The Role

Linear Recruitment are working woth a Blue chip Tier 1 main contractor for a Senior Planner to join their Rail team and assist on several rail related projects across the Greater Manchester area.  

Responsibilities

As a Senior Planner, you'll be working within the Transportation team and is responsible for planning and programming for large or complex rail infrastructure and associated buildings projects (over £20m). This may consist of a portfolio of smaller projects and may also involve managing planners who provide support with these schemes.

Your day to day will include:

• Develop programmes ensuring compliance with the company planning standard and the NR ICOM Schedule Management Plan
• Identify scope, constraints and ensure programme is compliant with the contract.
• Provide fully resourced programmes, produce resource histograms, resource level programmes, understand and communicate the effect on programme schedules to the project team.
• Update programme as required by the contract / project ensuring all interfaces are identified. Must be fully auditable via the baseline functionality.
• Attend client and 3rd party presentations and meetings, presenting programme and methodology as appropriate.

What are we looking for?

• Multi-discipline rail projects i.e., Civils. Buildings, Pway, OLE, E&P, M & E and SISS Comms
• Production of schedules from first principles
• Able to undertake strategic planning for project development.
• Network Rail GRIP process and or PACE (Project Acceleration in Controlled Environment)
• Oracle Primavera P6 – In depth knowledge and reporting to Client contractual requirements.
• Experience of NEC contract form and programme commercial management i.e. compensation events