Project Planner - Resilience & Infrastructure

Poutrix; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis in the United Kingdom is seeking an Assistant Planner within the Resilience team to support project planning across multiple infrastructure sectors and client engagements.

You will develop schedules, monitor performance, and apply best practice throughout the project lifecycle, from front-end planning to detailed sequencing, engaging with project teams and stakeholders in Birmingham and nationally.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level/HND in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
• Ability to work on tasks unsupervised whilst applying sound judgement.
• Confidence when speaking to project teams, clients and stakeholders.
• Understanding of project/programme management, design, engineering and construction.
• Strong IT Skills, with respect to Excel and Office 365.
• Experience of Planning Tools, MSP/P6.

Responsibilities

• Establishing approved baseline schedules and implement schedule performance monitoring and reporting, with controlled change management and clear communication to teams, clients and stakeholders of progress status and remaining works.
• Providing valued and focused insight on schedule performance, going beyond checks and calculations, to ensure the project teams know and understand what they need to, are equipped to make informed decisions and are aware of any schedule risks and opportunities.
• Take a pro-active approach to cross-discipline engagement and collaboration to identify and resolve issues and facilitate team success.
• Engaging with internal and client stakeholders at a working and management level to develop positive relationships and provide relevant, concise information.
• Managing the schedule change control process, recording change history for audit purposes and all relevant business authorisations.
• Awareness of, and adherence to contractual procedures relating to contract schedules (i.e. NEC 3 and 4 Accepted Programme) and delays.
• Active participation and contribution to communities and initiatives across the project and programme management service line and the wider Arcadis business.

Skills

Independent working

Stakeholder engagement

Effective communication

Education

Degree or equivalent

Tools

MSP/P6

Job description

Arcadis in the United Kingdom is seeking an Assistant Planner within the Resilience team to support project planning across multiple infrastructure sectors and client engagements.

You will develop schedules, monitor performance, and apply best practice throughout the project lifecycle, from front-end planning to detailed sequencing, engaging with project teams and stakeholders in Birmingham and nationally.