Assistant Planner

5 months ago

Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom UK Power Networks Full time

78344 - Assistant Planner EPN

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 Bury St Edmunds or Colchester 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

Should you not have the full range of essential skills, qualifications and competencies listed below, there may be an opportunity for further training to equip you. If you do not have all relevant competencies for the core grade, it will be appropriate to appoint at a lower grade until you have developed the required competencies.

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

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

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