Overview
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This role is central to creating, maintaining and communicating project delivery schedules using specialist planning tools (including MS Project and Primavera P6) to ensure that projects are delivered on time. The Senior Project Planner will work closely with Portfolio Managers and their teams to produce accurate and reliable project schedules and regular reports showing progress against baselines and reasons for deviation. An important part of this role is to support the Commercial team in assessing the impact of Compensation Events under the NEC contract, making assessments of changes (including Extensions of Time) and communicating results clearly and with evidence-based rationale.
What you’ll be doing
* Set up projects in the planning system according to standard WBS codes and the Enterprise Project Structure (EPS).
* Establish a delivery baseline for the project, including initial baselines based on AMFP (Renewals), Linear / Structural Inspections or HE agreed dates (Improvements).
* Create new baselines as necessary to monitor and report performance.
* Ensure the monthly cost forecast and programme schedule align to the delivery assumptions in both the commercial forecast and schedule forecast.
* Progress the programme monthly using information and reports from site, contractor applications/reports/progress updates, querying discrepancies with the Project Manager where necessary.
* Provide the Project Manager with a monthly update of the delivery programme in an agreed format.
* Provide summary management information on programme performance by project/programme/portfolio.
* Review contractor programmes (as a requirement of the NEC contract) for completeness/accuracy/functionality and feed comments back to the Project Manager for action with the Contractor.
* Undertake programme assessments of Compensation Events on behalf of the Project Manager, advising on valid Extensions of Time with clear evidence to support decisions and commercial discussions.
* Analyse schedule information for trends and issues (e.g., late achievement of project stages, overall delivery predictability).
* Use the schedule information to create schedule benchmarks for future projects.
* Ensure that common coding structures are applied throughout the programme to enable reporting.
Qualifications and experience
* Educated to A-level standard or equivalent, preferably including mathematics or technically-based subjects.
* Experience in project planning and scheduling software (such as Primavera P6 or MS Project).
* Experience of working with NEC contracts preferred.
* Experience of working in a multi-stakeholder environment.
* Knowledge and experience handling large volumes of data with the ability to summarise key points and trends.
* Highly organised and able to handle many ongoing priorities without impact on output.
Why join us / Benefits
* Smart working, with flexibility such as staggered start/finish times and up to 40% remote working where roles allow.
* 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
* Family friendly policies including 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave.
* Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and more.
About us
Connect Plus Services (CPS) brings together the collective strength of our parent companies - Balfour Beatty, Atkins and Egis Road Operation UK. With around 600 people, based at eight locations across the M25 network, we work on behalf of Connect Plus and National Highways to manage the operation of the M25 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, from routine maintenance to managing the whole-life requirement of thousands of assets across the network.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. We are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). We are a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to supporting applicants with disabilities through the recruitment process. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and welcome feedback at candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com.
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