Senior Planner / Planner - Water Management

Description

• Engage with internal and client stakeholders at a working and management level to develop positive relationships and provide relevant, concise information.
• Plan and monitor capacity and resource requirements within schedules and liaise with relevant stakeholders.
• Management and development of junior planning colleagues.
• Establish approved baseline schedules and implement schedule performance monitoring and reporting, with controlled change management and clear communication to teams, clients and stakeholders of progress status and remaining works.
• Undertake schedule risk analysis, working with teams to identify risks and opportunities, assess likelihood and impacts and develop mitigations.
• Use project plans and schedules to define and manage programme level inter-dependencies, constraints and interfaces. Take ownership for the communication and coordination of these items and facilitate a collaborative approach between project teams.
• Advise on contractual procedures relating to contract schedules (i.e. NEC 3 Accepted Programme) and delays. Prepare and assess extension of time claims.
• Schedule development, from initial high-level activity networks to structured, detailed and resourced working schedules – covering full project lifecycles. Similarly providing assurance of third-party project schedules to ensure compliance and fitness for purpose.
• Develop and implement planning and scheduling protocols in line with industry best practice, Arcadis standards and client requirements.
• Promote cross-discipline engagement and collaboration to identify and resolve issues and facilitate team success.
• Top-down strategic planning of project and programmes, working with teams to facilitate the definition of scope, breakdown structures, methodologies, dependencies, interfaces and risks.
• Provide valued and focused insight on schedule performance, going beyond checks and calculations, to ensure the project teams know and understand what they need to, are equipped to make informed decisions and are aware of any schedule risks and opportunities.
• Manage the schedule change control process, recording change history for audit purposes and all relevant business authorisations.

Requirements

• Practitioner / advanced capability and experience in Excel.
• Knowledge and experience of any planning and project controls methodologies is desirable (i.e. collaborative planning, EVM, short-term planning (‘last planner’), agile planning, QSRA).
• Strong IT skills
• Prior experience as a Senior Planner / Planning Manager in a relevant industry sector. Water or energy experience is desirable.
• Active participation and contribution to communities and initiatives across the project and programme management service line and the wider Arcadis business.
• Attained or working towards professional certification or chartered status.
• Understanding and experience of the principles of project / programme management, design, engineering and construction.
• Ability to work on tasks unsupervised whilst applying sound judgement to effectively collaborate and communicate with others.
• Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Strong knowledge and experience of construction contracts, including NEC 3, with regards to scheduling / programming matters.
• Experience of preparing and presenting planning and scheduling outputs for varied audiences.
• Confidence and acumen when speaking to project teams, clients and stakeholders. Ability to facilitate discussions between different disciplines, teams and parties.
• Prior experience with a contractor organisation is desirable (but not essential).
• Further skills and experience of BIM and data visualisation / analytical tools is desirable.
• Practitioner / advanced capability and experience in P6 (preferred), Asta or MS Project.
• Experience of implementing industry best practice approaches to planning and scheduling.

Benefits

• Comprehensive general skills across Office 365.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance