Principal/Associate P6 Planning Engineer/Manager (Water & Environment)

WSP; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in Birmingham is seeking a Principal or Associate P6 Planning Engineer/Manager to lead project scheduling and planning efforts. You will collaborate with teams and clients, leveraging scheduling software like Oracle Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project. The ideal candidate has a degree in engineering, strong attention to detail, and a proven track record in planning water/environment projects. Hybrid working is supported with a focus on staff development.

Qualifications

• Proven track-record of planning UK Water/Environment projects.
• Experience with project lifecycle programme development.
• Awareness of NEC programme clauses and assessment of delays.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver planning & scheduling requirements on projects.
• Develop integrated schedules and manage project deliverables.
• Mentor staff and ensure effective delivery through hybrid working.

Skills

Planning & scheduling

Collaboration

Oracle Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Detail-oriented

Education

Degree in engineering or construction

Tools

Oracle Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

Description

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A little more about your role…

Meeting the requirements of a Principal or an Associate P6 Planning Engineer/Manager grade and having a proven track record in successfully planning & scheduling projects through collaborative teamwork and in line with client and project team expectations.

• To lead, manage and deliver the planning & scheduling requirements on one or more projects, workstreams or a major programme
• Working collaboratively and communicating with project teams, functional disciplines and WSP clients, to ensure that all stakeholders and functions contribute to the scheduling of project deliverables, the definition of the critical path and the assessment of schedule progress and forecast dates
• Developing integrated schedules, utilising scope information, schedule dependencies and project control information from multiple information sources
• Reviewing and assurance of third‑party schedules, including critical path/float analysis & the documentation of recommendations
• Able to work collaboratively and communicate using initiative with minimal supervision, with responsibility for the technical quality aspects of their discipline
• Mentoring of staff and people management opportunities for some specific roles
• To ensure effective delivery we utilise WSP offices and client office locations, actively supporting hybrid working at offices for a minimum of 3 days a week to help collaboration with colleagues and clients

Your Team

• You will be part of our wider Project Management and Commercial Management Team (PMCM), made up of over 400 professionals across the UK and sit within our Programme Solutions Group. Your future development will be actively supported through development conversations and with access to WSP’s full range of training, development tools and resources
• The Planning roles will report to one of our Regional UK Planning Managers in a WSP local office and be accountable to the relevant WSP Project Director who leads the client commission
• Planning & Scheduling is part of the wider Programme Solutions service line which comprises the wider disciplines of Project Controls, Risk Management, PMO and Digital services

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

• A proven track‑record of planning & scheduling a variety of UK Water/Environment type projects
• The skills to collaborate and engage with clients, partners and design team members in detailed planning discussions, co‑ordination and also within workshops
• Developing and managing project/programme schedules from first principals and scope descriptions, using Oracle Primavera P6, Microsoft Project and other scheduling software
• Project lifecycle programme development experience (incl. Design, Planning Consents, Procurement, Commissioning and Construction)
• Familiarity with resource/cost loading of schedules and combined with EVM knowledge and its application
• A strong awareness of NEC programme clauses, the assessment of delays and what‑if scenarios
• An attention to detail with the ability to produce a programme narrative and a plan on a page
• A wider interest in developing and sharing planning & control best practice
• Hold a relevant degree in an engineering or construction related discipline, similar higher education and appropriate project management /APM qualifications

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

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