Assistant Project Planner

Assistant Project Planner

Job Description

At Telent, you will have the opportunity to be a part of something bigger. To keep things moving, to connect people. It's important work we do. Learning together, inspiring colleagues, and making the entire organisation better. Join us and help keep the nations critical networks connected and protected 24/7.

The Assistant Project Planner plays a key role in assisting the planning and delivery of infrastructure projects, Reporting to the Senior Planner, this role contributes to the development, maintenance, and optimisation of project schedules and planning systems to ensure successful project execution. This is an Agile role and there is a requitement to attend meetings in our Warwick office as needed along with customer visits. Ideally candidates will be Midlands based.

What youll do:

- Assist in creating and maintaining project schedules using Primavera P6.

- Prepare weekly look-ahead plans, dashboards, and Planned vs Actual reports.

- Reviewing activity sequencing/phasing, durations, resources, and safety requirements with the operational teams, to ensure buildable programmes are developed, understood by the team, and submitted to the Internal Project Teams in line with contractual timescales.

- Assist the development of schedules at different stages of the lifecycle, with the ability to analyse, and document inter-departmental and intra-departmental business process flows.

- Produce tender plans to aid bids and work with operations to ensure best opportunity presented

- Provide project performance measurement and reporting.

- Support cost loading, resource allocation, and work bank maintenance.

Who you are:

This would be a great opportunity for someone who has gained some Project Planning experience who is looking to build on this. Help assist the development of schedules at different stages of the lifecycle, with the ability to analyses, and document inter-departmental and intra-departmental business process flows.

Key Requirements:

- Proficiency in Primavera P6

- Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.

- Track project milestones, update progress, and flag delays or risks

- Understanding of planning, schedule management, and change control.

- Ability to interpret contractor plans and integrate them into master schedules

- Ideally have experience within the Rail or Telecoms sector

What we offer:

A career at Telent can span many sectors, roles, technologies and clients giving you the opportunity to develop, learn new skills and make an impact. We are growing and we rely on our committed Team to deliver.

We nurture the talent that makes this happen, by our on-going commitment to creating an inclusive culture that respects and values difference, that celebrates diverse ideas. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work.

The additional benefits with this role:

- 26 days holiday, plus public holidays, and the option to buy or sell days annually

- Company pension scheme

- A range of family friendly policies

- Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal

- Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward scheme.

Learn more about Telent:

Were passionate about creating an environment that champions diversity and inclusion, where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves and empowered to reach their full potential. People are at the heart of our business, and we believe that our teams should reflect the diverse experiences and backgrounds of the communities we support.

About Us

About Telent

Telent is a leading technology company and specialist in the design, build, support and maintenance, drawing on decades of experience in mission critical communications and technology. of the UKs critical digital infrastructure. The work we do helps connect thousands of people and communities, using the best technology and innovation available. When you join us, youll have the opportunity to make a real impact on all our futures by fulfilling your potential and delivering high performance. We work together to make everyday life work better for everyone. Youll be part of a team of more than 3,000 brilliant, dedicated people committed to getting the job done well.

Brilliance brought together.

We are guided by our values and behaviours:

Be Inclusive

Take Responsibility

Collaborate

Be Customer-focussed