Planner in Essex

Do you want to contribute to the planning of a major infrastructure project? Can you maintain project momentum? Are you an experienced planner? Then, read on. This could be the perfect opportunity for you.

To strategically contribute to the delivery of a complex infrastructure project, we are looking for a Planner to join us. Working on a major joint venture, you’ll work closely with Project Directors and Managers, ensuring robust planning, scheduling, and performance tracking across all project phases. You’ll combine technical expertise with stakeholder management, encouraging collaboration and resolving conflicts to maintain project momentum and meet project milestones.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare and assess detailed programme/project plans for all stages and aspects of a project to support the timely delivery of project outcomes.
• Demonstrate a solid understanding of the programme and project life cycle, delivery methodology, Earned Value Management, communication, and stakeholder management.
• Prepare regular status reports and forecasts for programme, project, and client reviews.
• Demonstrate experience in the ability to integrate multiple programmes from Delivery Partners and other stakeholders and own them.
• Report on schedule performance, identify issues and opportunities for improvement, and recommend corrective actions, ensuring compliance and addressing any non-compliance.
• Develop and maintain rolling 4-week construction schedules and milestone tracking, Level I, II, III, IV schedules.
• Develop and maintain Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) in collaboration with Project Directors and Managers.
• Monitor and update project schedules, critical paths, milestones and completion timelines.
• Maintain the Critical Path Network to ensure timely completion of all activities.
• Analyse progress data to forecast issues, programme scope and maintain detailed programme/project schedules in alignment with contract obligations.
• Analyse and assure Delivery Partner / Contractor / Stakeholder schedules against contract scope and requirements.
• Analyse progress data and issue project critical path analysis reports, bulk release and install curves and analysis, milestone summary and level 2-3 schedule.
• Assist in expediting engineering, procurement and enabling works programme schedules.
• Liaise with the project team, cost controllers, and clients to monitor trends and assess their impact on the programme/project.
• Ensure and maintain Primavera P6 schedules meeting target dates and performance metrics.

Your skills:

• Degree in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, or related field.
• Advanced knowledge of Quality Systems Process & Procedures and associated Planning & Scheduling tools: Primavera P6, MS Project, TILOS, Acumen Fuse.
• Advanced knowledge of project management tools, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with AI tools such as ChatGPT and Co-Pilot to assist in swift clear communication of delivery products.
• Significant multi-year experience in mega large-scale Construction & Civil programs; Roads, Tunnels and Major Utility Relocation & Outages.
• Extensive experience in the management of Primavera P6 EPPM, P6 Risk, TILOS, AcumenFuse and any other planning software.
• Good communication skills to clearly convey complex scheduling information to stakeholders at all levels.
• Identify scheduling conflicts early and facilitate resolution through negotiation, compromise, and alignment with project goals.
• Takes initiative to spot potential risks and creates workable plans to preserve schedule integrity.
• The ability to ensure accuracy and consistency in all planning documentation and schedule updates.

A place to work and so much more:

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and livable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers. We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

What we also offer:

• 28 days' holiday plus all UK bank and public holidays.
• Formalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunities.
• Private health care, for you and your immediate dependents.
• Flexible and hybrid working conditions.
• Annual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional Institutions.
• Group personal pension scheme – salary exchange.
• Life assurance.

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Ciaran Gilfedder at . Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Equal opportunity employer. COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.