Planner

Aureos; Andover (MA); On-site; USD 79,797 - 106,396; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Salary

25 days Holiday

Pension

Learning & Development opportunities

Wellbeing support

Cycle to work scheme

Employee benefits portal

On-site parking

Referral Scheme

Job summary

Aureos is seeking a Planning Manager to join our growing team in Laindon. You will lead the schedule management function, overseeing project planning for the rail/infra sub-business unit, and work with PMO groups to implement best practice.

You will provide leadership, training, and development for the planning team, ensuring timely reports, effective risk mitigation, and continuous improvement across projects.

Qualifications

• Experience reviewing contractual schedules and compensation events.
• Experience with delays, corrective actions and claims.
• Ability to train and coach planning teams.
• Provide leadership to a programme planning team.
• Strong analytical skills for critical path projects.
• Proficient in Primavera P6 and MS Office.
• Knowledge of rail disciplines and possession management.
• Ability to implement planning processes and improvements.
• Experience with Power BI reporting.
• Degree level education or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Assess and review contractual schedules to support commercial aspects.
• Manage delays, corrective actions, and claims.
• Provide training on compensation events and EOT.
• Prepare reports and P6 schedule reviews.
• Develop and implement business strategies for planning.
• Establish and maintain a motivated planning team.
• Assess need for changes to planning processes.
• Analyze performance across critical path projects.
• Undertake training for Programme teams.
• Provide ongoing training for capability assessment.
• Share best practice intelligence across units.
• Implement formal training in time-chainage and planning techniques.
• Maintain WBS, activity coding and resource loading; monitor milestones.

Skills

Planning

Scheduling

Leadership

Team management

Training

Problem solving

Decision making

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

Degree level or equivalent

Tools

MSP (Microsoft Project)

Visio

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Primavera P6

Job description

If you are looking to work for a growing business who truly value and care for their employees, then look no further!

Aureos are seeking a Planning Manager to join our growing team in Laindon. As a Planning Manager, you will be managing the schedule management function which consists of Project Planning specific to the sub-business unit.

To maintain and support in the creation of a series of leading industry best practices and planning procedures which supports business units’ rapid growth in support of the other planning managers across Infrastructure (Energy, Rail, Highways).

To support wider PMO businesses service groups which include Digital Systems, CDE / Programme Management along with Business Controls.

Provide leadership, support, and training, and contribute to career development of the planning team and graduate training programme.

The Successful Candidate Will Be Responsible For The Following

• Assess and review contractual schedules and compensation events to support the business in schedule related commercial aspects.
• Delays, corrective actions, and claims.
• Where entitlement requires to be demonstrated offering support to the planning and projects teams around training on Compensation Events, Extension of Time (EOT) because of delay/ disruption/ loss of efficiency.
• Prepare timely and accurate reports and P6 schedule reviews with the planning team.
• Development and implementation of a business strategy that identifies and embeds planning lessons learned.
• Establish and maintain a highly motivated programme planning team.
• Assess and determine need for change to planning processes and methods and implement changes to deliver improved performance.
• Analyse, review and highlight critical time schedule issues and ensure viable resolution plans are in place.
• Identify and analyse performance across a programme of critical path projects.
• Undertake training sessions for Programme team(s) and assist Senior management with the interpretation of periodic time schedule/cost reports.
• Provision of on-going training for those in the business unit planning pool to manage capability assessment/development.
• Collation of best practice intelligence from both external and internal sources to be shared with central areas/business unit.
• Implementing formal training in the use of time-chainage and traditional planning techniques.
• Maintain work breakdown structure, project and activity coding and resource loading, monitoring the scheduling of project milestones and ensure any potential delays or risks are met with appropriate solutions. This will support the wider business initiatives and goals.

Essential

Skills, qualifications and experience:

• PTS AC/DC
• 802A: Primavera P6 Professional Advanced
• TILOS competent
• Educated to Degree level or equivalent
• MSP (Microsoft Project) _ Microsoft Packages - Visio / Excel / Word / PowerPoint etc.
• Extensive experience / understanding of The Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015
• NEC 3 / 4 / NR Form of Contractsd
• Collaborative Planning
• Good knowledge of Power BI
• Railway Operating Environment
• Knowledge and capability of working on OLE Projects within Primavera P6.
• An experienced user of the relevant Programme tools, techniques
• Understanding of all rail disciplines, possession management, interface management
• Attention to Detail
• Decision Making, Developing Self & Others, Influence & Persuasion, Innovation Leadership
• Planning & Organising
• Problem Solving
• Results Focus
• Team working
• Policies & Procedures
• Statutory Legislation
• Budgets & Forecasting
• Equipment Knowledge

Desirable

• Valid Site management safety training scheme (SMSTS) certificate or similar
• ALO Coordinator and Possession Planning experience

In Return You Will Receive

• Generous Salary
• 25 days Holiday plus Bank Holiday
• Pension
• Learning & Development opportunities
• Assistance and wellbeing support
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee benefits portal
• On-site parking
• Referral Scheme

Equal Opportunities

Aureos are an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.