Address 78602 - Assistant Planner SPN
This Assistant Planner will report to the Project Controls and Data Excellence Manager and will work within Capital Programme - Project Management Office based in our Maidstone or Crawley office. You will be a permanent employee.
You will attract a salary of £35,061 and a bonus of 3%. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 remote
Close Date: .13/03/2024
We also provide the following additional benefits
Annual Leave
Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
Tenancy Loan Deposit scheme
Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme
Season ticket loan
Occupational Health support
Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products.
Discounted access to sports and social clubs
Employee Assistance Programme.
Job Purpose
Support the DNO Lead Planners and delivery teams by collecting progress data and updating P6 schedules following the monthly performance reporting schedule. Work across portfolios to provide targeted effort where demand dictates.
Perform data integrity checks on their own projects and on the wider data set in P6, identifying missing or incorrect project data. Assist the Planning Resource and System Compliance Manager to improve data hygiene in P6 and Oracle Primavera Cloud.
Dimensions
Responsible for programme of low value schemes with the guidance of Lead planner and joint working with planners.
Principal Accountabilities
Learn and improve own capability in Primavera P6 to manage major projects. Expectation of self-led and self-motivated learning.
Maintain schedules in Primavera P6 and consistency with approved UK Power Networks WBS/OBS/CBS
Maintain P6 schedules to the required standard following the Project Control Handbook
Provide accurate programme data to meet UK Power Networks project control requirements; support Earned Value Management reporting.
Maintain currency of programme plans and schedules following the Capital Programme performance reporting timetable
With the assistance of other planners, provide schedule impact of proposed change and integrate approved changes into baseline updates.
Support other planners oversee the progressing programmes.
Support schedule risk analysis where required by the delivery team
Work with the Lead Planners to identify the correct data entry requirements for each project and taking responsibility for cost and progress data on the full programme of assigned projects
Influence project partners to ensure submission of progress and milestone achievement updates
Learn and subsequently maintain compliance with UK Power Networks project delivery and programme governance procedures.
Flag any schedule anomalies to the relevant Planner, including data entry errors or project performance outside of accepted tolerances.
Obtain support to the schedule from project teams and co-ordinate schedule interfaces between the different control areas.
Work with the commercial team to ensure alignment of cost information across all systems and reports (SAP, Unifier, P6)
Work with the local finance team for monitoring relevant project and programme information, P6 data integrity, income, expenditure.
Qualifications
Foundation level qualification in project management / control (such as APM or Prince2) is desirable
Experience:
Knowledge of work scheduling for construction projects; experience with Primavera P6, MS Project or similar packages desirable
Knowledge of the principles of Earned Value Management; able to apply these principles to organise and improve project data sets
Work with multiple team members, ensuring regular updates and data entry as part of a monthly performance reporting schedule
Familiarity with database and data organisation principles
We ask that you are able to communicate with a large community of internal and external personnel
Good oral, written and presentational skills with experience presenting data for analysis and review
Familiarity with standard office software including Project, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook
Work with team to obtain information and commitment to formulating schedule whilst commanding respect from all team members through technical and personal credibility
Nature and Scope
Managing the project data entry, cost loading and progress updates for a programme of projects across the Capital Programme portfolios.
Provide data entry support to the wider P6 Planner workforce.
Undertake a course of professional development with a view to a role as a Project Planner, including study or training in:
Project planning / P6 planning
Project management and controls
Earned value management
We may offer the role at a lower grade if you do not meet the full job specification and you will then work up to the core role managed to a competency-based matrix.
Health & Safety Responsibilities
Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.
Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.
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