Senior Planning Engineer

As a Senior Planning Engineer within our multi-discipline Engineering Services Team, you will be an integral part of a team delivering projects across all our sectors including Water, Road, Rail, Defence & Nuclear Energy. Your duties will include:

• Utilising your knowledge and expertise in the Project Controls discipline to provide Project Control solutions and services to our clients.
• Contributing to improving processes, procedures and tools utilised by the function.
• Planning focused, confident in running your own project as well as working effectively within a team.
• Joining a growing consultancy team working on a variety of contracts within multiple sectors.
• Undertaking short-term or long-term commissions to address a variety of customer needs.

This is a full-time position with a flexible approach to home working to promote well-being. It will be predominantly home-based but will require occasional office attendance in London and/or Manchester as per business needs.

Responsibilities include:

• Adherence to Health & Safety practices.
• Adherence to the Costain Way and project specific procedures.
• Collection of all data required to prepare Level 3 Programme Baselines.
• Raising of activities and coding structure in the proprietary software Primavera P6.
• Co-ordination of logical links between engineering, procurement and construction.
• Calculation of activity durations from estimates and critical path identification.
• Submission and formal approval of Baselines.
• Exchange of electronic planning data with departments and clients.
• Liaison with the procurement department and suppliers regarding equipment required on site dates.
• Liaison with site planners and subcontractors for site execution timings.
• Level 3 & 4 updating from: engineering, procurement & site planner feedback.
• Scheduling of Programme activities on a weekly, bi-weekly, monthly basis.
• Input/production and issue of weekly updated 6 week look-aheads.
• Introduction and analysis of approved changes into the Programme.
• Programme Risk Analysis and What-If scenario exercises.
• Production of Ad-Hoc Programmes as required.
• Analysis of schedule update data and communication of trends to relevant parties.
• Production and distribution of reports & graphics, including EVM and forecasting.
• Tracking of Key Dates and relevant KPI’s.
• Attendance at relevant project, progress and planning meetings.

You will confidently interface with:

• Costain and client planning resources.
• Design/Engineering/Procurement/Construction Departments.
• Estimating & Change Control.
• Site Planner.
• Suppliers and Subcontractors.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Essential:

• Primavera (P6) trained and experienced.
• Previous planning experience in a similar role ideally within the Water sector.
• Proactive and enthusiastic approach.
• Confident communication skills with departments and clients.
• Mobility to travel to sites and client locations as required.
• Experience in building cost and resource loaded plans.
• Experience of Earned Value Analysis.
• Experience/understanding in the interpretation of estimating, scheduling, programming and risk tools.
• High level of numeracy and excellent analytical skills.
• Excellent MS Office skills.
• Relevant formal qualification for the position.
• Knowledge of contracts, including NEC and Extension of Time calculations.

Desirable:

• Relevant experience in Project Controls and/or Project Delivery, preferably in a highly regulated environment.
• MSP competent (but not essential).
• The confidence to manage teams and communicate at all levels, driving commitments and improvements to meet commercial and technical objectives and deadlines.

Qualifications

Essential:

• HNC/HND, degree qualified or experience in a planning related discipline.

Desirable:

• APM Project Management Qualification.
• APMG International Project Planning and Control Practitioner or equivalent.
• PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP).