Senior Planner in Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom |
GBP £400 to £450 per day |
Contract
Senior Planner
Location: Manchester ( must be within a commutable distance)
Pay: £400 - 450 per day
Duration: 6 Months
My client is in the market for a Senior Planner to come on board and lead the project planning and control function on either a major project or a number of smaller projects. This Senior Planner will be a key member of the project delivery team and support senior project and programme managers in the successful planning and control of project delivery.
Responsibilities:
- Provide planning and controls leadership for the projects under your control
- Be the technical planning expert ensuring consistent application of standards and procedures, including templates and guidance and support to your programme/project team
- Develop and maintain plans in accordance with the clients project management, planning and procedures and processes.
- Work closely with project, commercial and finance managers and members of the wider project team to ensure project schedules are accurately developed, maintained, resource and cost loaded.
- Work closely with site and possession planners to ensure cohesion between these different activities and the main project schedule.
- Work closely with the central Bids & Tendering team to ensure tender plans are developed through the mobilisation process into contract plans
- Build and maintain close working relationships with client representatives and work collaboratively to find the most efficient and effective planning and controls solutions.
- Perform critical path analysis and advise of possible actions and areas of concern.
- Ensure that the periodic project reporting requirements are met for both internal and client through the provision of KPI, EV, schedule delay and critical path analysis reports as required.
- Perform analysis and scenario modelling for any potential project change and be able to provide risks, issues, cost, resource and delay analysis.
- Promote and improve planning and controls within the organisation.
Essential Requirements:
- Degree/HND/HNC level qualifications or relative demonstrable experience.
- Experience of planning major infrastructure projects preferably in the rail industry.
- Experience of working with senior management both internally and in the client organisation.
- Technical planning expert to advanced Primavera level with knowledge and use of other planning tool such as MS Project
- Self-motivated with sound interpersonal and communication skills, coupled with an assertive style of behaviour.
- Practiced analytical and problem solving skills
Desirable Requirements:
- Technical/Engineering/Business background ideally with knowledge of railway signalling.
- Working knowledge and experience of project management methodologies, e.g. Prince 2.
- Experience of leading a planning team to deliver major infrastructure projects preferably in the rail industry.
If this is of interest then please apply with your most up to date CV
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