Senior Planner - Altrincham, United Kingdom - Mott MacDonald

Mott MacDonald

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Altrincham, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Senior Planner

Country:
United Kingdom
Position Location:Altrincham, United Kingdom
Contract Type:Permanent
Work Pattern:Full Time
Sector:Energy
Discipline:Energy
Job Ref:1505
Recruiter Contact:1500
Mott MacDonald

We're a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients' businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
A fundamental part of this is respecting each person's differences and striving to meet their needs.
We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor's top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.
Our values
:Progress,
Respect,
Integrity,
Drive,
Excellence.
About the business unit

The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across several sectors including hydropower, nuclear, waste, renewable generation and transmission & distribution networks.

Together we provide integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle - from concept and design to construction and operations, to decommissioning or repowering and life extension.

Together with our clients, we're helping to deliver the energy transition globally.- Our Power, Process & Nuclear are looking for a Senior Planner to lead our planning team on a major UK programme of work.

This long-term and complex project promises to be motivating and challenging.

It presents an excellent opportunity for the right person to become a central element of our team and an integral part of successful project delivery.

About the role:

Able to manage a portfolio (typically
Ability to 'police' a small portfolio, to ensure all schedules adhere to procedures and local practices / work instructions & that these are consistently applied.
Fully understands EV principles, able to explain variances within the portfolio & advise all stakeholders of potential mitigation options / recovery scenarios.
Ability to liaise with & take direction from lead & Management roles.
Ability to assess potential improvements to the structure of the schedule (including hierarchal coding) & to discuss and agree implementation measures with peers & key stakeholders.
Application of change control measures (ideally within the NEC contract model) & the ability to recognise when a change can be applied to both the baseline & working schedule.
Selfperforms schedule integrity checking across the portfolio, including reassessment of critical path & key deliverables on each update and communication of key issues to all relevant stakeholders.
Automatically liaises with other stakeholders regarding work to go & discussion / communication of this with the Cost Engineer, Project Manager & Project Control Manager, leading to underpinned EACs.
Ability to baseline & progress a portfolio of resourced schedules.
Ability to effectively communicate with and influence key individuals.
Ability to drive the project team to deliver to plan and constructively challenge any delay or deviation.
Collaboratively develop, maintain and present detailed project plans in 4D using Bentley Synchro software, Primavera P6 and relevant BIM models.
Appreciate and uphold the Health & Safety standards in all planning activities.
Ensure project plans capture the full project scope.
Assist in the proactive identification of opportunities and risks in the plan.
Ensure planning standards are maintained.

- #LI-EH1
About you:

Experience leading a planning team to developing a portfolio of schedules, complete with the appropriate WBS & applicable coding required to manage & succinctly report the portfolio.
The ability to communicate clearly and succinctly with all stakeholders both within the project team & up through the Organisations' reporting structure.
An ability to provide leadership & mentoring to lower planning grades, to formulate local processes / procedures and allocate workshare across a portfolio.
Experience of leading collaborative planning processes and working with different teams (engineers, contractors, suppliers, equipment operators, etc.) and the client to deliver optimal programme schedules.
Awareness of the latest technologies, procedures & innovations and how these may be applied to the benefit of the portfolio.
Other skills required for the role are:
Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
Confidence in presenting to and speaking to external stakeholder bodies.
Commitment to continuous professional development.

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