Principal Project Planner

London

£419 /day LTD - £486 /day UMB

6- Months Initially

High Priority- INTERVIEWING IMMEDIATELY

My client is a well-established Nationwide transportation company whose professionalism and well-respected name, have been instrumental in their success. They provide an exceptional service to their customers and are focused on continually improving this.

The Role

• The successful candidate will be working with Train Operating Companies on a large programme which involves replacing the trains on their networks
• discuss a mass amount of data and bring it together In one document.
• Provide professional leadership in respect of the planning processes
• identify key stakeholders
• Indirectly manage Project Managers
• Develop, maintain and progress quality project plans / schedules
• Maintain key interdependencies between projects and programmes
• Demonstrate the efficiency and effectiveness of the project plans / schedules developed and utilised
• Validate plans / schedules in line with the agreed functional Quality Management Plan.
• Oversee and confirm that the ‘contractor schedules’ comply with procedural and quality requirements
• Provide technical expertise and guidance to the project team
• Support the continued personal and professional development of the planning resources

The ideal candidate has:

• Extensive previous Project Controller/Planner experience
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• good PM skills
• Great Interpersonal/Stakeholder skills.
• understand the railway system, trains, track

For more information and a full job description, email your C.V to j a k e . p a r k e r @ v i t a l . u k . c o m

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