Programme Planner in London

Take the Lead on Major Infrastructure Projects with a Career-Defining Planning Opportunity!

Our Client has a requirement for a Programme Planner, who will be required to work on a contract basis in Heathrow.

Role Purpose:

• Prepare project control plans and detailed staffing utilisation plans for project activities.
• Develop, maintain, monitor, and analyse project schedules and performance data.
• Support project controls, planning, scheduling, cost engineering, and reporting activities.
• Ensure project scope, execution plans, milestones, and schedules are accurately reflected and aligned.
• Provide schedule, resource, manpower, cost, and performance analysis to support project delivery.
• Identify schedule risks, critical path activities, trends, and mitigation opportunities.
• Support the implementation of project controls tools, standards, procedures, and reporting systems.

Job Role Responsibilities:

• Prepare and maintain project schedules, resource plans, and staffing utilisation plans.
• Assist in producing schedule data for proposals and contract negotiations.
• Integrate interdisciplinary schedule requirements and establish logical work sequences.
• Develop activity durations, quantity release curves, installation curves, and labour expenditure forecasts.
• Perform quantity, manpower, cost resource loading, and schedule performance monitoring.
• Support cost trend analysis, forecasting, reporting, and change management activities.
• Analyse schedule and project controls data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Determine critical path activities and monitor schedule performance against project milestones.
• Develop and monitor short-term engineering and construction schedules.
• Review schedule deviations and recommend corrective actions and recovery plans.
• Prepare schedule commentary and progress reporting documentation.
• Provide technical guidance and operational direction to assigned personnel.
• Maintain effective working relationships with project managers, discipline leads, and project stakeholders.
• Review project controls information and reports for technical accuracy prior to issue.
• Support the selection and implementation of project controls systems and tools.
• Prepare and present planning, scheduling, cost engineering, and estimating information to management and clients.
• Develop performance measurement systems and analyse project metrics using statistical methods.
• Support the development of project controls standards, procedures, and historical data records.
• Supervise cost estimating, budgeting, monitoring, reporting, and cost analysis activities.
• Monitor overall project schedule performance and recommend improvements where required.

Experience / Skills / Knowledge / Qualifications:

• Experience performing, monitoring, and reviewing planning and scheduling functions, including schedule development, control, and analysis in both office and site environments.
• Strong knowledge of project controls, planning, scheduling, and cost engineering principles.
• Skilled in both written and verbal communication.
• Proficient in PC operating systems and Microsoft Office applications.
• Experience using planning and scheduling software such as Primavera and Microsoft Project.
• Ability to analyse schedule, cost, resource, and performance data to support project delivery.
• Knowledge of engineering and construction management practices gained through practical experience or specialised training (desirable).
• Understanding of current industry standards, techniques, and developments (desirable).

Sector: Commercial, Admin & Office Support

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