Programme Planner

ZipRecruiter; Ellesmere Port; Remote; GBP 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent waterway management organization is seeking a Programme Planner to manage project delivery across the Northwest canal network. Candidates should have strong project planning experience, excellent stakeholder management skills, and relevant qualifications. The role includes remote work with required travel for site visits and team collaboration. Competitive salary and benefits package offered.

Benefits

25 days paid holiday

Flexible working arrangements

Annual personal learning award

Free access to counselling services

Volunteer leave

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in project planning on complex projects within engineering or maintenance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including formal presentations.
• Full and valid UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Establish, maintain, and deliver programmes of works for Northwest region.
• Manage changes to the work programme through a change control process.
• Ensure safety in all activities.

Skills

Project planning

Stakeholder management

Team collaboration

Budget management

Education

Degree level/HND in relevant subject

APM Project Management Qualification

Prince2

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office 365

Microsoft Project

Job description

Job Description

JobTitle: Programme Planner (North West canal network coverage)

AdvertisedSalary: £40,838 + benefits

Location: Remote, with regular travel across our network required.

Our role & opportunity

Our Infrastructure and Programmes Directorate, Programme Planning Team, are looking for a new Programme Planner to join their team.

Your focus will be to establish, maintain & deliver programmes of works for our Northwest region. Working closely with our team of Programme Planners and Scheduling Team, you will be working closely to ensure that programme objectives are delivered in our Construction (Direct Services) team(s).

Whilst the nature of programme planning is all about looking ahead and ensuring effective planning of works to optimise budget and resources, we also expect that every day unscheduled urgent tasks arrive and we need to assess and prioritise those activities alongside our planned works to ensure our accessibility of our waterways and safety of our users/visitors.

Location & coverage

This Programme Planner vacancy will be offered on a remote working basis, with a requirement to attend our main hub spaces as and when required for team working and collaborative meetings. Travel throughout the regional waterway network will also be expected to enable site visits and to help conduct improvements.

Relevant Hubs include: Burnley, Ellesmere Port & Stoke on Trent.

About the role

You will work closely and build relationships with teams where you will be given the opportunity to really make a difference; aiding continuous improvement and helping to shape the Trust's vision into the future.

About you

We are looking for someone who can see the bigger picture for our internal teams, customers and visitors. You will be collaborative by nature and will partner successfully with teams who may have different priorities to agree the right programme for delivery.

Key accountabilities:

• Prepare, monitor and update asset maintenance, repair and renewal work delivery programmes and financial plans.
• To review and optimise the work programme to maximise efficiencies.
• Provide optimum visibility of the delivery programme, and any changes that arise, to key stakeholders through the availability, maintenance, and implementation of communications to satisfy their differing needs.
• Maintain effective programme performance and output monitoring and reporting to ensure planned objectives are met and any variances to plan are reported appropriately.
• Stoppage delivery programme, preparation, consultation and change management.
• Effectively manage changes to the work programme through application of a change control process.
• Work closely with the team of schedulers to enable work to be scheduled and dispatched in a timely manner to operatives and contractors.
• Review and feedback programme performance to internal stakeholders and customers and communicate lessons learned to improve future performance.
• Work safely ensuring the safety of others and contribute to safe working in all activities.

Qualifications and attainments:

• Educated to degree level/HND or equivalent in a relevant subject or able to demonstrate relevant equivalent experience
• Project/Programme Management accreditation/qualification i.e. APM Project Management Qualification, Managing Successful Programmes (MSP), Prince2.

Technical:

• Substantial experience in project planning on complex projects within the engineering or asset maintenance sector.
• Comprehensive experience of SAP particularly in the Logistics, Accounting and Information System modules.
• Practical experience of programme/schedule management in the civil engineering or asset maintenance sector.

Experience:

• Some leadership skills with the ability to empower and inspire others.
• Ability to manage stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence.
• Proficient in the use of a personal computer and business applications software e.g. Microsoft Office 365 suite & Microsoft Project.
• Budgetary awareness with the ability to forecast costs and assess variance against budget on a regular basis.
• Excellent standard of written and verbal communication including experience in making formal presentations in programme management subjects.
• Full and valid UK driving licence.

Safety:

In all roles we expect our colleagues to comply with Canal & River Trust Health & Safety policy and defined standards, report incidents, accidents and near misses.

Safeguarding

To be aware of your own responsibilities regarding safeguarding and to support our commitment to providing safe environments and working practises that promote and protect the safety and welfare of children, people and adults at risk at all times

What we offer

In addition to your salary of £40,838, you will benefit from a competitive contributory DC Pension scheme arrangement, great holiday entitlement and numerous other employee benefits, including several salary sacrifice benefits.

• 25 days paid holiday, plus paid Bank Holidays, increasing to 27 days plus Bank Holidays after 3 years
• Home working status with ‘hub’ facilities available if a need to work outside of home – flexibility. Monday to Friday working, no weekend working.
• Annual £200 personal learning & growth award to spend on any learning related activity – hobbies; aspirations etc.
• Free access to specialist counselling on a range of issues – health; financial; lifestyle; well-being; domestic & neighbourly matters.
• Access to a range of employee benefits including – store discounts; boating holiday discounts; holiday purchase scheme.
• 2 days paid volunteering leave, volunteering for local community project work.