Project Planning (P6) Engineers/Managers - PMCM in Leeds

Overview

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

A Little More About Your Role…

Our Project Planning (P6) Engineers/Managers provide essential consultancy skills and specific Planning & Scheduling expertise, which help our clients deliver their key infrastructure projects. If you are interested in developing and growing your future career path in WSP, whilst working on exciting multi-sector projects, we would really like to hear from you.

• To lead, manage and deliver the planning & scheduling requirements on one or more projects, workstreams or a major infrastructure programme.
• As a planning lead within a project team, ensuring that functional disciplines contribute to the planning & scheduling process, understand the critical path, float analysis, the application of EVM, and the assessment of schedule progress and forecast dates.
• Developing integrated schedules, utilising scope information, schedule dependencies and project control information from multiple information sources.
• Work collaboratively with the responsibility for the effective communication and presentation of technical schedule information to a range of stakeholder audiences.
• In parallel with project work you’ll support major bids, collaborate with clients on their future project requirements and contribute to business growth initiatives.
• Mentoring of staff and people management opportunities for some specific roles.
• Hybrid working at offices for a minimum of 3 days a week to fully collaborate with client and WSP project teams.

Your Team

You will be part of our wider Project Management and Commercial Management Team (PMCM), made up of over 400 professionals across the UK and sit within our Programme Solutions Group. Your future development will be actively supported through development conversations and with access to WSP’s full range of training, development tools and resources. Planning & Scheduling is part of the wider Programme Solutions service line which comprises the disciplines of Project Controls, Risk Management, PMO and Digital services.

What We Will Be Looking For You To Demonstrate…

• A track-record of planning & scheduling in one or more key industry sectors for example: Energy, Water, Rail, Buildings, Defence.
• The skills and experience to collaborate and communicate with clients, partners and design teams in detailed planning discussions and leading workshops.
• Offer one or more specialist key Planning skills for example: Integrated Master Schedules, Delay/Forensic Schedule Analysis techniques, the definition of best-practice standards & processes, BIM Planning.
• Developing and managing project/programme schedules from first principles using Oracle Primavera P6, Microsoft Project and other scheduling software.
• Project lifecycle schedule development experience (Design, Statutory Planning Consents, Procurement, Commissioning and Construction) and rolling-wave planning.
• Resource/cost loading of schedules and combined and the application of EVM.
• Familiarity with NEC programme clauses, the assessment of CEs and what-if scenarios.
• An attention to detail with the ability to produce a programme narrative, a basis of schedule and a plan on a page.
• Hold a relevant degree in an engineering or construction related discipline, similar higher education and an appropriate project management /APM qualification/membership.

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team. Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all. Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact.

About Us

We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 72,800 passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 9,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.

What’s In It For You?

• Work-life balance: Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.
• Inclusivity & Belonging: We welcome applicants with varied backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society.
• Health & Wellbeing: Thrive programme. Virtual GP service, accessible to NHS or Irish Medical Council GPs, with workplace adjustments available. Gymflex scheme up to 40% off gym memberships and menopause support package.
• Flex your time: WSP My Hour — one hour each day for personal activities with flexible time adjustments. Part-time and flexible working arrangements, option to purchase additional leave, and use of bank holidays to suit you.
• Your development: We invest in training, mentoring, and Chartership.

#WeAreWSP Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.