Job Summary

The Senior Planner establishes and maintains the overall time plan for the Euston Project and monitors and reports performance against it.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain a robust and realistic integrated master schedule for the Euston Project highlighting critical milestones relating to key activities, deliverables and interfaces.
• Clarify and maintain the visibility of programme interface requirements and dependencies; ensure that responsibilities for the management of interfaces are clearly assigned and understood.
• Collate regular and ad-hoc reports for the Project SLT to provide a timely overview of programme time performance on an exception basis.
• Develop and present regular forecasts of anticipated milestone achievements and use EVA techniques to measure trends and maintain an up-to-date view of the expected completion date for the Project as a whole; recommend Project level actions where appropriate to mitigate potential time over-runs.
• Provide advice and guidance to the project delivery team in the reviewing and challenging where appropriate sub-contractors programmes.
• Ensure that adequate, time provision is included in individual project schedules to allow for overall Programme integration.
• Ensure the effective management of the time contingency built into the Programme for programme level risks to ensure that contingency allowances reflect the current programme position.
• Establish Programme level commissioning and testing schedules taking account of project interfaces and planned completion schedules.
• Ensure consistency of planning techniques and the use of common WBS at all levels of the project.

Values and Cultural Fit

Leadership: Using innovation and challenge to lead by example

Respect: Understanding others, recognising their value and behaving accordingly

Safety: Caring for our workforce, or passengers and the public by creating an environment where no one gets hurt

Integrity: Acting fairly, transparently and consistently

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Person Specification 

The key technical competencies required to perform the role well are outlined below. 

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Expert knowledge of construction techniques methods and durations

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Very strong understanding of techniques for project planning control and other facets of project control

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Expert knowledge of Primavera and similar planning software

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Strong knowledge of integrated project planning

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Expert knowledge of EVA techniques

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Ability to use schedule risk modelling software such as Pertmaster

The key behavioural competencies required to perform the role well are outlined below. 

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Strong team leader

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Strong attention to detail and the ability to “deep dive” into planning

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Comfortable with presenting at senior level

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Able to present facts clearly and simply

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Able to collaborate effectively with others to develop integrated programmes

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Ability to mentor and train subordinate staff

Qualifications, Certifications and Experience required

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Relevant experience of project planning

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Significant past experience of large projects

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MAPM of formal PM/ Project controls qualification.

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Experience in the railway environment.