Senior/Associate Project Planner (Site Based)

We have exciting new opportunities in our Project Delivery Practice for a Senior/Associate Project Planner to work from a site office in Barrow-In-Furness (Hybrid Working). You will be working alongside Project Managers and Project Directors to control and manage design activities on multi-disciplinary commissions to support complex infrastructure projects in our markets.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement high quality planning and scheduling standards to inform Project Managers.
• Produce detailed logic linked/resource loaded project plans in P6.
• Ensure integration of project control procedures into the project delivery process.
• Provide expert advice including weekly or monthly schedule updates.
• Production of monthly planning reports, resource updates and projections.
• Production of ad-hoc reports informing the Project Manager of significant schedule impacts and their effect on progress and completion.
• Controlling change and managing effective change control process including claims.
• Prepare information and attend regular planning and progress meetings.
• Monitoring and reporting performance against programme, technical quality, financial and KPI targets, and identifying necessary mitigation actions to prevent targets being missed.
• Identifying, escalating, and managing any matters that could pose a potential contractual/commercial risk such as project deviations, slippage reports, opportunities, mitigations.
• Lead and aid in development for team of planners.

Qualifications

• Experienced Engineering Professional with a recognised degree or diploma or be qualified by experience.
• An expert user of Primavera P6 and ideally MS Project in all aspects of planning and scheduling with proven years of experience required.
• Proficient in the use of Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Experience of schedule, risk and cost analysis.
• Proficient in the use of NEC type contracts and management and implementation of applying the contract clauses.
• A confident and professional manner, coupled with excellent communication skills, with clients and colleagues alike, to ensure clarity in all situations and to effectively influence.
• An analytical thinker, you’ll also be able to show initiative and examples of creativity.
• Ability to collaborate and build relationships across the wider teams.
• Good report writing and presentation skills.
• Self-motivated and able to work well on your own initiative.
• Ability to work well under pressure and proven ability to deliver to deadlines.

About AtkinsRéalis

We’re AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We’re committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people. At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences. Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive - at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.