Strategic Project Planner – Resilience & Infrastructure

Arcadis; Warrington; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. The Resilience team at Arcadis is recruiting an Assistant Planner to join us and provide planning support and guidance for clients and internal teams.

You will help steer projects from front-end planning to detailed schedule development and control, working across infrastructure, water, energy and environmental sectors.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level/HND in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
• Ability to work on tasks unsupervised whilst applying sound judgement to effectively collaborate and communicate with others.
• Confidence and acumen when speaking to project teams, clients and stakeholders.
• Understanding and experience of the principles of project / programme management, design, engineering and construction
• Strong IT Skills, with respect to Excel and Office 365.
• Experience of Planning Tools, MSP/P6

Responsibilities

• Establishing approved baseline schedules and implement schedule performance monitoring and reporting, with controlled change management and clear communication to teams, clients and stakeholders of progress status and remaining works.
• Providing valued and focused insight on schedule performance, going beyond checks and calculations, to ensure the project teams know and understand what they need to, are equipped to make informed decisions and are aware of any schedule risks and opportunities.
• Take a pro‑active approach to cross‑discipline engagement and collaboration to identify and resolve issues and facilitate team success.
• Engaging with internal and client stakeholders at a working and management level to develop positive relationships and provide relevant, concise information.
• Managing the schedule change control process, recording change history for audit purposes and all relevant business authorisations.
• Awareness of, and adherence to contractual procedures relating to contract schedules (i.e. NEC 3 and 4 Accepted Programme) and delays.
• Active participation and contribution to communities and initiatives across the project and programme management service line and the wider Arcadis business.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Autonomous work

Education

Degree or HND in a relevant discipline

Tools

MSP

P6

Office 365

Excel

Job description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. The Resilience team at Arcadis is recruiting an Assistant Planner to join us and provide planning support and guidance for clients and internal teams.

You will help steer projects from front-end planning to detailed schedule development and control, working across infrastructure, water, energy and environmental sectors.