Senior MS Planner

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We help businesses harness unrelenting technological change to successfully deliver innovations that will help them gain a competitive advantage and improve the everyday lives of people around the globe.

At this level a Senior Planning Engineer (PMO Scheduling specialist) is responsible for applying schedule management independently, primarily in complex situations using MS Planner. Preparing and maintaining integrated schedules of project and/or programme activities and events, taking into account dependencies and resource requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop/implement and maintain the Project structures (WBS/OBS/RBS/CBS)
• Develop/baseline and maintain the Project integrated schedule. (Level 1-3)
• Ensure alignment between the integrated scheduling toolset and the company’s financial and material demand toolset. This includes alignment of any Level 4/5 schedules.
• Regular status update of the integrated schedule and the provision of metrics (e.g. critical path/total float) and schedule analysis of the impact to the project.
• Resource/cost loaded schedules to inform the IBP and also to provide financial status of the project.
• Provision of schedule risk analysis updates on a monthly basis and to inform the baseline.
• Inclusion of key milestones and status against these.
• Critical path analysis of the integrated schedule on a regular basis.
• Correctly record project progress in the schedule, reschedule to take effect of the progress data and communicate the results to the project team and advise of any appropriate corrective action.
• Understand and report on project using Earned Value Analysis techniques and interpret/communicate the results and any corrective action to the project team.
• Establishing and leading on Interactive Planning workshops.
• Leading on Rolling Wave (lookahead) meetings.
• Ensuring that the schedule is cost loaded in line with the Baseline budgets.
• Ensuring that the schedule is updated with forecast dates and Estimates at Completion (EAC’s).
• What-if scenarios.
• Support to commercial change process and impact assessments.
• Inclusion of key supplier and subcontract schedules.
• Lead on alignment of schedule to project change register.
• Attending and contributing to the business Scheduling Community of Practice.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) in engineering / project / construction management or a related field.
• Professional qualification (e.g. APM/Acoste/RICS) (or equivalent).

Essential Skills

• MS Planner.

Key Outputs / Deliverables:

• Business Unit Project Cardinal Date Plan.
• Level 3 Integrated Baseline Schedule.
• Schedule Risk Analysis.
• Schedule variance reporting/analysis.
• Critical Path reporting/Analysis.
• Toolset alignment reports.
• Resource Profiles.
• EVM Data.
• Archived Schedules.
• Scheduling maturity model.
• PM Controls Framework.

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges.
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects.
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:

• Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.
• Communicating and promoting vacancies.
• Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
• Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required.
• Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive.