Senior Planner

Balfour Beatty Investments - North America; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

25 days leave

Pension

Share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Recognition schemes

Job summary

Balfour Beatty Power is seeking an experienced Senior Planner to join our Power Transmission & Distribution team on the Lower Thames Crossing project. You will be responsible for updating and maintaining the P6 programme across OHL, Cabling and Substations, with a focus on delivering integrated schedule control.

You will lead planning activities, manage interfaces with operations, produce weekly/monthly reports, mentor junior staff, and deputise for the Planning Manager as required, ensuring

Qualifications

• Experience with Primavera P6 on power transmission projects.
• Operational construction project experience.
• Knowledge of Project Management methodology.
• Proven ability to work with operations teams to capture real-time progress.
• Experience in NEC3/NEC4 contract environments.
• Knowledge of Change Management techniques.

Responsibilities

• Plan, structure and lead the planning of the project programme of works.
• Manage interface between programme and operational staff through structured meetings and progress reporting.
• Highlight dependencies and interfaces between stakeholders.
• Identify programme risks and mitigate accordingly.
• Identify opportunities and capture strategies.
• Maintain a fully logically linked Primavera P6 project programme.
• Ensure schedule is resourced and updated with execution changes.
• Provide regular updates to programme for project staff planning.
• Report progress to Planning Manager and Project Manager.
• Report on resources, milestones and supply chain to enable progress per baseline.
• Coordinate interfaces between business functions and delivery team to meet milestones.
• Assist in evaluating early warnings and compensation events.
• Ensure planning methodology is followed.
• Prepare monthly programme reports and dashboards; mentor junior staff.
• Deputise for Planning Manager as required.

Skills

Primavera P6

Power Transmission projects

NEC3/NEC4 contracts

Construction experience

Change management

Job description

About the role

Balfour Beatty Power is looking for an experienced Senior Plannerto join our Power Transmission & Distribution business, to focus on our major Lower Thames Crossing project.

You will be responsible for for the updating and maintenance of all aspects of the Power T&D OHL, Cabling, or Substation project P6 programme.

Role focus

• Support the planning and monitoring of all activities within the project programmes.
• Ensure the delivery of weekly and monthly programme reports in line with the project reporting timetable.
• Maintain an accurate fully logically linked programme in line with the contract requirements.
• Participate in the developmentof the planning team and promotion of best practices.

What you'll be doing

As a Senior Planning Engineer, you will:

• Plan, structure and lead the planning of the project programme of works.
• Manage the interface between the programme and the operational staff through structured meetings, programme and progress reporting.
• Highlight both the dependencies and the interfaces between stakeholders.
• Identify programme risks and propose mitigation strategies.
• Identify programme opportunities and propose capture strategies.
• Maintain a fully logically linked Primavera P6 project programme
• Ensure the schedule is resourced (plant and personnel) and update to reflect modifications in execution strategy. This will require close work with the project delivery team to regularly maintain the status of the programme.
• Provide regular updates to the programme to allow project staff to plan their works.
• Update and report progress of the project at regular intervals to the Planning Manager and Project Manager.
• Reporting on key resources including staff; operatives, key plant and equipment, supply chain and other project milestones to allow the project to proceed in accordance with the baseline.
• Provide the appropriate programming, management and interfaces between business functions and the delivery team to ensure that contractual milestones in all sections of the project delivery programme are understood, monitored and adhered to in a controlled and appropriately timely manner. This activity will require close and professional liaison with the client’s planning team on a regular basis.
• Assist in the evaluation of early warnings and preparation of compensation events.
• Ensuring that the established planning and scheduling methodology is followed.
• Assist with the preparation of the monthly programme report and dashboards and associated supporting information.
• Provide mentoring to junior members of staff within the planning department.
• Deputise for the Planning Manager as required.

Who we're looking for

The following experience/qualitifcations are required:-

• Working knowledge of Primavera preferably on Power Transmission projects
• Operational experience of construction projects
• Knowledge of Project Management methodology
• Proven ability in working with operational teams to capture real time progress
• Experience working in an NEC3/NEC4 contract environment
• Knowledge of Change Management techniques

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK's most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn't rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package that's right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more...

About us

Balfour Beatty's Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK's most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We're making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we've got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

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