Programme Planning Lead

3 weeks ago


Swindon, United Kingdom Ocatavius Infrastructure Full time

We are recruiting for a visionary Programme Planning Lead to work on Wales & Western Buildings and Stations Capital Delivery Framework. Reporting to the Framework Director, the role will sit within the Framework Leadership Team.

We are a leading civil engineering organisation delivering safe, sustainable, and efficient transport solutions across the UK. Our values of** Quality, Integrity, Openness, caring** and **Progressive** are at the heart of everything we do.

**You'll be working on. (what your role and responsibility is)**
- **Team**: Oversee and lead the programme controls team function within the FLT, monitoring for accuracy and consistency of plans, cost, safety, environment and performance reporting, and deploying available team resources to best effect.
- **People**:Plan, develop and lead high performing teams: to ensure programme planning objectives and targets to be achieved.
- **Relationships**: Build and nurture strong long-term relationships with our customers, communicating progress, resolving any customer concerns and encouraging proactive collaboration for mutual benefit.
- **Manage all programme planning within the Framework**: Govern planning standards across the project teams, generating weekly, monthly and quarterly programme forecasts dovetailing all portfolios and projects within the Framework to forecast business requirements.
- **Integration with other functions**: Develop and manage links between programmes and the cost estimates, supporting financial forecasting, monitoring and the control of project costs, driving cost reporting and commercial awareness, while always challenging the status quo. Gather and collate progress information and reasons for any deviations/delays.
- **Contract administration**: Take ownership in the preparation and maintenance of programmes in accordance with each contract requirement (i.e. NEC4), and ensure live as-built project programmes are maintained, ensuring they are programmed to a level of detail necessary for project teams to deliver projects without delays, while driving best value

**You'll receive. (because we value you)**

We offer a competitive rewards package, including a Company Car scheme, Private Healthcare, Pension, Life Assurance cover, 25 days Annual Leave (and a day off for your birthday). You'll also have access to Hybrid working (Swindon office and home), an enhanced Paternity & Maternity package and the opportunity to develop yourself personally and professionally.

**About you. (what you are skilled at)**
- Excellent planning, organization and time management skills, with an ability to manage actions simultaneously without compromising on standards and quality.
- Confident communicating with internal and external stakeholders at all levels, (both verbally and in writing), using excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build and develop strong, trusting relationships internally and externally.
- Proactive and driven with a strong desire to deliver and improve processes.
- Ability to develop friendly and professional customer focused relations with others; self-driven, results-oriented with a positive outlook.
- Strong people management skills with the ability to influence and mentor to motivate employees to achieve exacting standards of compliance.
- Demonstrate resilience, resourcefulness and good judgement while remaining calm and professional in the face of conflicting and changing priorities.
- Work well independently, using own initiative when required, as well as demonstrating good teamwork and support for colleagues.

**You'll bring(your wealth of experience & qualifications)**

**Experience**:

- Extensive skills in the use of modern technology and systems, such as advanced experience in Primavera P6, Microsoft Project and alike and an ability to adapt to new technology and systems.
- Good all round rail infrastructure knowledge and experience of NEC 3 or 4.
- Experience of Primavera Risk / Quantitive Schedule Risk Analysis (QSRA).
- Experience in the rail industry, in a planning capacity, operating within a leadership team.
- Microsoft Office 365 Levels 1-3

**Qualifications**:

- A relevant higher education qualification, such as a certificate, diploma, or a degree (i.e., Civil Engineering, Construction Project Management)
- Programme Planning Lead Job Description.pdf (156.71 KB)


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