Senior Planner - Rail

Purpose Of The Roll

To act as the focus and lead of Project plans for multidisciplinary schemes. To provide expert planning guidance, support and mentoring and assessment and implementation of new systems. To provide resource information for the business utilising existing systems and evolving new systems to meet changing business needs. To lead and develop business improvement monitoring and reporting within business.

About The Roll

• To abstract and provide source data information using existing software systems, including Primavera to prepare and provide resource and cost information for the business.
• To provide expert leadership, mentoring, guidance and participation in the assessment, development and enhancement of planning systems within the business.
• Provide weekly planning, cost and resource information including utilisation and efficiency ratios for the business as required for the Engineering and Resource and Project teams.
• Interface and provide the required information to the Project teams to enable Project Management reporting to be carried out including cost planning.
• To proactively improve and enhance utilisation of resources, efficiencies and Project deliverables in conjunction with Project and Engineering and Resources teams.
• Establish clear communications and work effectively with members of the team.

Relevant Key Processes:

• Develop integrated programmes for major project events such as blockades and commissioning's using planning software
• develop visualisation tools for complex works including staging diagrams and time/chainage programmes
• • Develop and maintain tracker documents to support commissioning activity
  • Deputise for the Commissioning Manager/Blockade Manager at readiness reviews for some events
  • Liaise with the Risk Manager and IDPs to arrange QSRA meetings and minute actions
  • Duty manager shift working in possessions and blockades

What Are We Looking For

Essential Skills, Qualifications and Training:

• Drivers Licence
• Computer literacy – including Primavera Advanced Level, operation of excel in full functionality and technical experience of a wide range of planning systems
• Ability to lead and implement new planning processes

Required Safety Training

• Personal Track Safety is desirable
  (if required frequency of use cannot be achieved to maintain the competence,
  attendance at 2 yearly refresher training is desirable, albeit outside Sentinel)
• Emergency First Aid, First Aid at Work desirable
• IOSH Managing Safely – Completed
• NEBOSH National General Certificate - Completed

About W&B

Do you want to work on a high- profile project in the rail industry like Wales and Borders?

Here at Amey we support the multi-billion-pound contract to run the Wales and Borders train service and to develop the Cardiff Central Metro. We will work closely with TfW to deliver a new era for passengers and for Wales, with more services, newer trains, better stations and a more reliable network. We will continue to provide support to TfW Ltd in delivering key projects such as the introduction of new rolling stock and the construction of the £738m South Wales Metro (SWM) transport project, a planned multi-modal transport system, which incorporates trains, light rail and bus services.

What makes this role unique?

You will be responsible for planning, executing and finalising projects according to agreed deadlines and within budget