Senior Project Planner

AtkinsRéalis

  • Leatherhead, Surrey
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Job DescriptionBe trusted to make great things happen.Are you ready to take up a vital role in shaping some of our exciting projects? How about joining our talented team, where everyone has a voice, and together we face our clients' problems head-on. It's a diverse and inclusive work environment where world-class talent knows no distinctions.We know that different people have different priorities, which is why we're here to support you. Flexible and remote working is a central part of our culture. So, talk to us about what's ideal for you – from reduced weeks to buying more leave over school holidays. And if you're returning from a career break, ask us how we can help you transition back into work with us.AtkinsRéalis, Balfour Beatty and Egis Road Operations UK are part of a consortium, creating Connect Plus Services, a unique partnership with a collective strength in highways asset care from finance, through to design, build, maintenance as well as day to day operation.As part of our 30-year remit to manage and improve the capital’s orbital motorway network, we deliver major improvement projects, such as widening 38 miles of the M25, refurbishing tunnels and bridges, and installing hundreds of variable messaging signs and gantries, helping to maximise the use of the network and deliver more reliable journeys.Connect Plus services are seeking to appoint a Street Lighting Engineer to join our team on the M25 DBFO project. This position involves undertaking design projects, managing timelines and external consultants, and ensuring effective communication among team members, the supply chain and internal and external stakeholders.This role is central to creating, maintaining and communicating project delivery schedules using specialist planning tools (including MS Project and Primavera P6) to ensure that projects are delivered on time.The Senior Project Planner will work closely with Portfolio Managers and their teams to produce accurate and reliable project schedules. They will also produce regular reports showing progress compared to agreed baselines, showing reasons for deviation.An important part of this role is also to support the Commercial team in assessing the impact of Compensation Events under the NEC contract. Using the project schedule, they will make assessments of changes, including Extensions of Time and communicate clearly and in an evidence-based manner on the results of this analysis.Your Purpose:
  • Set up projects in the planning system according to standard WBS codes and the Enterprise Project Structure (EPS).
  • Establish a delivery baseline for the project as follows: Initial baseline – based on AMFP (Renewals), Linear / Structural Inspections or HE agreed dates (Improvements).
  • Create new baselines as necessary to monitor and report performance.
  • Ensure the monthly cost forecast and programme schedule align and the delivery assumptions in both the commercial forecast and schedule forecast are matching.
  • Progress the programme on a monthly basis using information and reports from site, as well as contractor applications/reports/progress updates – query any discrepancies as necessary with the Project Manager.
  • Provide the Project Manager with (at least) a monthly update of the delivery programme in an agreed format.
  • Provide summary management information on programme performance by project/programme/portfolio.
  • Review contractor programmes (as a requirement of the NEC contract) for completeness/accuracy/functionality and feed comments back to the Project Manager for action with the Contractor.
  • Undertake programme assessments of Compensation Events on behalf of the Project Manager, advising on any valid Extensions of Time, together with providing clear evidence to support decisions and commercial discussions.
  • Analyse schedule information for trends and issues – for example, trends in late achievement of project stages, overall delivery predictability.
  • Use the schedule information to create schedule benchmarks for future projects from previous actual schedule data.
  • Ensure that common coding structures are applied throughout the programme to allow reporting.
What you can bring:
  • Educated to A-level standard or equivalent, preferably including mathematics or technically-base subjects.
  • Experienced in the use of project planning and scheduling software (such as Primavera P6 or MS Project).
  • Experience of working with NEC contracts preferred.
  • Experience of working in a multi-stakeholder environment.
  • Knowledge and experience of handling large volumes of data with the ability to summarise key points and trends.
  • Highly organised and able to handle many ongoing priorities without impact on outputs.
Why work for AtkinsRéalis?Our Transportation teams are reinventing transport for a challenging yet exciting future. We're creating new ideas and smart solutions for cities, people and the environment. You'll be working alongside some of the top people in our industry, solving challenges that bring together traditional engineering and new technologies. As part of our organisation, you'll be in a privileged position, delivering what's right for governments and communities. You'll be helping us to improve our leading environmental performance while enabling others to do the same.Security clearance:This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.#LI-UK#LI-ATKINS #LI-Transportation#CPSJobWorker Type EmployeeJob Type RegularAt AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

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