Area Planning Lead

Pro-Finance; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Pro-Finance invites applications for an Area Planning Lead in London. You will oversee a team of seven planners, manage large-scale area programmes, and ensure schedules align with cost and risk controls, guiding interfaces with Rail authorities and government bodies.

You will apply Primavera P6 standards, lead on What-If analyses, and report performance while growing the planning function within a major European transport programme.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of planning systems, processes and procedures across large complex programmes.
• Knowledge of Schedule, Cost, Change and Risk Management and their inter-dependencies.
• Experience delivering a senior planning role in a complex delivery project.
• Experience in baseline management, schedule management, cost performance and reporting.
• Experience of re-baselining, funding approval or major contract implementation.
• Leadership of teams and performance management.
• Experience of NEC contracts and related workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead on the integration of the P6 programme from an Area perspective and act as key contact to stakeholders.
• Lead liaison with Network Rail, TfL and DfT.
• Coordinate interfaces to ensure alignment of schedules and change processes.
• Provide insight on past and future performance and produce reports.
• Correlate schedule, cost and risk through integrated solutions.
• Lead What-If scenario planning and provide integrated solutions to programme conflicts.
• Direct the Planning Team, set objectives, and review performance.
• Support Baseline management and head of planning in objectives and best practice sharing.
• Collaborate with project delivery teams and external stakeholders to integrate time, cost and quality data.

Skills

Schedule management

Cost management

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

NEC contract experience

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Area Planning Lead £100,000 - £120,000 + Benefits Permanent London

For the largest and most exciting transport projects in Europe, we are recruiting an Area Planning Lead. Leading a team of 7 Planning staff, and reporting to the Head of Planning and Integration, the Area Planning Lead will lead on project time evaluation for a large area programme of works, lead on interface management, cultivate external and internal stakeholder relationships, and correlate cost and risk assessments. This role will lead the application of project planning systems (P6) planning policies and standards to ensure compliance.

Main Duties:

• Lead on the integration of the P6 programme from an Area perspective, acting as key contact to all stakeholders
• Lead on liaising and collaboration with Network Rail, TfL and DfT
• Collaborate with Heads of Function, ensuring schedule interfaces are managed before schedules supporting and driving the change processes to ensure alignment is maintained
• Provide insight on past and future performance, identifying trends and mitigation, providing performance reporting
• Correlate schedule, cost and risk assessment through integrated solutions
• Lead in What-If scenario planning, providing integrated solutions to programme conflicts
• Leadership of the Planning Team, setting objectives, and reviewing performance
• Support the Head of Planning and Integration in Baseline management
• Collaborate with project delivery teams, external stakeholders, to integrate all time, cost and quality information
• Support the Head of Planning and Project Controls in leading the planners in setting objectives, reviewing performance and sharing best practice

Person Specification:

• Expert knowledge of planning systems, processes and procedures across large complex programmes
• Knowledge of Schedule Management, Cost Management, Change Management, and Risk Management and their inter-dependencies
• NEC contract, amendments, early warning notices and workflows between contractor and client
• Experience of delivering a senior planning role in a complex delivery project
• Experience in baseline management, schedule management, cost performance, change management, risk management and performance reporting
• Experience of re-baselining, funding approval or major contract implementation
• Leadership of teams, and performance management
• Experience of Primavera P6

As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.