Rail Project Planner – Remote / Travel Ready, Design Lead

Infraspec; Birmingham; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Infraspec is seeking a Senior Project Planner for a major rail project. Remote-focused role with site travel as required, ideally based in London or Birmingham. You will own design programme development, schedule management and reporting to support delivery and cost forecasting.

You will work with project managers, commercial teams and design stakeholders to maintain programme integrity, monitor progress and identify issues before impact. NEC contracts experience is essential.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in project planning within rail.
• Strong rail sector background and NEC contract experience.
• Experience developing cost-loaded programmes and forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and update detailed project programmes for design activities.
• Manage programme performance against milestones and delivery objectives.
• Produce rolling three-week lookahead programmes for short-term planning.
• Develop cost-loaded schedules to improve visibility of expenditure.
• Provide regular updates to support forecasting and reporting.
• Ensure programme data aligns with cost forecasts across teams.
• Monitor interfaces and dependencies across workstreams.
• Identify delays, risks and critical path impacts.
• Support mitigation strategies and recovery plans.
• Ensure NEC contract requirements are followed and reported.

Skills

Rail planning

NEC contracts

Schedule management

Cost forecasting

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Infraspec is seeking a Senior Project Planner for a major rail project. Remote-focused role with site travel as required, ideally based in London or Birmingham. You will own design programme development, schedule management and reporting to support delivery and cost forecasting.

You will work with project managers, commercial teams and design stakeholders to maintain programme integrity, monitor progress and identify issues before impact. NEC contracts experience is essential.