Senior Planner

3 months ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom High Speed Two (HS2) Full time

**Salary: Base salary: £47,450 to c.£59,300 depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.**

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

As a Senior Planner at HS2 you will be responsible for leading the development of an integrated project schedule across a delivery area and supporting the coordination of dependencies and interfaces across the programme.

**About the role**:

- To be accountable for leading the development of an integrated project schedule across a delivery area, ensuring dependencies and interfaces are effectively managed, identifying any risks and potential impacts, and proposing mitigation strategies where applicable.
- To be responsible for leading schedule input into the development of an integrated project baseline across development and delivery areas. Correlating schedule, cost and risk assessment through to influence critical path analysis and providing robust and quality plans to support decision making.
- To be accountable for identifying key programme interfaces and working with delivery teams within both HS2 and the supply chain, to document and manage these.
- To be responsible for working with Project Managers and Project Controls Managers to maintain project schedules and effectively manage change.
- To be responsible for supporting What-if scenario planning, providing integrated solutions to programme and project conflicts and recoveries, supporting trade off decision making.
- Provide specialist planning and integration support where required.
- To be accountable for collaborating with project delivery teams, the supply chain and stakeholders (including regulatory bodies, and the Department for Transport) where necessary to integrate all time, cost and quality information to support the monitoring of project progress and supply chain performance.
- To be responsible for working closely with the Project Controls Manager(s) to progressively enhance planning capabilities across the programme.
- To have accountability for providing functional line management, performance management and objective setting support to direct reports.
- To have accountability for developing and delivering the planning and integration policy, processes and standards across the business, taking industry best practice to facilitate continuous improvement and ensure these are implemented consistently and effectively across development and delivery areas. Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

**About You**:
**Skills**:

- Ability to use planning software including Primavera P6 at an advanced level.
- Ability to lead and integrate planning activities across multiple complex projects.
- Ability to lead a team of Planners to deliver processes, procedures and guidance that support project delivery and improve efficiency and accuracy within planning systems.
- Ability to analyse and interpret data, producing accurate, timely and informative reports in multiple formats targeted to the needs of the audience.
- Ability to present information clearly and concisely to a variety of audiences at various levels.
- Able to solve problems with an attention to detail.
- Ability to support, coach and motivate direct reports.

**Knowledge**:

- Knowledge of planning systems, processes and procedures that are capable of delivering large complex programmes.
- Knowledge of the core Project Controls disciplines, including; Schedule Management, Cost Management, Change Management and Risk Management and an understanding of how they interrelate.
- Understanding of NEC contracts, amendments, early warning notices and the work flows of communications between contractor and client.
- Knowledge of the all stages of the project life cycle.

**Type of experience**:

- Experience delivering a senior planning or planning role within complex delivery projects.
- Experience in the core project controls functions, including; baseline maintenance, schedule management, cost performance, change management, risk management and performance reporting.
- Experience of working on projects during all stages within the project lifecycle.
- Experience of governance procedures such as re-baselining, funding approval or major contract implementation.
- Experienced in the management and control of key Project Controls systems (e.g. Primavera P6, Prism, CEMAR, etc.).
- Experience of leading contract progress and schedule ch

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