Senior Project Planner

On behalf of our Tier 1 contractor client, We are recruiting for a permanent Senior Project Planner to join the West Midlands team within the rail division. 

As the Senior Planner you will be able to deliver project planning from tender to successful completion by working with our clients etablished project management teams and the end clients. You will have comprehensive knowledge of planning systems including Primavera P6 and delivering project planning activities within NEC4 contracts. You will have experience of delivering projects in the rail, highways or energy sectors, preferably with main experience in rail and M&E.

Skills & Experience

• Advanced user of Microsoft Excel, Word & PowerPoint
• Advanced user of Primavera P6 with a minimum 5 years of demonstrable experience
• Excellent written and oral Communication skills
• Advanced knowledge of Project Planning within the Rail industry
• Advanced knowledge of Schedule Management & Reporting
• Advanced in Change Control, Baseline Management, Risk Management and Cost Control
• Experience of working NEC4 contracts
• Understanding of Operational Planning i.e. Rail Possessions
• Experience in delivering civil engineering projects, including structures and station works
• Willing to guide and mentor Junior members of the team
• Full UK Driving license with the ability to travel to site offices
• Hold PTS (Personal Track Safety) competency

Key Responsibilities

1. Manage a portfolio of existing project programmes across a number of frameworks in development, design, delivery and completion stages.
2. Create and manage new project programmes from tender drawings, challenging project team proposed outputs and sequences, with a high degree of accuracy and in line with contract terms.
3. Add value to project delivery by proactively identifying and managing schedule risk, validating progress and identifying opportunities for programme acceleration, carrying out variance analysis and developing recovery schedules.
4. Provide internal cyclic reporting data to inform management review and facilitate workbank / workforce planning.
5. Support the development of the project planning function and provide guidance to less experienced members of the team.
6. Production of Hour by Hour programmes in line with the DWWP process for works being undertaken in disruptive possessions.
7. Assist the Planning Manager in producing reports.
8. Production of high-quality outputs inclusive of visual dashboards to convey the current project progress.
9. Produce and maintain work scope trackers.

This position is a hybrid role with a 80/20 split (4 days office, 1 day from home) with potential for this to improve later down the line.

Ganymede is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation