Programme Planner

3 days ago

Guildford, United Kingdom National Highways Full time

Your new role

An exciting opportunity is now available for a Regional Programme Planner to work in the Regional Investments Programme (RIP) Southeast division of Major Projects within National Highways. This role will be based from our Guildford office, although hybridworking is also available.

RIP is one of four programmes within National Highways Major Projects Directorate. Major Projects is responsible for the delivery of nearly 70 projects with a total value more than £14 billion, and some of the most exciting and challenging projects in thecountry. National Highway’s goal is to change the industry: to make roads and their construction and maintenance safer; to be more responsive to the needs of our customers, particularly about biodiversity and carbon; and to exploit the digital agenda and drivethe productivity agenda to improve delivery.

We are a focal point for the delivery of sensitive and complex projects, growing individual talent and our organisational capacity to be successful. We strive to be creative and exploit digital and technological opportunities whilst maintaining the higheststandards in Safety, Health, Wellbeing and Customer Service to deliver great projects.

Within this role you will be required to report to and support the PMO Manager in delivering excellence in planning and scheduling at a programme level, enabling timely, safe, efficient and customer focused project delivery and contributing to measurableimprovements in planning and scheduling quality.

What you’ll be leading on

Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with the Programme Management team, to gain a full understanding of the baseline Project Control Framework Products and to provide advice and guidance on required Planning & Scheduling management processes.
Engage with supply chain planners to ensure that they comply with the required planning and scheduling procedures and best practices, ensuring collaboration and production of integrated programme plans that drive measurable results at project, region and programmelevels
Create and maintain programme plans and schedules that are of a quality, logic, format & content that enable accurate and robust interrogation, enable Quantitative Cost and Schedule Risk Analysis, are contractually compliant, are integrated with quality targetsacross all schedules, and are capable of integration at Programme level.
Develop and present regular reports on schedule status and performance to support the Programme Management team in the monitoring and reporting of performance, and in the identification and resolution of issues, risks and opportunities.
Drive and monitor the change identification process, ensuring that this is consistent with corporate and Programme-specific management processes, tools, documentation and reporting.
Monitor the risk / opportunity management process ensuring that this is consistent with corporate and Programme-specific management processes, tools, documentation and reporting, and contribute to the monthly review of the Programme risk and opportunity register.
Provide regular reports on all Planning and Scheduling activities, monitoring progress against planned activities, to support resource planning, continuous improvement and management decision making.
To be successful you’ll need

Understanding of the construction market, methods of construction, plant, equipment and labour requirements.
Experience communicating with a wide variety of stakeholders
Experience of working in a complex programme and project environment.
Experience of creating and maintaining project plans and schedules in a major multi-disciplinary environment.
Experience of capturing and analysing schedule data at a project level.
Experience of scheduling tools and systems, specifically Primavera P6, Deltek Acumen Tools.
A proactive approach to problem solving and ability to identify and implement solutions
Our benefits package

Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus, and employer pension contributions of up to 10%.

We also offer:
Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays)
Flexible hours and blended working between base location/home
Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus, access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines
A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience
And we are:
Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities
Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme
Community friendly - offering 3 days per year paid leave to volunteer.
So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it - then you’ll be a great fit for our organisation

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