Our client, a leading consultancy in the rail sector, is currently seeking a P6 Planning Engineer to join their team on a remote-working basis. This is a contract role working with our client's rail design team on various projects. The ideal candidate would be based in the Manchester, Leeds, York, or Newcastle area to facilitate occasional travel for meetings, but most of the work will be conducted remotely.

Key Responsibilities:

• Planning on large-scale, multi-disciplinary design projects, ideally at feasibility and option selection stages.
• Undertaking quality checks prior to submissions to ensure compliance with client-specific P6 plan requirements (e.g. logic, activity durations, compliance with relevant WBS etc.).
• Working directly with technical leads and client counterparts to review and update the programme.
• Managing multiple parallel live programmes and 'what if' scenarios, and recommending corrective actions to the Project Management team.
• Managing changes to the programme.

Job Requirements:

• Extensive experience in project planning within the rail sector.
• Proficiency with P6 planning software.
• Strong understanding of project life cycles, particularly in feasibility and option selection stages.
• Detail-oriented with excellent quality control skills to ensure compliance with specific planning requirements.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with technical leads and client counterparts.
• Capability to manage multiple projects and timelines efficiently.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to recommend corrective actions.
• Flexibility to occasionally travel to Manchester, Leeds, York, or Newcastle for meetings.

If you are an experienced P6 Planning Engineer looking for a challenging contract role with the flexibility of remote working, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's dynamic rail design team.