Senior Planning Engineer

Egis Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in Birmingham is seeking a Senior Planning Engineer to be part of their Light Rail Team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining a robust planning schedule, ensuring that project schedules are accurate and timely. The role requires strong expertise in planning software, excellent communication, and organisational skills. This position offers a dynamic work environment, perfect for those who thrive under pressure.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of project planning software.
• Strong planning and organisational skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain planning schedule for capital investment programme.
• Work closely with project teams to ensure accurate schedule information.
• Manage interdependencies between projects and ensure forecasting of resources.

Skills

Primavera (P6)

MS Project

Microsoft Office Applications

Excellent written and verbal skills

Planning and organising skills

Technical understanding

Education

Degree or equivalent

NVQ level 3 or equivalent (A-level)

Job description

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Planning Engineer to join our Light Rail Team based in Birmingham team to play an integral role in the development of our delivery capability.

You will be responsible for developing and maintaining robust control of the planning schedule. This includes providing active support the project and programme teams in all planning and reporting activities. This role would suit a collaborative individual with great leadership and communication skills who enjoys multi-tasking, loves a busy working environment and thrives under pressure.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure that capital investment programme schedule information is accurate and timely.
• Develop the scope and work breakdown structure for the delivery schedule, including the capture of key assumptions.
• Define and control the schedule baseline for our capital delivery schedule and project, programme and portfolio levels, ensuring that they incorporate learning from previous projects and is realistic / achievable.
• Work closely with the Project Controls Specialists to ensure that the schedule, budget and risk / contingency baselines are consistent and integrated.
• Manage the framework for maintaining the schedule interdependencies between projects, programmes and portfolios.
• Maintain the framework for forecasting critical resources – to enable the identification and mitigation of bottlenecks.
• Establish, maintain and continuously improve the framework for template schedules, schedule activity norms and standard work.
• Make sure that schedule progress is regularly reviewed and reported, identifying risks, issues and opportunities.
• Produce and continuously improve schedule management information as part of our monthly reporting cycle.

You must have right to work in the UK.

Qualifications

• Expert level knowledge of Primavera (P6) and MS Project
• A proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications
• Degree educated ideally
• NVQ level 3 or equivalent (A-level)
• Good level of technical understanding
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Strong planning and organising skills with demonstrated ability to manage in fine detail
• Ability to interface with all relevant levels of client organisation
• Development, deployment and continuous improvement of planning processes, procedures and systems.
• You will have a a logical mindset and methodical approach.
• You will be a good all-round team player with the ability to work to tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills

Diversity & Inclusion

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and we strive to build a workforce that truly reflects the communities we represent. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and any other protected characteristic. If you decide to apply for an opportunity with us, your application will be assessed based purely on your experience, the essential and desirable criteria, and your suitability for the role. We value each and every one’s contribution as this builds our culture and means that if you work with us, you will be included, listened to, and respected.