Lead Planner in York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Job title: Lead Planner
Type: Permanent
Location: York
Salary: Competitive salary + numerous other benefits
My Client, a Tier 1 Global Contractor within the Rail industry who specialise in Signalling is currently recruiting for a Lead Planner to be based out of their Kings cross office due to recently securing a large framework project in the Southern Region .
Role
The role of the Lead Planner is to manage the preparation and maintenance of integrated and co-ordinated project programmes, enabling resource and material requirements to be forward planned to meet project deliverables
Responsibilities
- Develop comprehensive, logic linked, project programmes for UK SS&I projects incorporating resource planning, materials planning, cost-loading and earned value forecasting and reporting.
- Continuously monitor the programmes prepared to accurately reflect progress and maintain accurate earned value and resource data for internal and external purposes.
- Identify critical paths and ensure action plans are developed and implemented to maximise project quality, cost and delivery objectives.
- Provide sufficiently accurate data to enable the Work Package Managers and Project Managers to ensure that co-ordinated project activity complies with and delivers company financial and business targets on cash and project margins.
- Through active dialogue with Work Package Managers and the Project Manager, ensure that the project programmes will deliver customer and contractual requirements to time and cost.
- Ensure all programmes under their control are updated and reviewed in line with the planning procedure / work instruction.
- Travel when required to other sites across the country.
- Occasional weekend/bank holiday cover for any major commissioning's.
- Comply with and undertake all relevant Environment, Health and Safety measures and activities.
Essential:
- Experience in a project planning / scheduling role, including resource and cost-loading / forecasting.
- Experience and expert knowledge of Primavera P6 Planning Software.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
Desirable:
- Educated to degree level.
- Knowledge and experience of the Rail Industry, particularly Rail Signalling.
If you are interested and would like to be considered for the role then please apply now!
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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