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Senior Planning Engineer

Affordable Houses Ltd.

Birmingham

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Job summary

A leading company in civil engineering seeks a Senior Planning Engineer for their Birmingham office. This role involves managing project delivery schedules, working across teams to ensure schedules align with project goals. Candidates should possess strong planning and communication skills and hold a relevant degree.

Qualifications

Expert knowledge of planning softwares like Primavera and MS Project.
Degree educated ideally in related engineering field.
Strong ability to manage detailed planning processes.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain control of planning schedules.
Ensure accurate and timely capital investment programme schedule information.
Manage schedule interdependencies and forecast critical resources.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Planning

Organising

Technical Understanding

Education

Degree in relevant field

NVQ level 3 or equivalent

Tools

Primavera (P6)

MS Project

Microsoft Office

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Egis is a leading global consulting, construction engineering and operating firm. We work together with our clients, across every aspect of transport, energy and the built environment to build a more balanced, sustainable and resilient world. The Egis Group has over 50 years experience and a team of 20,500 employees in over 120 countries around the world. Joining our Group means, above all, sharing our values as a people-first company, strongly committed to sustainability and innovation.

In the UK we're proud to be delivering some of the most iconic projects which help connect people, protect our environment and meet emission reduction targets. From motorways to tramways, nuclear power plants to smart cities, clients choose us to help them solve their most complex challenges - delivering climate-responsible growth that meets the needs of communities, industry, and the planet.

You will be based in our office in Birmingham.

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 ones contribution as this builds our culture and means that if you work with us, you will be included, listened to, and respected.

Additional Information

Seniority level

Seniority level
Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Industries
Civil Engineering

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