Senior Planner - London

Balfour Beatty; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure firm in the UK is looking for a Senior Project Planner to manage project delivery schedules. In this role, you will use specialist planning tools to ensure timely project completion, collaborate with various teams, and provide insightful reports. The ideal candidate should have experience with NEC contracts and project planning software. This position offers flexible working and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Smart working flexibility

25 days paid annual leave

Family friendly policies

Pension and share incentive plan

Qualifications

• Educated to A-level standard or equivalent, preferably including mathematics or technically-based subjects.
• Experienced in the use of project planning and scheduling software.
• Experience of working with NEC contracts preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain project delivery schedules using planning tools.
• Support the Commercial team with assessments of Compensation Events.
• Provide regular reports showing project progress.

Skills

Project planning and scheduling software

Experience with NEC contracts

Data handling and summarization

Organizational skills

Education

A-level standard or equivalent

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

About the role

This role is central to creating, maintaining and communicating project delivery schedules using specialist planning tools (including MS Project and Primavera P6) to ensure that projects are delivered on time. The Senior Project Planner will work closely with Portfolio Managers and their teams to produce accurate and reliable project schedules. They will also produce regular reports showing progress compared to agreed baselines, showing reasons for deviation. An important part of this role is also to support the Commercial team in assessing the impact of Compensation Events under the NEC contract. Using the project schedule, they will make assessments of changes, including Extensions of Time and communicate clearly and in an evidence-based manner on the results of this analysis.

What you\'ll be doing

• Set up projects in the planning system according to standard WBS codes and the Enterprise Project Structure (EPS).
• Establish a delivery baseline for the project: Initial baseline based on AMFP (Renewals), Linear / Structural Inspections or HE agreed dates (Improvements).
• Create new baselines as necessary to monitor and report performance.
• Ensure the monthly cost forecast and programme schedule align and that delivery assumptions in both the commercial forecast and schedule forecast are matching.
• Progress the programme on a monthly basis using information and reports from site, as well as contractor applications/reports/progress updates, querying discrepancies with the Project Manager as needed.
• Provide the Project Manager with at least a monthly update of the delivery programme in an agreed format.
• Provide summary management information on programme performance by project/programme/portfolio.
• Review contractor programmes (as a requirement of the NEC contract) for completeness/accuracy/functionality and feed comments back to the Project Manager for action with the Contractor.
• Undertake programme assessments of Compensation Events on behalf of the Project Manager, advising on any valid Extensions of Time, together with providing clear evidence to support decisions and commercial discussions.
• Analyse schedule information for trends and issues (for example, late achievement of project stages, overall delivery predictability).
• Use the schedule information to create schedule benchmarks for future projects from previous actual schedule data.
• Ensure that common coding structures are applied throughout the programme to allow reporting.

Who we\'re looking for

• Educated to A-level standard or equivalent, preferably including mathematics or technically-based subjects.
• Experienced in the use of project planning and scheduling software (such as Primavera P6 or MS Project).
• Experience of working with NEC contracts preferred.
• Experience of working in a multi-stakeholder environment.
• Knowledge and experience of handling large volumes of data with the ability to summarise key points and trends.
• Highly organised and able to handle many ongoing priorities without impact on output.

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

Connect Plus Services (CPS) brings together the collective strength of our parent companies - Balfour Beatty, Atkins and Egis Road Operation UK. With around 600 people, based at eight locations across the M25 network, we work on behalf of Connect Plus and National Highways to manage the operation of the M25 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, from routine maintenance to managing the whole-life requirement of thousands of assets across the network.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, please note there are no external links in this description.

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, please note there are no external links in this description.

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at [e-mail]