Senior Planner

If you're an experienced Senior Planner in London, keep reading. If you are looking to work on major multi-million-pound projects, keep reading. If you are seeking a role that will allow you to reach your goals, apply now!

This well-established construction consultancy firm is seeking a driven Senior Planner to join their dynamic infrastructure team in London. This role offers the opportunity to lead in delivering world-class construction projects while being supported by an organization that values flexibility, diversity, and innovation.

If you are looking for a new challenge and are seeking a collaborative and flexible company, apply now!

Key responsibilities for the Senior Planner:

• Develop and manage schedules, ensuring seamless integration across multiple stakeholders.

• Maintain and manage baselines to support contractual and performance metrics.

• Conduct workshops and meetings to challenge and drive project progress and performance.
• Support Planning/Project Controls Managers in maintaining schedule integrity and interfaces.

• Manage contract requirements, ensuring compliance with NEC, JCT, FIDIC, and rail frameworks.

• Deliver advanced reporting, including Earned Value Management (EVM).

• Perform critical path analysis and scenario planning to mitigate risks and enhance efficiency.

• Integrate schedules with cost and risk data to provide holistic project insights.

Requirements of the Senior Planner:

• Demonstrated experience on large, multi-disciplinary projects.

• Proficiency with Primavera P6, Asta Powerproject, and/or Microsoft Project.

• Expertise in planning fundamentals, critical path analysis, and tendering.

• Strong cost/resource loading experience.

• Comprehensive understanding of NEC, JCT, and FIDIC contracts.

• Advanced reporting capabilities and stakeholder management skills.

• Leadership and mentorship experience.

• Risk management expertise, including quantitative schedule risk analysis (QSRA).

• Forensic planning capabilities.

• Rail industry experience, including knowledge of systems, technologies, and regulatory bodies (e.g., DfT).

Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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