Job Summary:

My client, a leading Infrastructure Consultancy, is currently looking to recruit a Planner to undertake duties on a number of high profile projects with their partners and clients within sectors: Rail, Utilities, Nuclear, Defence, Highways and Environment. The role is to join their expanding Bristol and South West team on some of the region’s most high profile projects.

Job Objectives:

• Create and maintain project schedules that support and align with project requirements.
• Develop the project schedules in conjunction with the project manager and project team.
• Reduce uncertainty, understand objectives and improve efficiency.
• Interact with project team to define scope of work to develop and update detailed schedules, cost information and identification of variances from original plan.
• Interact with and assist project managers to schedule work and coordinate assignments.
• Evaluate project schedule progress and performance and identify developing problem areas.
• Analyse critical path and constraints to determine effect of changes to schedule and recommend work-around.
• Support project managers to maintain timely and effective change management processes and procedures.
• Adherence to NEC or FIDIC contract processes for management of schedule data and submissions.
• Assist project team to develop status reports to keep management informed on project progress.
• Conduct analysis to determine alternative courses of action or recovery on slipped schedules. • Undertake Project Reviews.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Monitor and consolidate the overall project plans.
• Monitor the project manager’s reporting system summarizing the progress status of all projects.
• Monitor and advise on status of project KPIs.

Skills Required:

• Computer literacy in Microsoft applications, including Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge and Proficiency with multiple discipline specific software applications such as Primavera (P6) and/or other planning and resourcing software.
• Demonstrable Project Management and Planning techniques.
• Able to coordinate and work with other teams and have basic multi-disciplinary knowledge.
• Good research and analytical skills, as well as excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent communication and organization skills.
• Professional working knowledge of project management and Planning software and tools.