Planning Engineer / Senior Planning Engineer

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Project Planner to join their Project Controls team. This role involves supporting high-profile construction projects across the Life Sciences and Data Centre sectors, ensuring successful delivery through effective planning and performance analysis. You will be instrumental in identifying trends, managing costs, and leading change management processes while collaborating with a dynamic team. If you are passionate about project management and want to contribute to significant projects that impact the industry, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a company that values innovation and work-life balance, and be part of a diverse and inclusive environment where your contributions matter.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Health and wellness programs

Opportunities for professional development

Inclusive workplace culture

Qualifications

• Experience in project controls within life sciences or data centres is essential.
• Degree educated with industry experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Support major construction projects with performance reporting and analysis.
• Lead planning sessions and coordinate with clients to compile schedules.

Skills

Project Controls Management

Earned Value Management (EVM)

Change Management

Risk Management

Planning

Communication Skills

Education

Degree in relevant field

Tools

Oracle Primavera

MS Project

Excel

PRISM

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Client:

Turner & Townsend

Location:

London, United Kingdom

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

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Posted:

13.04.2025

Expiry Date:

28.05.2025

Job Description:

We are currently recruiting for a Project Planner to undertake duties within our Project Controls team, supporting major construction projects across the Life Sciences / Pharma / Data Centre sectors.

The Project Planner will work as part of our Project Controls team on high profile construction projects throughout the UK and Europe, providing performance reporting and analysis support. This may be part of a large team or as the key day-to-day contact point with the client. Key activities include:

• Identify trends and root causes of deviations against the baseline using lead and lag indicators, recommend remedial actions to drive best value for the client.
• Lead the evaluation of the project's time, cost, and quality targets, applying governance controls as necessary to enable the successful delivery of the project.
• Cooperate with a remote team of cost managers responsible for reaching an agreed, market tested cost baseline and ensuring the client is receiving value for money.
• Guide and influence the general contractor, ensuring they are progressing in line with the schedule and within agreed cash flow parameters.
• Act as the key point of contact to the client overcoming delivery and commercial issues whilst preparing formal and ad hoc reports focusing on time, cost and quality targets.
• Control costs with your knowledge of conceptual estimating, funding stage gates, basic contingency principles, procurement principles.
• Create and/or work within a cost report, summarizing financials in an executive level dashboard.
• Understand change management principles, lead agreed change management process and workflow, providing a platform for adding/tracking/monitoring/approving change.
• Coordinate and lead planning sessions and workshops with clients and vendors to compile the master project/programme schedule, agreeing baselines and a critical path.
• Understand procurement principles, collate lead times from vendors and client into the master schedule communicate the prioritisation of ordering materials and equipment to meet scheduled install dates.
• Work closely with the client to define vendor schedule requirements.
• Actively participate in project team risk evaluations, incorporating the defined risks into Monte Carlo to output quantitative impacts to the overall project cost and schedule.
• Work closely with the project team to stay informed on status of project changes, incorporating and communicating these to the project team to allow for approvals in the change management process.
• Hold vendors accountable for required schedule updates and reporting to maintain timely and accurate updates of the master schedule ensuring that the schedules adhere to the defined process and quality expectations.

Qualifications:

• Previous experience working in a project controls environment within the life sciences, pharmaceutical or data centre sectors is required, as is experience in at least one of the following: Programme Controls Management, Earned Value (EVM), Change & Risk Management, Planning, Project Controls and or PMO.
• Applicants will ideally be degree educated, with previous industry & sector experience being essential.
• Previous experience of the following tools (or one of) is also required: Oracle Primavera, MS Project, Excel, PRISM (Cost Management System).
• Applicants will also require excellent written and verbal communication skills, be rigorous in following documented processes and governance and be able to demonstrate the ability to innovate in creative ways to meet the challenges of the changing project environment.

Additional Information:

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com

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