Lead Planning Engineer/Planning Manager - Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom - Westlakes Recruit

Description

Westlakes Recruit are currently recruiting for an experienced lead planning engineer with a background in the nuclear/defence sectors to be engaged on a permanent basis in Warrington.

The Lead Planning Engineer is responsible for managing the Planning team, delivering the schedule development, reporting, updating and maintenance services to Programmes and Projects.

Ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of data communicated and reported to all Stakeholders.
Highlighting or escalating any issues as appropriate, through the Project Controls Management structure.
Actively contribute to continuous improvement of the functional quality and performance of Project Controls.
Managing, mentoring, and coaching the Planning delivery teams.
Managing the delivery team in the preparation of baselines during all project phases.

Managing the delivery team in the preparation, monitoring, and forecasting of schedule activities within the Work breakdown structure and project end date.

Managing the delivery team in the preparation, monitoring, and forecasting against the baseline and working schedules during all the project phases.

Maintaining the planning databases and validate the information across planning systems.
Providing support to the Commercial team with approval of contractor schedules and applications for payment relating to milestones.
Managing the delivery team in the provision of required information to support the risk process.
Implementing the project variation and change control processes and track use of contingency.
Managing the delivery team in the preparation of schedule reports, including earned value analysis, identifying critical areas and trends and recommend recovery options/plans

Experience:

10+ years' experience working in a project delivery environment ideally in the nuclear sector or a similar highly regulated sector.

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