Senior Planning Engineer

Turner & Townsend; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading project management firm is seeking a Project Planner to join their Project Controls team in the UK. The successful candidate will provide performance reporting and analysis support for high-profile construction projects. Responsibilities include identifying trends, controlling costs, and coordinating with project teams to ensure delivery within agreed parameters. Candidates are expected to have relevant experience in areas like Programme Controls Management and must be proficient in tools like Oracle Primavera or MS Project. The role promotes a supportive work environment that values work-life balance.

Benefits

Supportive and flexible working environment

Opportunities for professional growth

Qualifications

• Experience in Programme Controls Management, Earned Value, Change & Risk Management, Planning, or Project Controls.
• Degree educated with industry experience is essential.
• Familiarity with Oracle Primavera, MS Project, Excel, or PRISM is required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify trends and root causes of deviations, recommend remedial actions.
• Lead project time, cost, and quality evaluations, applying necessary governance.
• Coordinate with cost managers to ensure value for money for clients.
• Act as key client contact, overcoming delivery and commercial issues.
• Control project costs using knowledge of estimating and procurement.
• Summarize financials in an executive-level dashboard.
• Lead planning sessions with clients and vendors.
• Incorporate risks into Monte Carlo simulations for project impact.
• Hold vendors accountable for schedule updates.

Job description

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we are passionate about making a difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

For over 75 years we have been helping our clients deliver on their objectives. Our success at realising outcomes for clients has resulted in significant growth and we are now facing a new wave of growth to achieve our ambitious 2025 vision. To reach this goal, we need great people who are passionate about both delivering great outcomes to our clients and contributing to our future vision. This is made entirely possible through our entrepreneurial culture, allowing employees of all levels to directly influence the business and to own their career.

Job Description

We are currently recruiting for a Project Planner to undertake duties within our Project Controls team.

The Project Planner will work as part of our Project Controls team on high profile construction projects throughout the UK and Europe, providing performance reporting and analysis support. This may be part of a large team or as the key day to day contact point with the client. Key activities include:

• Identify trends and root causes of deviations against the baseline using lead and lag indicators, recommend remedial actions to drive best value for the client.
• Lead the evaluation of the projects time, cost, and quality targets, applying governance controls as necessary to enable the successful delivery of the project.
• Cooperate with a remote team of cost managers responsible for reaching an agreed, market tested cost baseline and ensuring the client is receiving value for money.
• Guide and influence the general contractor, ensuring they are progressing in line with the schedule and within agreed cash flow parameters.
• Act as the key point of contact to the client overcoming delivery and commercial issues whilst preparing formal and ad hoc reports focussing on time, cost and quality targets.
• Control costs with your knowledge of conceptual estimating, funding stage gates, basic contingency principals, procurement principals.
• Create and/or work within a cost report, summarizing financials in a executive level dashboard.
• Understand change management principals, lead agreed change management process and workflow, providing a platform for adding/tracking/monitoring/approving change.
• Coordinate and lead planning sessions and workshops with clients and vendors to compile the master project/programme schedule, agreeing baselines and a critical path.
• Understand procurement principals, collate lead times from vendors and client into the master schedule communicate the prioritisation of ordering materials and equipment to meet scheduled install dates.
• Work closely with the client to define vendor schedule requirements.
• Actively participate in project team risk evaluations, incorporating the defined risks into Monte Carlo to output quantitative impacts to the overall project cost and schedule.
• Work closely with the project team to stay informed on status of project changes, incorporating and communicating these to the project team to allow for approvals in the change management process.
• Hold vendors accountable for required schedule updates and reporting to maintain timely and accurate updates of the master schedule ensuring that the schedules adhere to the defined process and quality expectations.

Qualifications

• Experience in at least one of the following: Programme Controls Management, Earned Value (EVM), Change & Risk Management, Planning, Project Controls and or PMO.
• Applicants will ideally be degree educated, with previous industry & sector experience being essential.
• Previous experience of the following tools (or one of) is also required: Oracle Primavera, MS Project, Excel, PRISM (Cost Management System)
• Applicants will also require excellent written and verbal communication skills, be rigorous in following documented processes and governance and be able to demonstrate the ability to innovate in creative ways to meet the challenges of the changing project environment.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work‑life balance.

Equal Opportunity

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Contact

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.