Project Controls - Senior Planner

Description

• Undertake “rolling wave” planning & resource loading for assigned project & work scopes
• Utilising team inputs creates and tracks plans and schedules, performs risk exploration.
• Responsible for detailed schedule exploration of network logic and critical path
• Develop and maintain scheduling procedures for assigned programs
• Utilise Gantt, PERT, milestone charts, earned value management and other project management techniques to gauge progress and identify performance variances to facilitate focus and intervention on critical areas.
• Ensures major projects and program schedules and plans are integrated across company functional groups including finance, engineering, material, manufacturing, and quality.
• Works with cross functional Program Teams to resolve critical path and network conflicts.
• Ensures management understanding of network logic, Gantt, milestone lists, and resource information in the schedule.
• Performs "what if" scenarios for employee program management teams
• Performs schedule variance exploration by comparing baseline to schedule.
• Performs earned value exploration in support of assigned programs or projects.

Requirements

• Previous major projects experience and be able to provide support and guidance across multiple live projects as well as contribute to tender programmes.
• Experience in Primavera P6, with experience in Asta Powerproject and MSP beneficial.
• Professional qualifications and/or membership of the APM, RICS, CIOB, CICES, CIPS or other relevant Chartered Institute are desirable, and will be supported if not already attained.
• Strong Excel competence to produce dashboards & supporting data visualization to P6 programmes.
• Experience within project controls with a focus on planning ideally within a consultancy.
• Applicants should ideally be HNC, HND or Degree qualified in a Quantity Surveying / Cost Management, Construction Law, or similar / relevant discipline, or in some case applicants with an alternative background (e.g.: Engineering) may be considered.

Benefits

• Clear opportunities to develop and grow your career through training and further qualifications
• Our global travel scholarship programme gives you the unique opportunity to gain global experience
• Great place to work - attracting and developing the best talent, that represents the diverse society we work within.
• Unparalleled support from central teams and a company that is recognised as a Great Place to Work
• Highly competitive salary and the opportunity to increase this through continuous reviews
• Full time with flexible core hours
• Generous holiday allowance plus the option to purchase additional days through the holiday purchase scheme.
• Fantastic networking opportunities to grow your personal brand and expand your understanding of the industry
• Employee Assistance Programme to ensure your health and personal well-being comes first
• Flexible working arrangements to ensure you have a healthy work-life balance
• Volunteering opportunities to engage with your local community or charitable organisations

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance