Project Controls - Senior Planner

Gleeds Corporate Services Ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Gleeds is looking for a Senior Planner to join their UK Infrastructure team in London. This role involves utilizing best practices in schedule management while supporting project controls across various sectors including Rail and Utilities. Successful candidates will possess relevant qualifications, strong planning skills, and a commitment to delivering on major projects, all within a collaborative and dynamic consultancy environment.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Flexible working arrangements

Employee Assistance Programme

Networking opportunities

Career development through training

Qualifications

• Experience in project controls within a consultancy.
• Strong user of Primavera P6 for planning and scheduling.
• Background in Quantity Surveying or Engineering preferred.

Responsibilities

• Undertake rolling wave planning and resource loading.
• Create and track plans, perform risk exploration.
• Ensure understanding of network logic and critical paths.

Skills

Planning

Project Controls

Scheduling

Risk Management

Education

HNC, HND, or Degree in Quantity Surveying / Cost Management

Professional membership of APM, RICS, CIOB

Tools

Primavera P6

Asta Powerproject

MS Project

Excel

Job description

About The Role

Project Controls - Senior Planner

• Sector - UK Infrastructure
• Location - London
• Permanent
• Full time with flexible core hours

About this opportunity:

Gleeds is a leading global property and construction consultancy. Independent since 1885, we are proud to deliver award-winning projects around the world. We are a proud to say that we have been certified as a “Great Place to Work” which further acknowledges that we put our people at the heart of everything we do.

The Gleeds Infrastructure team currently are busy working across Infrastructure sectors such as Rail, Highways, Utilities, Aviation and Ports providing Programme Management, Cost Management and Project controls services to our clients.

The Infrastructure team is a people focused team with the drive to be:

• Great place to work - attracting and developing the best talent, that represents the diverse society we work within.
• Investing in and supporting our people in their chosen careers and providing opportunities.

As well as this you will support the growth of our Project Controls function both internally and externally applying best practice principles into all schedule management activities, including efficient methodology planning, baseline / forecast control, progress reporting, schedule updates, forecast to complete, resource loading, and risk & opportunity.

Your day to day could look involve:

• Undertake “rolling wave” planning & resource loading for assigned project & work scopes
• Utilising team inputs creates and tracks plans and schedules, performs risk exploration.
• Responsible for detailed schedule exploration of network logic and critical path
• Works with cross functional Program Teams to resolve critical path and network conflicts.
• Performs "what if" scenarios for employee program management teams
• Performs schedule variance exploration by comparing baseline to schedule.
• Performs earned value exploration in support of assigned programs or projects.
• Ensures management understanding of network logic, Gantt, milestone lists, and resource information in the schedule.
• Develop and maintain scheduling procedures for assigned programs
• Utilise Gantt, PERT, milestone charts, earned value management and other project management techniques to gauge progress and identify performance variances to facilitate focus and intervention on critical areas.
• Ensures major projects and program schedules and plans are integrated across company functional groups including finance, engineering, material, manufacturing, and quality.

However, in the consultancy world, no two days are the same! We are a flexible team that support each other’s projects as well as getting in involved with wider business activities and we believe that variety is key to your development.

About You

Experience:

• Previous major projects experience and be able to provide support and guidance across multiple live projects as well as contribute to tender programmes.
• Experience within project controls with a focus on planning ideally within a consultancy.
• Experience in Primavera P6, with experience in Asta Powerproject and MSP beneficial.
• Strong Excel competence to produce dashboards & supporting data visualization to P6 programmes.

Qualifications:

• Applicants should ideally be HNC, HND or Degree qualified in a Quantity Surveying / Cost Management, Construction Law, or similar / relevant discipline, or in some case applicants with an alternative background (e.g.: Engineering) may be considered.
• Professional qualifications and/or membership of the APM, RICS, CIOB, CICES, CIPS or other relevant Chartered Institute are desirable, and will be supported if not already attained.

What we can offer you:

• Clear opportunities to develop and grow your career through training and further qualifications
• Fantastic networking opportunities to grow your personal brand and expand your understanding of the industry
• Generous holiday allowance plus the option to purchase additional days through the holiday purchase scheme.
• Highly competitive salary and the opportunity to increase this through continuous reviews
• Employee Assistance Programme to ensure your health and personal well-being comes first
• Our global travel scholarship programme gives you the unique opportunity to gain global experience
• Flexible working arrangements to ensure you have a healthy work-life balance
• Volunteering opportunities to engage with your local community or charitable organisations
• Unparalleled support from central teams and a company that is recognised as a Great Place to Work

About Us

A world of opportunity

Gleeds is a place to be part of something bigger. We take pride in our diverse and supportive culture that empowers you to make a difference while creating connections with brilliant people – colleagues and clients alike. Enjoy doing work that shapes our collective future, while steering your own journey in a trusting environment. Benefit from our rich heritage and global opportunities as you construct a career with purpose.

With over 75 offices across the globe, you’ll become part of a truly global team that isn’t restricted by borders. We welcome new perspectives and ideas but above all, we believe that quality relationships sit at the heart of good business. We strive to be the people that seek to understand and bring people together. Wherever we are in the world, we’re committed to the success of our people, clients and communities – giving everyone a safer and more sustainable place to live, work and thrive.

Our values underpin what we stand for and how we work:

• Professionalism with personality
• Excellence with humility
• Innovation with agility

We’re an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications regardless of age, disability, marital status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status or gender.

We recognise the importance of work/life balance and agree flexible working arrangements to suit each individual.

Gleeds is a Great Place to Work certified employer.