Senior Planner

Red Sky Personnel is seeking a Senior Planner on behalf of a leading global construction and civil engineering company. In this role, you will establish and maintain the overall time plan for a project based in Euston.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and maintain a realistic integrated master schedule for the Euston Project, highlighting critical milestones for key activities, deliverables, and interfaces.
• Ensure visibility and clarity of programme interface requirements and dependencies, assigning and understanding responsibilities for managing these interfaces.
• Prepare regular and ad-hoc reports for the Project SLT, providing timely overviews of programme time performance.
• Develop and present forecasts of milestone achievements, using EVA techniques to measure trends and keep the project completion date up-to-date. Recommend actions to mitigate potential time over-runs.
• Provide advice and guidance to the project delivery team, reviewing and challenging sub-contractors' programmes where necessary.
• Include adequate time provisions in project schedules to allow for overall Programme integration.
• Manage the time contingency built into the Programme for programme-level risks, ensuring contingency allowances reflect the current programme position.
• Establish Programme-level commissioning and testing schedules, considering project interfaces and planned completion schedules.
• Ensure consistent planning techniques and the use of a common WBS at all project levels.

Technical Competencies:

• Strong understanding of project planning and control techniques.
• Expert knowledge of Primavera and similar planning software.
• Strong knowledge of integrated project planning.
• Expert knowledge of EVA techniques.
• Ability to use schedule risk modeling software like Pertmaster.

Qualifications, Certifications, and Experience:

• Relevant experience in project planning.
• Significant experience with large projects.
• MAPM or formal PM/Project controls qualification.
• Experience in the railway environment.

How to Apply:

If you're ready to join a dynamic team and make a significant impact on a major project, apply now!