Senior Planner

Rubicon Consulting; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Rubicon Consulting seeks a Senior Project Controls Specialist to lead project controls processes while interfacing with project management and clients. This role demands extensive experience in planning, scheduling, and cost control, along with strong interpersonal and communication skills. The successful candidate will ensure the project's financial performance and help build a culture of trust within the team.

Qualifications

• 7 years experience as a Planner, 5 years in Hv sector required.
• Commercial awareness to understand site-based activities' financial impact.
• Full UK driving license and CSCS card required.

Responsibilities

• Leads project controls processes and presents reports to stakeholders.
• Develops scheduling, cost, and risk management reports for projects.
• Provides leadership and training to project control team members.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Time management skills

Negotiation skills

Education

Bachelor Degree in Relevant Field

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

The Senior Project Controls Specialist leads project controls processes and consults with the project management team to ensure client satisfaction. Presents schedule and budget status reports to project management team and client.

• Responsible for the development, implementation and management of a reporting data warehouse to produce valuable program controls reports and data for multiple large projects.
• Responsible for the development of effective scheduling reports, cost reports, cash flow reports and forecasts for multiple projects.
• Analyses and evaluates schedule management involving the critical path method of scheduling techniques, estimating, project cost management, forecasting and document control.
• Provide leadership and training to team members ensuring the resolution of difficult project control issues.
• Responsible for engineering, procurement, and construction planning, scheduling, logistics and cost control.
• Responsible for Earned Value Management system reporting.
• Identify and oversee Risk management process.
• Interfaces with project management team and accounting department to review project costs and contingency costs and support external audits.
• Expert in negotiation of prime agreements, construction contracts/subcontracts and joint venture agreements.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree Relevant degree level qualification and 7 years experience as a Planner, 5 years experience working within Hv sector Required
• Applicable experience may be substituted for the degree requirement. Required
• Must have the right interpersonal skills and communication skills to build a culture of trust with the project team.
• Must have experience of creating schedules for National Grid in accordance with NGET TP 193.
• The ability to thrive in pressure situations.
• Excellent organizational, communication and time management skills.
• Be able to work on own initiative.
• Computer literate.
• Must have commercial awareness and understand the effect of site-based activities on the project financial performance.
• Must be able to communicate professionally and effectively, particularly to external parties such as the client, their customers and local authorities
• Full UK driving licence Required
• CSCS card Required
• Primavera P6 qualification

Our Company

Rubicon Consulting is a Talent management consultancy which helps you to optimise business performance and competitive advantage by choosing the right people first time!