Programme Planner

First Recruitment Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

First Recruitment Group in the United Kingdom is seeking a Programme Planner to lead scheduling on major infrastructure projects at Heathrow on a contract basis. You will prepare and maintain project schedules, resource plans, and staffing utilisation, aligning execution plans with milestones and client expectations.

The role requires strong experience in planning controls, knowledge of Primavera and Microsoft Project, and the ability to analyse trends, risks, and performance data to support

Qualifications

• Experience in planning, scheduling, and performance monitoring in office and site environments.
• Strong knowledge of project controls, planning, scheduling, and cost engineering principles.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient with Primavera and Microsoft Project.

Responsibilities

• Prepare project schedules, resource plans, and staffing utilisation plans.
• Develop, maintain, monitor, and analyse project schedules and performance data.
• Support project controls, planning, scheduling, cost engineering, and reporting activities.
• Ensure project scope, milestones, and schedules are accurately reflected and aligned.
• Provide schedule, resource, manpower, cost, and performance analysis.
• Identify schedule risks, critical path activities, trends, and mitigation opportunities.
• Develop and monitor short-term engineering and construction schedules.
• Review schedule deviations and propose corrective actions.

Skills

Planning & scheduling

Written and verbal communication

Microsoft Office

Tools

Primavera

Microsoft Project

Job description

Take the Lead on Major Infrastructure Projects with a Career-Defining Planning Opportunity!

Our Client has a requirement for a Programme Planner, who will be required to work on a contract basis in Heathrow.

Role Purpose:

• Prepare project control plans and detailed staffing utilisation plans for project activities.
• Develop, maintain, monitor, and analyse project schedules and performance data.
• Support project controls, planning, scheduling, cost engineering, and reporting activities.
• Ensure project scope, execution plans, milestones, and schedules are accurately reflected and aligned.
• Provide schedule, resource, manpower, cost, and performance analysis to support project delivery.
• Identify schedule risks, critical path activities, trends, and mitigation opportunities.
• Support the implementation of project controls tools, standards, procedures, and reporting systems.

Job Role Responsibilities:

• Prepare and maintain project schedules, resource plans, and staffing utilisation plans.
• Assist in producing schedule data for proposals and contract negotiations.
• Integrate interdisciplinary schedule requirements and establish logical work sequences.
• Develop activity durations, quantity release curves, installation curves, and labour expenditure forecasts.
• Perform quantity, manpower, cost resource loading, and schedule performance monitoring.
• Support cost trend analysis, forecasting, reporting, and change management activities.
• Analyse schedule and project controls data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Determine critical path activities and monitor schedule performance against project milestones.
• Develop and monitor short-term engineering and construction schedules.
• Review schedule deviations and recommend corrective actions and recovery plans.
• Prepare schedule commentary and progress reporting documentation.
• Provide technical guidance and operational direction to assigned personnel.
• Maintain effective working relationships with project managers, discipline leads, and project stakeholders.
• Review project controls information and reports for technical accuracy prior to issue.
• Support the selection and implementation of project controls systems and tools.
• Prepare and present planning, scheduling, cost engineering, and estimating information to management and clients.
• Develop performance measurement systems and analyse project metrics using statistical methods.
• Support the development of project controls standards, procedures, and historical data records.
• Supervise cost estimating, budgeting, monitoring, reporting, and cost analysis activities.
• Monitor overall project schedule performance and recommend improvements where required.

Experience / Skills / Knowledge / Qualifications:

• Experience performing, monitoring, and reviewing planning and scheduling functions, including schedule development, control, and analysis in both office and site environments.
• Strong knowledge of project controls, planning, scheduling, and cost engineering principles.
• Skilled in both written and verbal communication.
• Proficient in PC operating systems and Microsoft Office applications.
• Experience using planning and scheduling software such as Primavera and Microsoft Project.
• Ability to analyse schedule, cost, resource, and performance data to support project delivery.
• Knowledge of engineering and construction management practices gained through practical experience or specialised training (desirable).
• Understanding of current industry standards, techniques, and developments (desirable).

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