Safety, Health & Wellbeing

• Putting safety, health and wellbeing at the heart of decision making; asking, listening and responding, creating an environment where ideas are freely expressed and lessons learnt without fear of recrimination, promoting everyone going home safe, every day.

Environment and Sustainability

• Putting the Environment and Sustainability at the heart of decision making
• To actively participate in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) events

Commercial

• Working with the estimators and delivery team so as to produce programmes that are commercially attractive to the client.
• Working with the project managers, site managers and commercial managers to ensure that all change is captured in the programme.
• Helping the team to identify and evaluate the risks within the project, not only with regards to planning, but the project as a whole.

Planning

• Developing, producing and updating programmes for multiple projects across a range of disciplines
• Working with the Head of Planning to publish regular four weekly updates of the entire
• Following the principles adopted within the framework for producing programmes whilst suggesting ways they could be improved
• Applying resources including costs to programmes

People

• Working within a small team to deliver a significant amount of planning output will require the ability to form good working relationships, a flexible attitude and a willingness to adapt to change.
• Developing relationships with other teams to ensure that we share resources, innovation, and process to deliver efficiently as one.

Continuous Improvement

• Identifying better and/or more efficient ways of achieving the current outcomes.
• Identifying new thinking and innovation through collaboration on project delivery and implementing it successfully.
• Asking questions of those providing information whilst at the same time accepting that those providing the information may have more knowledge and experience.

Behaviours in line with Company Values: Integrity, Caring, Progressive, Openness and Quality

High levels of personal energy and comfortable operating in a complex, fast paced environment.

Gravitas and credibility to establish customer and team confidence.

Innovative and passionate to improve.

An ability to work independently, whilst at the same time a willingness to ask for help when it is needed

Tenacity and persistence to resolve challenging issues

An ability to deliver consistently to deadlines

A clear understanding of business processes.

The ability to build and maintain strong relationships across a broad team.

To be visible and approachable, coaches, good at listening and supporting of team members.

Gives meaningful feedback. Personally accountable, intervenes personally in difficult situations when appropriate.

Takes personal responsibility and is happy being held accountable.

Strong resilience and flexibility.

Able to work as part of a team, remotely and work in an office environment.

An excellent knowledge developed over time in applying planning software to create clear, comprehensible and realistic programmes.

The ability to plan from first principles

Proven ability in using P6 Primavera planning software, a working knowledge of other planning software such as MS-Project or Asta Powerproject

Experience in using MS-Office to support in producing robust planning solutions

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

Good level of NEC3 knowledge, and knowledge of how it should be applied to the contract programme

Understanding of construction design

Good level of IT skills.

Experience and knowledge of construction industry - awareness of current techniques.

Knowledge of Network Rail processes and assurance procedures. Experienced at working within a Rail environment.

Engineering knowledge with relevant experience in suitable disciplines, such as Structures, Buildings, M&E, Geotechnical and/or rail disciplines like permanent way, signalling, telecoms and E&P.