PMO Controls Planner in Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
extensive experience in highways sector in UK is essential requirement for this role. Client is seeking candidates with experience in the range 4 - 10 years * Experience of developing and managing complex programme plans * Expert user accreditation in Microsoft Project / Primavera P6 * Project Management Qualification, APM or equivalent * Inter-personal skills with ability to build trusted relationships at all levels * Able to deliver outputs to tight deadlines in a highly pressured environment demonstrating flexibility, determination and resilience * Develop and prepare dashboard reporting * Ability to capture changes and translate the impacts, identify risks and opportunities
- The Planning Lead is responsible for establishing and maintaining the overall time plan for the Change Programme, including: - assuring the activities in the plan - monitoring, reporting and prompting control of performance against it * With the Head of Change Programme Controls develop and agree the work breakdown structure for the programme. Ensure that the schedule hierarchy and schedule structure reflects the WBS. * Prepare and maintain a robust and realistic integrated master schedule for the total Programme highlighting critical milestones relating to key activities, deliverables and interfaces. * Clarify and maintain the visibility of programme interface requirements and dependencies; ensure that responsibilities for the management of interfaces are clearly assigned and understood. * Collate regular and ad-hoc reports to provide a timely overview of programme time performance on an exception basis. * Develop and present regular forecasts of anticipated milestone achievements; maintain an up-to-date view of the expected completion date for the Programme; recommend Programme level actions where appropriate to mitigate potential time over-runs. * In the context of the plan, assure the activities in individual service area plans providing robust challenge where appropriate. * Assist Service Area Leads to ensure that adequate,