Senior Planning Manager

ZipRecruiter; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Senior Planning Manager in London, responsible for overseeing the time plan of the Euston project. The role involves managing project performance, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards, and guiding junior staff. Applicants should have at least 10 years of experience and strong knowledge in planning techniques, particularly within large-scale construction projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years’ experience of project planning.
• Significant experience of large (£100m plus) projects.
• Ability to mentor and train subordinate staff.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain the overall time plan for the Euston project.
• Manage the delivery of key assignments and defined business areas.
• Develop and present regular forecasts of anticipated milestone achievements.

Skills

Project planning control

Construction techniques

Integrated project planning

Attention to detail

Team leadership

Education

MAPM or formal PM/project controls qualification

Tools

Primavera

Pertmaster

Job description

Job Description

This job is with Mace, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the + business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential of every project.

The senior planning manager establishes and maintains the overall time plan for the Euston project and monitors and reports performance against it.

Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are:

Safety first - Going home safe and well:

• You will be an advocate of Mace's value of safety first, and be accountable for leading and maintaining exceptional safety, quality, cost, programme, sustainability and project compliance standards.
• You will possess expertise in local health and safety rules and regulations relevant to project portfolio.
• You will champion a diverse and inclusive working environment and understand the importance of the wellbeing of the people you manage.

Client focus - Deliver on our promise:

• You will manage the delivery of key assignments and defined business areas, providing strategic direction and monitoring delivery aligned with overall vision and objectives.
• You will support the long-term success of planning performance for specified engines/sectors/hubs, and the overall contribution to the broader company goals.
• You will support the planning function in ensuring projects and tenders are effectively planned, scheduled, and monitored.
• Prepare and maintain a robust and realistic integrated master schedule for the Euston project highlighting critical milestones relating to key activities, deliverables and interfaces.
• Clarify and maintain the visibility of programme interface requirements and dependencies; ensure that responsibilities for the management of interfaces are clearly assigned and understood.
• Collate regular and ad-hoc reports for the project SLT to provide a timely overview of programme time performance on an exception basis.
• Develop and present regular forecasts of anticipated milestone achievements and use EVA techniques to measure trends and maintain an up-to-date view of the expected completion date for the project as a whole; recommend project level actions where appropriate to mitigate potential time over-runs.
• Provide advice and guidance to the project delivery team in the reviewing and challenging where appropriate sub-contractors’ programmes.
• Ensure that adequate, time provision is included in individual project schedules to allow for overall programme integration.
• Ensure the effective management of the time contingency built into the programme for programme level risks to ensure that contingency allowances reflect the current programme position.
• Establish programme level commissioning and testing schedules taking account of project interfaces and planned completion schedules.
• Ensure consistency of planning techniques and the use of common WBS at all levels of the project.

Integrity - Always do the right thing:

• You will support senior management in negotiations, contract development and other business development, ensuring that due diligence is applied.
• You will support the long-term development of strategy for a function or business unit (BU), creating a sustainable business future.
• You will commit to making a positive impact for our people, our clients, and our planet, and take ownership for holding others to account who do not uphold the Mace values.

Create opportunity - For our people to excel:

• You will support your project team and provide an environment to share knowledge and experience.
• You will actively network, innovate, and seek understanding of best practice, utilising the full depth of knowledge of Mace group, the centres of excellence, Mace way control centre and knowledge hub.
• You will develop and maintain effective communication and collaborative relationships with the client and other project stakeholders, both internal and external.

You’ll need to have:

• Expert knowledge of construction techniques methods and durations.
• Very strong understanding of techniques for project planning control and other facets of project control.
• Expert knowledge of Primavera and similar planning software.
• Strong knowledge of integrated project planning.
• Expert knowledge of EVA techniques.
• Strong team leader.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to “deep dive” into planning.
• Comfortable with presenting at senior level.
• Able to present facts clearly and simply.
• Able to collaborate effectively with others to develop integrated programmes.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience of project planning.
• Significant experience of large (£100m plus) projects.

You’ll also have:

• Ability to use schedule risk modelling software such as Pertmaster.
• Ability to mentor and train subordinate staff.
• MAPM of formal PM/ project controls qualification.
• Experience in the railway environment.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.

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