Planning Manager

Hitachi Rail; Ballerup; Hybrid; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Pension

6 weeks holidays

Canteen

Job summary

Hitachi Rail is seeking a Planning Manager to oversee the integrated master schedule for complex infrastructure projects. The role requires coordinating cross-project activities, managing critical paths and ensuring alignment with governance models.

The successful candidate will master Primavera P6 or Oracle Primavera Cloud, analyze schedule risk, and liaise with PMO, engineering, procurement, and risk teams. A hybrid working pattern (40/60 home/office) is offered along with pension and holidays.

Qualifications

• 5+ years on complex infrastructure planning.
• Expertise in Primavera P6 or Oracle Primavera Cloud.
• Experience with railway access constraints, engineering/procurement integration and commissioning planning.
• Ability to communicate schedule risk to both technical teams and executives.
• Strong interface with risk and change processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the integrated master schedule, critical path, milestone logic, progress measurement rules and schedule basis documents.
• Collect progress from work packages and suppliers, challenge forecast optimism and convert slippage into recovery options.
• Integrate customer review periods, site access windows, procurement lead times, FAT/SAT activities, commissioning windows and handover dependencies.
• Provide schedule impact analysis for variations, claims, access constraints, design changes and supplier delays.
• Report float consumption, critical risks, lookahead constraints and recovery-plan effectiveness to Governance forums.
• Owns integrated schedule and schedule updates within approved logic; drive re-planning and mitigation.

Skills

Primavera P6

Critical path

Schedule risk

Infrastructure planning

Stakeholder management

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Job Description

Planning Manager

About The Role

Planning Manager supports cross-Project coordination, milestone synchronisation, escalation and acceptance preparation. It supports Hitachi’s obligation to define, plan, manage and carry out the Design and Implementation Period and to adhere to the Contract Management and Governance Model. Its specific contribution is to develop and maintain integrated schedule; critical path analysis; look-aheads; resource logic support; acceptance planning support.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the integrated master schedule, critical path, milestone logic, progress measurement rules and schedule basis documents.
• Collect progress from work packages and suppliers, challenge forecast optimism and convert slippage into recovery options.
• Integrate customer review periods, site access windows, procurement lead times, FAT/SAT activities, commissioning windows and handover dependencies.
• Provide schedule impact analysis for variations, claims, access constraints, design changes and supplier delays.
• Report float consumption, critical risks, lookahead constraints and recovery-plan effectiveness to Governance forums.
• Apply the Hitachi Code of Conduct in role-specific decisions, including ethical escalation, anti-bribery discipline, confidentiality, data protection, fair supplier/customer conduct and transparent records.
• Acceptance planning support.
• Owns integrated schedule and schedule updates within approved logic.
• Can drive re-planning and propose mitigation.
• Escalates critical-path or milestone threats.

Key Interfaces

• Project Manager, PMO, VO/Claims/Change Manager, Contract Manager, Finance Controller and Risk Manager.
• Engineering, Work Package Leaders, Supply Chain, Procurement, Implementation, IVVQ, T&C and O&M readiness teams.
• Customer planners and key suppliers/subcontractors.
• Risks & Opportunities Manager.
• Schedule reviews.

Authority & Accountability

• Accountable for schedule quality, baseline integrity, progress logic and transparent forecast reporting.
• Authorised to challenge progress claims, request recovery plans and elevate unrealistic or unsupported dates.
• Cannot change contractual milestones alone; recommends baseline or milestone changes through Project Governance.

Mandate

Provide schedule intelligence that enables proactive Project control, credible reporting and defensible commercial positions.

Skills & Experience

• Expertise in Primavera P6 or Oracle Primavera Cloud and critical-path methodology.
• Experience with railway access constraints, engineering/procurement integration and commissioning planning.
• Ability to communicate schedule risk to both technical teams and executives.
• Resilience and resistance to stress during schedule recovery, claims analysis and milestone pressure.
• Analytical rigour, persistence and constructive challenge.
• More than 5 years on complex infrastructure planning.
• Strong interface with risk and change processes.

Working in Hitachi

Our employees are our most important asset and we provide an environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance and we offer a flexible hybrid work environment based on Working from home and office presence (40/60). Your manager will interact with you on a regular basis, ensuring you a career path that suits your needs and ambitions. Beside the traditional benefits like pension, 6 weeks of holidays, canteen etc., we also are proud of offering some good and very professional skilled colleagues.

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.