Planning Consultant - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Mott MacDonald

Mott MacDonald

Verified Company

Glasgow, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Planning Consultant - Defence

Country:
United Kingdom
Position Location:Glasgow, United Kingdom / Bristol, United Kingdom
Contract Type:Permanent
Work Pattern:Full Time
Sector:Advisory
Discipline:Planning and modelling
Job Ref:1352
Recruiter Contact:Laura Shirley
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 Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers management services in all the sectors that Mott MacDonald operate in the Built Environment, Defence, Energy, Water, Transportation and, Education, Health and Care.- The Unit delivers services to projects ranging in scale and complexity up to £20bn, through the technical disciplines of Programme Management, Project Management, Project Controls, Scheduling, Cost Management, Estimating, Infrastructure Finance, Management Consulting, Digital Consulting and Education, Health and Care Management.

Overview of role

As Planning Consultant you will be reporting to the Head of Project Controls, the role will be responsible for developing and maintaining robust control of the capital investment schedule across. This includes providing active support the project and programme team(s) in all planning and reporting activities. This role would suit a collaborative individual with great leadership and communication skills who enjoys multitasking, loves a busy working environment and thrives under pressure.

What you will contribute to the team:

Working with internal and external stakeholders to identify dependencies, coordinate project delivery activities and understand their scheduling requirements, deliverables and timescales
Performing regular progress monitoring activities including identifying critical events, reviewing forecasts with progress to date, and ensuring that remedial action is taken by project owners
Assisting the project management team with evaluating schedule and budgetary impacts of project updates, if necessary, organising and facilitating workshops.
Reporting of project key deliverables, critical path analysis and float monitoring, RAID analysis, forecasts budgeting and actuals.
Actively promoting and supporting the use of our project management tools within the business.
Required for the position of Planning Consultant:
Demonstrable experience of dealing with multiple, multidisciplinary works is required in a planning capacity
Must have Security Clearance (previously or currently) or ability to gain SC
Demonstrable experience of leading planning teams of at least 3 planners is required
Demonstrable knowledge and practical knowledge of NEC contracts
Demonstrable knowledge and experience of planning for safety critical works, particularly engineering hours, possessions and blockades

Preferred, but not required:

Available within the next month
Good level of technical understanding
Excellent written and verbal skills
Strong planning and organising skills with demonstrated ability to manage in fine detail
Ability to interface with all relevant levels of client organisation

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.
AccessibilityAgile working*
Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
Our income protection scheme provides a financia