Water Programme Planner and Earned Value Lead

Arcadis

Birmingham

On-site

GBP 50,000 - 70,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Arcadis is seeking a Planning Engineer for its Water Optimisation team to lead planning governance, improve delivery performance and support bids. You will provide expert advice on earned value management, resource requirements, and cost forecasting, working with portfolio leads and clients to align plans with delivery capabilities.

Experience in water infrastructure and proficiency in Primavera P6 are essential to succeed in this role.

Qualifications

Sufficient years’ experience in project planning and scheduling, ideally within water or complex infra.
Degree/HNC/HND in Engineering, Project Management, or related subject.
Strong understanding of UK infrastructure delivery contexts and governance.
Proficient in planning software such as Primavera P6 and MS Project.
Excellent organisational, commercial, and communication skills.
Experience with project controls, cost engineering, and financial operations.
Familiarity with different contracting environments and commercial models.

Responsibilities

Supporting planning capabilities for major water AMP8 programmes, defining roles, standards and capability uplift.
Design, implement and embed new planning processes, procedures and tools to standardise delivery across tender, project and portfolio levels.
Work on integrated baseline programmes, WBS and schedule hierarchies, ensuring alignment with scope, milestones, regulatory requirements and client expectations.
Oversee schedule health checks, earned value analysis and variance management; drive recovery, contingency and re-forecast actions as required.
Produce and present timely reports on schedule performance, earned value, resource utilisation and outturn cost forecasts to inform senior leadership decisions.
Maintain portfolio-level resource forecasts and capacity plans to support business unit resourcing strategy and recruitment priorities.
Embed planning governance, data integrity and configuration control in planning systems; assure compliance with standards and auditable baselines.
Facilitate integrated planning and risk workshops to identify programme risks, opportunities and mitigation measures, escalating critical issues to leadership.