What are the responsibilities and job description for the Planner position at Aureos?
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Aureos are seeking a Planning Manager to join our growing team in Laindon. As a Planning Manager, you will be managing the schedule management function which consists of Project Planning specific to the sub-business unit.
To maintain and support in the creation of a series of leading industry best practices and planning procedures which supports business units’ rapid growth in support of the other planning managers across Infrastructure (Energy, Rail, Highways).
To support wider PMO businesses service groups which include Digital Systems, CDE / Programme Management along with Business Controls.
Provide leadership, support, and training, and contribute to career development of the planning team and graduate training programme.
The Successful Candidate Will Be Responsible For The Following
Skills, qualifications and experience:
Equal Opportunities
Aureos are an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.
Aureos are seeking a Planning Manager to join our growing team in Laindon. As a Planning Manager, you will be managing the schedule management function which consists of Project Planning specific to the sub-business unit.
To maintain and support in the creation of a series of leading industry best practices and planning procedures which supports business units’ rapid growth in support of the other planning managers across Infrastructure (Energy, Rail, Highways).
To support wider PMO businesses service groups which include Digital Systems, CDE / Programme Management along with Business Controls.
Provide leadership, support, and training, and contribute to career development of the planning team and graduate training programme.
The Successful Candidate Will Be Responsible For The Following
- Assess and review contractual schedules and compensation events to support the business in schedule related commercial aspects.
- Delays, corrective actions, and claims.
- Where entitlement requires to be demonstrated offering support to the planning and projects teams around training on Compensation Events, Extension of Time (EOT) because of delay/ disruption/ loss of efficiency.
- Prepare timely and accurate reports and P6 schedule reviews with the planning team.
- Development and implementation of a business strategy that identifies and embeds planning lessons learned.
- Establish and maintain a highly motivated programme planning team.
- Assess and determine need for change to planning processes and methods and implement changes to deliver improved performance.
- Analyse, review and highlight critical time schedule issues and ensure viable resolution plans are in place.
- Identify and analyse performance across a programme of critical path projects.
- Undertake training sessions for Programme team(s) and assist Senior management with the interpretation of periodic time schedule/cost reports.
- Provision of on-going training for those in the business unit planning pool to manage capability assessment/development.
- Collation of best practice intelligence from both external and internal sources to be shared with central areas/business unit.
- Implementing formal training in the use of time-chainage and traditional planning techniques.
- Maintain work breakdown structure, project and activity coding and resource loading, monitoring the scheduling of project milestones and ensure any potential delays or risks are met with appropriate solutions. This will support the wider business initiatives and goals.
Skills, qualifications and experience:
- PTS AC/DC
- 802A: Primavera P6 Professional Advanced
- TILOS competent
- Educated to Degree level or equivalent
- MSP (Microsoft Project) _ Microsoft Packages - Visio / Excel / Word / PowerPoint etc.
- Extensive experience / understanding of The Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2015
- NEC 3 / 4 / NR Form of Contracts
- Collaborative Planning
- Good knowledge of Power BI
- Railway Operating Environment
- Knowledge and capability of working on OLE Projects within Primavera P6.
- An experienced user of the relevant Programme tools, techniques
- Understanding of all rail disciplines, possession management, interface management
- Attention to Detail
- Decision Making, Developing Self & Others, Influence & Persuasion, Innovation Leadership
- Planning & Organising
- Problem Solving
- Results Focus
- Team working
- Policies & Procedures
- Statutory Legislation
- Budgets & Forecasting
- Equipment Knowledge
- Valid Site management safety training scheme (SMSTS) certificate or similar
- ALO Coordinator and Possession Planning experience
- Generous Salary
- 25 days Holiday plus Bank Holiday
- Pension
- Learning & Development opportunities
- Assistance and wellbeing support
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee benefits portal
- On-site parking
- Referral Scheme
Equal Opportunities
Aureos are an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.