Senior Project Planner

Arup; Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit Share

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Accident insurance

Income protection

Job summary

Arup seeks an experienced Project Planner to join the North Group’s P&P team, delivering planning support across a diverse portfolio including Water, Rail, Highways and Nuclear projects. You will manage detailed Integrated Master Schedules, collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, and drive progress reporting, risk mitigation and contract alignment.

The role requires strong Primavera P6/MS Project skills, a solid engineering/PM background, and a UK work permit.

Qualifications

• BSc in engineering, project management or similar. Accreditation with recognised institution is desirable.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6, MS Project, MS Excel and Microsoft Office applications.
• Advanced in schedule quality assurance processes and software such as Acumen Fuse.
• Knowledge and understanding of design and/or development process for major projects and experience of managing schedules and progress reporting from technical discipline teams and/or sub-consultants.
• Hold a current UK Passport.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and update detailed project schedules using Primavera P6 and MS Project to produce Integrated Master Schedules.
• Liaise with project managers, engineers, construction and client teams to ensure accurate programme data and timely delivery of project objectives.
• Establish and support Change Control Processes throughout the Project Lifecycle and prepare regular progress reports, forecasts, and dashboards for stakeholders, highlighting risks, issues, and mitigation strategies.
• Support as appropriate on a range of business development activities including preparation of tender submissions and strategy development.
• Carry out Earned Value analysis, cost and resource loading, and schedule performance analysis and schedule health checks and quality assurance reviews.
• Integrate schedules with risk registers and ensure compliance with internal and external standards and ensure alignment with contract requirements (e.g., NEC4, JCT, RIBA).

Skills

Project planning

Change control

Reporting

Schedule integration

Stakeholder engagement

Education

BSc in engineering or related

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Acumen Fuse

MS Excel

Job description

Joining Arup

Arup’s purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 80 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

The Opportunity

Arup’s North Group is pursuing an ambitious growth strategy, of which Projects & Programmes (P&P) is a key service offering. Our growing Advisory Services offering includes an increasingly diverse P&P capability comprising PMO, project controls, design integration, and strategic delivery advice to clients in the Energy, Water, Transport, Science and Industry sectors. With this continued expansion, we are looking to grow our P&P team and are seeking experienced individuals who will be responsible for project schedule management across a wide and varied portfolio of projects. The successful candidates will have the opportunity to work on a diverse range of projects including Water, Rail, Highways & Nuclear, delivering projects for major sector companies. You will be closely networked with Arup’s national P&P teams and will have access to a breadth of specialist project planning expertise. As a project planner you will be connected with a wider discipline team of planners in the UK and have the opportunity to work on major projects across Europe. At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas. You will have the opportunity do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

Is this role right for you?

Duties

The successful individuals are expected to support consulting and advisory services for public and private sector clients, with a particular focus on project planning and supporting with wider project management duties. You will provide project planning support in the following areas:

• Develop, maintain, and update detailed project schedules using Primavera P6 and MS Project to produce Integrated Master Schedules.
• Liaise with project managers, engineers, construction and client teams to ensure accurate programme data and timely delivery of project objectives.
• Establish and support Change Control Processes throughout the Project Lifecycle and prepare regular progress reports, forecasts, and dashboards for stakeholders, highlighting risks, issues, and mitigation strategies.
• Support as appropriate on a range of business development activities including preparation of tender submissions and strategy development.
• Carry out Earned Value analysis, cost and resource loading, and schedule performance analysis and schedule health checks and quality assurance reviews.
• Integrate schedules with risk registers and ensure compliance with internal and external standards and ensure alignment with contract requirements (e.g., NEC4, JCT, RIBA).

We are seeking professionals with established backgrounds in project planning and project controls management with the following skills:

• BSc in engineering, project management or similar. Accreditation with recognised institution is desirable.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6, MS Project, MS Excel and Microsoft office applications.
• Advanced in schedule quality assurance processes and software such as Acumen Fuse.
• Knowledge and understanding of design and/or development process for major projects and experience of managing schedules and progress reporting from technical discipline teams and/or sub-consultants.
• Hold a current UK Passport.

This role does not meet the criteria for visa sponsorship under the UK immigration system. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK

What We Offer You

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together. Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

• Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Accident insurance and Income protection cover
• flexible benefits to help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.

Different People, Shared Values

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence. Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-at-arup. We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates.

Closing date: 15 th of October.

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