**THIS ROLE IS A PERMANENT POSITION, THEREFORE IS NOT SUITABLE FOR CONTRACTORS**


P6 Planner


Birmingham or Milton Keynes

We are currently working with a client organisation working on new high-speed rail projects who are looking to recruit a Planner to join the team in Birmingham or Milton Keynes. This role is responsible for the development of an integrated project schedule across development and delivery areas, coordinating dependencies and interfaces across the programme, and assuring supply chain inputs into the integrated schedule.

 

As Planner your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• To be accountable for supporting the development of an integrated project schedule across development and delivery areas, ensuring dependencies and interfaces are effectively managed, identifying any risks and potential impacts, and proposing mitigation strategies where applicable.
• To be responsible for supporting schedule input into the development of an integrated project baseline across development and delivery areas. Correlating schedule, cost and risk assessment through to influence critical path analysis and providing robust and quality plans to support decision making.
• To be accountable for identifying key programme interfaces and working with the delivery teams, within both HS2 and the supply chain, to document and manage these.
• To be responsible for working with Project Managers and Project Controls Managers to maintain project schedules and effectively manage change, providing assurance to the plans and schedules submitted by the supply chain.
• To be responsible for supporting What-if scenario planning, providing integrated solutions to programme and project conflicts and recoveries, supporting trade off decision making.
• To have accountability for providing specialist planning and integration support where required.
• To be accountable for collaborating with project delivery teams, the supply chain and stakeholders (including regulatory bodies, and the Department for Transport) where necessary to support the integration of all time, cost and quality information to support the monitoring of project progress and supply chain performance
• To be responsible for inputting into the development of planning and integration policy, processes and standards across the business, leveraging industry best practice to drive continuous improvement and assure that these are implemented consistently and effectively across development and delivery areas
• Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI

 

Job requirements:

• Proficient in Primavera P6
• Working knowledge of planning systems, processes, and procedures.
• Knowledge of the core Project Controls disciplines, including; Schedule Management, Cost Management, Change Management and Risk Management and an understanding of how they interrelate.
• Understanding of NEC contracts, amendments, early warning notices and the work flows of communications between contractor and client.
• Knowledge of the stages of the project life cycle

 

As mentioned, this position as Planner is based in Birmingham or Milton Keynes, operating a hybrid working arrangement. This position would therefore suit candidates in the surrounding areas. this position is of interest, dont hesitate to get in touch with Erin at Critical Project Resourcing.