To support the Business and its work winning teams to target, pursue and secure projects.
- To ensure that the work winning governance processes are adhered to in regards to the elements produced by the planning function.
- Support the work winning teams to identify win themes and contribute to the production of submission documents / materials.
- Represent the business in workshops, presentations and other engagements with the Client and other third parties.
- Provide specialist input and expert opinion on planning matters as required.
- Ensure that tender programmes are aligned to the estimate, including but not limited to the WBS, outputs, working hours and resource build ups for example.
- Identify scope, constraints and contract requirements and ensure they are incorporated into the programme.
Master Scheduler
Score Energy
2021.02 - 2024.03
- Build, manage & maintain the production schedule for a busy machine shop & manufacturing assembly area
- Consulting with the client, production department, monitoring critical paths and highlighting any risks to the production schedule, ensuring picking lists, launch dates and production operations are in line with customer target dates
- Working closely with manufacturing to ensure material is on order/on hand to make components, schedule into machine shop plan and monitor to ensure they are on time to meet with varying production dynamics
- Attending daily production meetings to provide feedback around meeting target dates and discuss rescheduling activities
- Present and update weekly Forecast, Monitor and report OTD metrics and report to management
- Working with Engineering on new product approval programs, scheduling components to meet production deadlines in line with the approval programs required
- Manage planned orders, review shortages, release purchase requisitions to supply chain in a timely manner
- Monitor critical parts and firm work orders to production
- Action amendments to program and associated stock implications
- Implement demand change management of program including associated activities in terms of cancellations of activities, re-scheduling and implications on capacity planning, stock, and resource management
Strategic Planner
Technip FMC
2019.08 - 2021.01
- Create and maintain Backlog, Quotation, and Forecast plans
- Interface with the Product Project Manager
- Support & act on scope of supply/work changes (ECN's/VOR's)
- Shortages reporting - collaborate with supply chain to find best solution for project shortages
- Verify system integrity between SAP/P6 update when required
- Adherence to the Global Planning System processes
- Facilitate Baseline reviews for both Backlog and Quotation plans
- Effectively manage and control Quote plan revisions/options
- Effective handover of product project schedule plans
Technical Planner
National Oilwell Varco
2013.09 - 2019.07
- Creating work packs to project scope; estimating timescales and requirements
- Producing project documentation for the project kick-off meeting
- Creating project work scopes, BOMs, inspection and testing plans
- Liaising, confirming all third-party project certification and licensing
- Administrating ERP systems and maintaining stock
- Facilitating project workshops with chargehands; setting project priorities
- Producing project packets, shop packets, pick lists and purchasing requisitions
- Facilitating timely project orders, forecast and availability reports
- Providing project administrative, technical, customer and commercial support
- Reviewing customer contracts and purchase orders issuing acknowledgements
- Producing weekly customer reports on project status and progression
- Preparing cost and supply quotations for customers to support new sales
- Raising purchase orders for project materials, tools and vendor services
- Introducing and monitoring the performance of new products in the supply chain
- Tracking and reporting on project commercial margins to support KPI achievement
- Producing project reports for weekly status meetings with the client
Production Coordinator
Gemini Corrosion Ltd
2010.12 - 2013.08
- Created work packs to scope; produced client acceptance
- Provisioned project personnel, materials and plans coordinating all logistics
- Embedded tracking and monitoring systems for all project stages
- Raised project requests to procurement; coordinated materials supply
- Introduced project training matrixes and maintained the competency matrix
- Served as project partner to the Painters and Commercials team owning the continuity of information across requests, weekly forecast and reports
- Administered all technical and commercial project trackers for clients and PM's
- Supported project meeting from kick-off to sign-off
Project Coordinator
Booth Welsh Automation Ltd
2006.02 - 2010.11
- Administered and updated all project documentation; designed and introduced project tracking and monitoring systems for all project dependencies
- Raised all procurement orders and reconciled to support budget performance
- Monitored resource costs collating timesheets and work allocations
- Produced work scopes, loop diagrams, permits for work and project drawings
- Served as a central link between construction, design, client, and subcontractors
- Managed daily reconciliations of purchase orders, invoices, and sales ledgers
- Conducted weekly stock takes to report on margins and control
- Introduced new office systems to improve project administrative efficiency
- Managed stock ordering based on project plans
Education
SVQ Level 3 - Business Management
SVQ Assessor Award - L&D9DI
Skills
- Project Planning
- Project Scheduling
- Project Administration
- Business Support
- Critical thinking and problem solving
- Communication
- Ability to Multitask
- Ability to pick tasks up quickly
REFERENCES
References available upon request
Additional Experience
- Microsoft Office 365
- ERP Systems E-Profit
- SAP Glovia
- Microsoft Teams
- Primavera P6 project scheduling management system Success Factors
- Microsoft Dynamic D365
- NEC3/4
Timeline
Planning engineer
Balfour Beatty
2025.11 - Current
Planner
Murphy
2024.04 - 2025.10
Master Scheduler
Score Energy
2021.02 - 2024.03
Strategic Planner
Technip FMC
2019.08 - 2021.01
Technical Planner
National Oilwell Varco
2013.09 - 2019.07
Production Coordinator
Gemini Corrosion Ltd
2010.12 - 2013.08
Project Coordinator
Booth Welsh Automation Ltd
2006.02 - 2010.11