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Primavera P6 Planner

This Primavera P6 Planner will report to the Client Delivery Manager and will work within UKPN Services - Client Delivery based in our Chatham, Kent office.

You will be a permanent employee.

You will attract a salary of £58,229 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:14/02/2024

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

Deliver the schedule and planning activity within the Chatham SPN region.

Support the Programme Manager and Project Managers in managing the project delivery schedules of all projects, and the coordination of these projects into a sub-programme of works.

Provide schedule impact assessment information to support the project and portfolio change control and risk processes.

Validate suppliers schedule impact assessment submissions to support the change control process and oversee the maintenance of suppliers' contract baselines.

Principal Accountabilities

Working together with the Programme Managers, Project Managers and suppliers, ensure approved contract baseline schedules are established and maintained (following Contract Change procedure)
Manage the activity of P6 planners within the Services Teams.

Validate construction methodologies, resource and cost loading, activity durations, schedule logic, float allocation and critical path identification within suppliers' submissions to support UK Power Networks contract programme approval obligations.

Maintain schedules in Primavera P6 following approved UK Power Networks Services WBS/OBS
Manage others to maintain P6 schedules to the required standard
Provide accurate Programme data to meet UK Power Network Services reporting requirements supporting Earned Value Management reporting.
Maintain currency of Programme plans and schedules at Level 4 and below where not assigned to a third-party (supplier)
Support / facilitate schedule risk analysis on a periodic basis.
Provide advice on the schedule impact of proposed change and integrate approved changes into baseline updates.

Work with Risk Managers and programme teams to identify and incorporate risk mitigating actions into the planned work scope and to incorporate appropriate time/cost contingency levels across the baseline schedules.

Lead/facilitate collaborative planning workshops and provide presentations, coaching and facilitation in the use of Primavera software.
Achieve compliance with UK Power Network Services project delivery and programme/programme governance procedures.
Identify, control, and forecast the time scales and resource requirements of projects to minimise the likelihood of time overruns.
Coordinate the flow of information to ensure that interfaces within projects are effectively managed to improve efficiencies
Oversee the progressing programmes, monitoring and reporting on project performance, highlighting deviations, providing early warnings and identifying and presenting project slippage recovery strategies
Develop a database to capture and identify work rate norms and trends, earned value and performance indicators
Work with and provide support for colleagues in project teams. Obtain support to the schedule from project teams and co-ordinate schedule interfaces between the different control areas
Work with the project cost/ risk engineer and estimator to provide a seamless service

Organisation

Will be focused on value planning, ensuring full consultation with all planning partners
Strive for continuous improvement in implementation standards and costs
Develop plans which eliminate and reduce risks and maximise resource efficiency

Skills, Qualifications and Experience

Qualifications:

Engineering-based degree or equivalent is desirable project management qualification (such as APMP or Prince2) and experience maintaining programme performance baselines and their utilisation in generating earned value based management information
Experience of complex construction programmes using Primavera P6 within multi-disciplined environments would be beneficial.

Experience:

Management experience on Major Projects
Excellent technical skills
Communicate at all levels to both 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, PowerPoint, Access, Excel and Outlook Competence and significant experience with P6 planning software specifically
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