Possessions Planner

**Role**: Possessions Planner

**Location**: Watford

**Salary**: £38,000-50,000 per annum (DOE) + benefits

We are looking for a Possession Planner to work for a Tier 1 client, overseeing a planning team on a Rail project located in the Watford area.

**The ideal Possessions Planner responsibilities will be**:

- Deliver all aspects of Engineering Access Planning, ensuring the safe, efficient, and cost-effective planning of engineering access.
- Liaise closely with the Senior Planner and Construction Manager to optimise work programme
- Identify available possessions and submit possession requests in line with Network Rail possession planning timescales using the PPS system.
- The Possessions Planner willensure COSS/Supervisor on SSOW plan ensuring their understanding and ensure SSOW authorisation by a Responsible Manager.
- Review possession utilisation and identify discrepancies from planned to the Project Manager
- The Possessions Planner willmaintain a possession schedule and liaise closely with the P6 planner to ensure programmes are accurately maintained.
- Represent the client and declare work plans and scope at integration meetings with client and other contractors on the project. This includes Whiteboard meeting, works integration meetings, DWWP T- meetings and possession planning meetings.
- The Possessions Planner willmanage and accurately maintain programme box plan, MS possession programme and feed into integration documentation such as presentations.
- The Possessions Planner willplan Safe Systems of Work and undertake the role of Planner in accordance with Network Rail standards.
- Preparation and collation of site documentation including Task Briefing Sheets and Safe Work Packs (SWP), permits accurately and on time and ensure documentation is returned and maintained.
- The Possessions Planner will be responsible for submitting requests for engineering trains.
- Complete weekly readiness review and IPSNE reporting prior to works.

**The Possessions Planner Requirements**:

- Previous Possession Planner experience
- Previous Rail experience working on projects involving OHL, Power supplies, Electrification (ideal)
- The Possessions Planner willhold Track competences relevant to role (Safe System of Work Planner, SWL2, ES, SWL1, COSS, IWA,PTS)
- Sound working knowledge of engineering access planning tools (including PPS, Green Zone Planner, Sectional Appendix, Train Planning, Electrical Isolation booking process, Engineering Access Statement and on-trac/e-pic systems)
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