Senior Planning Engineer - Master Scheduler (P6/MS Project)

Egis Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Egis Group in Birmingham invites an experienced Planning Scheduler to lead capital delivery timetables. You will define scope, develop work breakdown structures, and set baselines that reflect learnings from previous projects while delivering realistic, achievable schedules.

Working alongside Project Controls, you will ensure integrated baselines for schedule, budget, and risk, while forecasting resources to pre-empt bottlenecks.

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

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.

Skills

Primavera P6

MS Project

Microsoft Office

Technical understanding

Communication

Planning & organisation

Client interfacing

Logical mindset

Team player

Meeting tight deadlines

Education

Degree or equivalent

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

A-levels

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

Egis Group in Birmingham invites an experienced Planning Scheduler to lead capital delivery timetables. You will define scope, develop work breakdown structures, and set baselines that reflect learnings from previous projects while delivering realistic, achievable schedules.

Working alongside Project Controls, you will ensure integrated baselines for schedule, budget, and risk, while forecasting resources to pre-empt bottlenecks.