Job Summary

The Senior Planner establishes and maintains the overall time plan for the Euston Project and monitors and reports performance against it.

Key Responsibilities

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.

Values and Cultural Fit

Leadership: Using innovation and challenge to lead by example

Respect: Understanding others, recognising their value and behaving accordingly

Safety: Caring for our workforce, or passengers and the public by creating an environment where no one gets hurt

Integrity: Acting fairly, transparently and consistently

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Person Specification 

The key technical competencies required to perform the role well are outlined below. 

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Expert knowledge of construction techniques methods and durations

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Very strong understanding of techniques for project planning control and other facets of project control

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Expert knowledge of Primavera and similar planning software

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Strong knowledge of integrated project planning

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Expert knowledge of EVA techniques

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Ability to use schedule risk modelling software such as Pertmaster

The key behavioural competencies required to perform the role well are outlined below. 

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Strong team leader

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Strong attention to detail and the ability to “deep dive” into planning

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Comfortable with presenting at senior level

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Able to present facts clearly and simply

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Able to collaborate effectively with others to develop integrated programmes

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Ability to mentor and train subordinate staff

Qualifications, Certifications and Experience required

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Relevant experience of project planning

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Significant past experience of large projects

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MAPM of formal PM/ Project controls qualification.

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Experience in the railway environment