Principal Project Planner - Manchester or York/Hybrid

Resourgenix Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading project management firm in the UK seeks a Principal Project Planner to oversee the Transpennine Route Upgrade project. The successful candidate will have strong communication skills, experience in managing engineering projects, and knowledge of railway principles. Essential qualifications include membership in a relevant professional body and expertise in planning software. This is a key role in improving the railway infrastructure across the North of England.

Qualifications

• Membership of a relevant professional body or established CPD to attain membership.
• Experience in management, planning and delivery of major construction projects.
• Expertise in project resource management.

Skills

Strong communications skills

Leadership of teams

Simplifying complex programmes

Stakeholder management

Information technology user skills

Education

Educated to 'A' level standard in mathematics or IT

Tools

Proprietary software planning/scheduling tools

Job description

Overview

Job Summary: Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is a programme of activities that is improving the railway between York and Manchester via Leeds and Huddersfield.

Stretching across the North of England between York and Manchester, this key 76-mile Transpennine railway serves 23 stations, crosses over and dips under 285 bridges and viaducts, passes through six miles of tunnels and crosses over 29 level crossings. It is the largest railway upgrade in the country. The programme runs across multiple control periods and will deliver transformational changes to the current railway.

Role

Principal Project Planner

Criteria Specific for the Role

• Strong communications skills, able to explain planning and scheduling outputs to non-planning personnel.
• Demonstrate leadership of teams and developing others.
• Examples of simplifying complex / detailed programme for reporting purposes.
• Understanding of railway design and delivery principles.
• Experience in stakeholder management.
• Understanding of railway access principles, experience in reading Railway Access box plans alongside schedules.

Essential

• Membership of a relevant professional body and/or have a CPD established to attain membership.
• Relevant successful experience in the management, planning and delivery of major construction/engineering projects.
• Relevant successful experience of proprietary software planning/scheduling tools.
• Previous knowledge and expertise within the field of project resource management.
• Good communication skills at all levels and a team player.
• Good information technology user skills.

Desirable

• Knowledge of/experience in rail processes and systems.
• Knowledge of/experience in the UK rail industry.

Educated to "A" level standard in a mathematics or information technology-related topic.