Planning Manager

Fusion People Ltd; Morley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Planning Manager for a 1-year contract in Leeds. This role involves leading the planning of a new rail depot, maintaining schedules, and identifying critical issues. Successful candidates will have extensive experience in rail civils projects and be proficient in Primavera P6. Collaboration across teams and effective risk management are crucial aspects of the role.

Qualifications

• Significant experience planning rail civils and structures projects.
• Extensive experience with large-scale civil engineering projects.
• Full project lifecycle experience, especially in design and build.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain realistic schedules for the project.
• Identify critical issues and propose effective solutions.
• Contribute to the risk register and schedule risk analysis.

Skills

Planning rail civils and structures projects

Using Primavera P6

Clear communication

Tools

Primavera P6

NEC forms of contracts

Job description

Planning Manager

Leeds

1 year contract

700 / day PAYE (Inside IR35)

Responsibilities

A Planning Manager is required to join a tier-1 civils contractor on a 1-year contract in Leeds. As a Planning Manager, you will be responsible for working on a large-scale rail project, leading the planning of the design and construction of a new rail depot. Responsibilities include establishing and maintaining realistic schedules, identifying critical issues, proposing effective solutions, collaborating across disciplines, sub-contractors and planners to develop and revise the delivery programme, and establishing and maintaining periodic progress reporting, contributing insights, identifying issues, risks and proposing actionable solutions. You will also be contributing to the risk register and schedule risk analysis as well as the formal identification, impact assessment and notification of programme change.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will have significant experience planning rail civils and structures projects using Primavera P6, have extensive experience of Civil Engineering and/or Construction projects with a proven track record of delivering large-scale civil structures with a Tier 1 contractor, and have working knowledge of NEC forms of contracts. You will be a clear communicator, skilled in building relationships, thrive in large, fast-paced, multi-discipline teams, and be capable of identifying, challenging and articulating issues and solutions that impact project outcomes. The ideal candidate will have full project lifecycle experience, particularly design and build within large-scale rail and structure projects.

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