Lead Project Planner

5 days ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Alstom Full time

About the Role

The Lead Project Planner will be responsible for managing the preparation and maintenance of integrated and coordinated project programmes, enabling resource and material requirements to be forward planned to meet project deliverables, using P6 Project Planning software.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop comprehensive, logic-linked project programmes for UK SS&I projects incorporating resource planning, materials planning, cost-loading and earned value forecasting and reporting.
  • Continuously monitor the programmes prepared to accurately reflect progress and maintain accurate earned value and resource data for internal and external purposes.
  • Identify critical paths and ensure action plans are developed and implemented to maximize project quality, cost, and delivery objectives.
  • Through accurate reporting on Work Package progress, coordinate all functional activity on the project and ensure that problems and bottlenecks are anticipated and resolved in a timely manner to prevent negative impact on the project.
  • Provide regular reports and feedback to management on project progress and critical issues.
  • Provide sufficiently accurate data to enable the Work Package Managers and Project Managers to ensure that coordinated project activity complies with and delivers company financial and business targets on cash and project margins.
  • Through active dialogue with Work Package Managers and the Project Manager, ensure that the project programmes will deliver customer and contractual requirements to time and cost.
  • Conduct regular project coordination meetings on the status of the project with specific reference to engineering activity, sourcing, quality, cost, and delivery.
  • Support the Planning Manager with business requests and auditing the programmes against the planning procedure/work instruction.
  • Manage/mentor a small team (1-3 Planners/Assistant/Graduate Planners) to successfully deliver projects assigned to the team.
  • Ensure all programmes under their control are updated and reviewed in line with the planning procedure/work instruction.
  • Ensure all reports from their planning team are produced to a high quality and to deadlines. This role will be measured against the timeliness and accuracy of reporting.
  • Undertake all staff management duties for their team, including undertaking relevant Performance Management and People Review activities.
  • Travel when required to other sites across the country.
  • Occasional weekend/bank holiday cover for any major commissionings.
  • Comply with and undertake all relevant Environment, Health, and Safety measures and activities.

About You

We value passion and attitude over experience. That's why we don't expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we've listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

  • Extensive experience in a project planning/scheduling role, including resource and cost-loading/forecasting.
  • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
  • Ability to communicate well and build relationships.
  • Extensive experience and expert knowledge of Primavera P6 Planning Software.
  • Ability to persuade and influence others.
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Educated to at least A-Level standard.
  • Knowledge and experience of working in a business process environment with an emphasis on project delivery (Contractor side).
  • Understanding and experience of Earned Value Management, SPI & CPI.
  • Knowledge and experience of the Rail Industry.

Desirable

  • Educated to degree level.
  • Knowledge and experience of Rail Signalling.
  • Demonstrable people management skills and experience.
  • Expert knowledge of MS Excel.
  • Extensive experience of Earned Value Management.
  • Experience of Primavera Risk/Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (QSRA).

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