Senior Planner

Description

• Ensure alignment of costs with the programme and resource where necessary
• Regular interfacing and integration with the project controls team to maintain an aligned financial position with the Project/Programme Plan.
• Arrange timely planning workshops and reviews with the team
• Support the project manager to identify options to optimise delivery through resource smoothing, resource levelling and rescheduling of activities.
• Developing and maintaining integrated schedules ensuring interface milestones, WBS, client governance gateways (not exhaustive) are captured correctly.
• To work with and support the Planning Manager’s and Project Controls lead with project assurance processes such as the Integrated Baseline Reviews and Schedule Peer Reviews.
• Analyse performance data, looking at trends to identify areas for improvement and collaboration, and selecting appropriate methods and tools to resolve them.
• Providing monthly progress updates and input into reporting requirements (internal and external)
• To work with the team to provide monthly reporting inputs and outputs as per our own and client’s processes and requirements.
• Planning Tranche 5 works in P6 and also supporting engineers in Aphex.
• Support the risk analysis process and integrate the QSRA outputs into the project and/or programme baseline(s).
• Ensure that stakeholder requirements are understood and addressed in reporting arrangements.
• Apply Earned Value Management techniques
• Ensure compliance with quality management systems (internal and external)
• To monitor progress, identify any potential risks and issues and make necessary adjustments.
• Contribute to capability building and the use of best practice in planning and reporting.
• Challenge and define project assumptions to ensure that plans are realistic and achievable.
• Provide advice on planning processes and different tools that could be used throughout the lifecycle of the project.
• To work collaboratively with the supply chain and partners ensuring the integrated schedules are developed and maintained providing the client with confidence.
• Analyse schedules and provide critical path analysis and proactively manage activities and milestones and ensuring constructability, phasing and sequencing are embedded in the integrated schedules
• To input into planning workshops, provide adhoc schedules as required, ensure cost forecast is in alignment with the schedules and input into risk workshops and risk reduction meetings.
• Co-ordinating and managing, within the integrated schedule all interfaces with other programmes occurring concurrently with the overall client programme
• Analyse interfaces and dependencies between projects for different scenarios and recommend appropriate actions where anomalies exist or there are areas of concern
• Develop breakdown structures, quality criteria, product descriptions and monitoring strategy.
• Administer the programme part of the NEC contract, both with the client and with sub-contractors. Assess sub-contractor programmes for acceptance and impact programmes. Prepare impact programmes and narratives for the contract with the client.

Requirements

• Experience in building cost and resource loaded plans
• Good written and oral communication including delivery of high quality reports, analysis results and risk management training
• Primavera (P6) trained and experienced
• APM Project Management Qualification
• The confidence to manage teams and communicate at all levels, driving commitments and improvements to meet commercial and technical objectives and deadlines.
• Experience with working on NEC contracts, applying terms and conditions and associated requirements
• APMG International Project Planning and Control Practitioner or equivalent
• Positive and enthusiastic approach and able to work without day to day supervision Airport experience
• HNC/HND, degree qualified or experience in a planning related discipline
• Strong interpersonal, communication, facilitation and presentation skills and Ability to influence stakeholders
• Experience of quantity tracking
• Substantial project and construction planning experience
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective relationships and partnerships with stakeholders Understanding of budgeting, change control, earned value, risk management and other project controls techniques
• Experience of civils, fit-out and M&E construction projects
• Experience / understanding in the interpretation of estimating, scheduling, programming and risk tools
• High level of numeracy and excellent analytical skills
• Excellent MS Office skills
• Relevant experience in Project Controls and/or Project Delivery, preferably in a highly regulated environment
• Use of Aphex planning software
• PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)
• Experience of Earned Value Analysis
• Detailed knowledge of Primavera P6 including use of cost & resources

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance