Planning Manager (Signalling Projects) in Manchester, United Kingdom
Manchester, United Kingdom |
£75000 - £85000 per annum, Benefits: car allowance/company car |
Permanent
Planning Manager (Signalling Projects)
Doncaster/Manchester
We are currently working with a major engineering contractor who are looking to expand their rail team in either Doncaster or Manchester by recruiting a Planning Manager to join the Signalling team. As Signalling Planning Manager, you will be managing a team of 12 planners and will ideally be based out of either Manchester or Doncaster offices, with necessary travel between the two.
As Signalling Planning Manager your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Job requirements:
As mentioned, this position as Planning Manager (Signalling), is based out of either the Doncaster or Manchester office with a requirement to travel between both offices from-time-to time. If this position is of interest,
Doncaster/Manchester
We are currently working with a major engineering contractor who are looking to expand their rail team in either Doncaster or Manchester by recruiting a Planning Manager to join the Signalling team. As Signalling Planning Manager, you will be managing a team of 12 planners and will ideally be based out of either Manchester or Doncaster offices, with necessary travel between the two.
As Signalling Planning Manager your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Participate to the validation of the project baseline
- Provide a timely updated schedule situation highlighting the gap between the actual and the baseline (P6, Excel and Narrative)
- Build the project schedule based on internal standard WBS, contractual targets and data provided by all stakeholders
- Initiate the weekly dashboards to monitor the progress
- Prepare schedule and progress reports (update master program, generate progress S-curves, critical paths and manpower histogram)
- Prepare planning reports for internal & external meeting and for analysis of unit prices, material consumptions, actual unit manhours cost control and project budget planning
- Focus on early identification of potential delays (critical paths) including the status on risks and margin related to schedule
- Work closely with Contract Manager to record the delay and disruption events
- Liaise and communicate with HK customer for project planning and progress matters
- Liaise and collaborate with various operation team: Engineering, Procurement, Installation, Test & Commissioning, Finance, etc. to ensure the project schedule is well respect or alert shall be raised to project manager
- Ensure the consistency of all the internal and external Stakeholders commitments, and manages the schedules interfaces
- Perform schedule analysis & trade-offs to close identified gaps or schedule issues
Job requirements:
- Bachelors degree in engineering discipline
- 8+ year experience in project management background in industrial/engineering industries preferred
- Knowledge of railways products and systems will be a plus
- Project scheduling processes experience is a MUST
- Primavera P6 practical experience is essential
- Excellent MS Excel skills is a MUST
- Punctual, accurate, detailed, analytical, articulate, able to work under time pressure are expected
- Agility to juggle with schedules simulations, various scenarios, and changing project goals
- Ability to manage the communication with customers, internal stakeholders, and team
- Teamwork and transparency are expected
As mentioned, this position as Planning Manager (Signalling), is based out of either the Doncaster or Manchester office with a requirement to travel between both offices from-time-to time. If this position is of interest,
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