Job Title: P6 Planner
Rate: £50-£65 per hour
Location: Reading
Contract Length: 6 months
Security Clearance: Must have or be able to pass SC clearance
Role Overview:
The P6 Planner will report to the Project Manager, ensuring all planning procedures align with programme strategy and client governance frameworks. They will provide the Programme team with the planning expertise required to deliver robust performance measurement baselines, reporting management, change management, and risk management.
Responsibilities:
* Collaborate with the Project Commercial Team to understand cost management within client core business systems and conduct WBS-CBS mapping.
* Develop programme plans with input from Project Managers and cross-functional teams to establish robust performance measurement baselines.
* Produce detailed logic-linked project plans using Primavera P6.
* Coordinate with programme suppliers to establish and review plans.
* Integrate Project Control procedures into the planning process, ensuring controlled release of project plans for execution.
* Update plan schedules and costs incurred, enabling monthly reporting with Project Managers and cross-functional teams.
* Assess the impact of risk and change on the plan.
* Produce Earned Value Management (EVM) data.
* Analyse and review data to identify key themes and trends, providing recommendations to support project decision-making.
* Act as a subject matter expert on planning matters, supporting, guiding, and training cross-functional team members as needed.
* Undertake functional leadership and line management as required.
Experience and Qualifications:
* Expertise in project planning.
* Planning experience in major construction/infrastructure projects.
* Expert user of Primavera P6.
* Collaborative working skills with cross-functional teams to develop plans from conception to completion.
* Ability to develop and establish robust WBS-CBS and performance measurement baselines.
* Understanding of EVM systems and the ability to develop effective systems for schedule, cost, and earned value reporting.
* Knowledge of change management procedures and the ability to create effective systems for managing and reporting change.
* Familiarity with risk management procedures and the ability to develop effective systems for managing and reporting risk.
* Influential within cross-functional teams to enhance programme management procedures.
If you meet the skill set required and are ready to take on this exciting opportunity, please apply now