Lead planning & planning roles in Basingstoke / Reading area
Candidates must have BPSS (SC desirable)
Willingness to travel is required
Lead Planner – Requirements:
- Ability to utilise P6 software to build schedules, establishing work breakdown structures/cost breakdown structure, activity structures, cost and resource load schedules.
- Take a lead role within the PMO Office to give advice, best practise guidance to team members/exec team, coaching and mentoring on structuring schedules, applying costs at appropriate levels and general planning advice.
- To maintain a planning overview for the full programme and report to key stakeholders/exec members on progress/issues and recovery options.
- To implement and run baseline change control processes
- To act as the super-user for the P6 system – including administration, EPS Setup and other P6 general maintenance.
- To develop and update an integrated schedule to inform key stakeholders of project health and report on movement in key contract milestones.
- To develop ad hoc reports to inform resourcing decisions / Earned value management and others as requested by PMO.
- To complete monthly performance reports with EVM stats and performance progress and provide explanations to the exec team.
- Have high earned value management skills and knowledge.
- Candidate must have a working knowledge of NEC forms of contract and from a planning perspective how to implement PMIS/CENS into baseline schedules and be able to give advice to the planning team on implementation of the above.
- To assist in project assurance reviews and be the Subject Matter Expert for planning within the PMO team.
- Candidate to have excellent communication/ interpersonal skills – have the ability to liaise with different internal/external stakeholders from client to exec level within the business.
- Candidate to have at least 5yrs + experience in planning ideally lead planning experience for 2ys+.
Planner – Requirements
- Ability to work as part of a project team, working alongside and supporting the PM providing daily/weekly/monthly planning information as requested.
- Ability to utilise P6 software to build schedules, establishing work breakdown structures/cost breakdown structure, activity structures, cost and resource loading schedules.
- To provide weekly/fortnightly/six weekly lookaheads to inform project knowledge and progress on the job.
- To have an understanding of differing methodologies in capturing progress from a planning perspective advise the project team appropriately and collect progress to inform weekly/monthly schedule updates and reporting.
- To produce schedules for change control and have an understanding of baseline change control processes.
- To develop earned value management /resource / ad hoc reports to inform project reports, resourcing decisions and others as requested by PMO or project team.
- To complete monthly performance reports with EVM stats and performance progress and provide explanations to the exec team.
- Have high earned value management skills and knowledge.
- To complete planning documentation for project assurance reviews.
- Candidate to have excellent communication/ interpersonal skills – have the ability to liaise with different internal/external stakeholders from client to exec level within the business.
- Candidate must have good team working skills and the ability to perform in a team environment.
- Candidate must have a working knowledge of NEC 4 from a planning perspective how to implement PMIS/CENS into baseline schedules.
- Candidate to have at least 5yrs + experience in planning ideally working in the nuclear/rail industry.
