Planning Manager

Leeds

1 year contract

£700 / day PAYE (Inside IR35)

Rail civils and structures

A Planning Manager is required to join a tier-1 civils contractor on a 1-year contract in Leeds. As a Planning Manager, you will be responsible for working on a large scale rail project, leading the planning of the design and construction of a new rail depot. Responsibilities include establishing and maintaining realistic schedules, identifying critical issues, proposing effective solutions, collaborating across disciplines, sub-contractors and planners to develop and revise the delivery programme, and establishing and maintaining periodic progress reporting, contributing insights, identifying issues, risks and proposing actionable solutions. You will also be contributing to the risk register and schedule risk analysis as well as the formal identification, impact assessment and notification of programme change.

The successful candidate will have significant experience planning rail civils and structures projects using Primavera P6, have extensive experience of Civil Engineering and/or Construction projects with a proven track record of delivering large-scale civil structures with a Tier 1 contractor, and have working knowledge of NEC forms of contracts. You will be a clear communicator, skilled in building relationships, thrive in large, fast-paced, multi-discipline teams, and be capable of identifying, challenging and articulating issues and solutions that impact project outcomes. The ideal candidate will have full project lifecycle experience, particularly design and build within large-scale rail and structure projects.