Project Planner - Manchester Rail

Posted 05 September 2024
Salary £360 per day
LocationManchester
Job type Temporary
Sectors Rail
ReferenceBH-36929
Contact NameTilly Day

Job description

People Group are looking to recruit a Project Planner from a Network Rail background to work for a leading rail consultancy

Position: P6 Project Planner 
Rate: £360 Inside IR35
Location: Manchester
Start: 30th September
Duration: 31st December 

Working Arrangements: 2 days in office / 3 days from home

Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain Project Schedules reflecting the remitted Scope. This will include integrating supply chain, Network Rail and possibly 3d party client activities, to ensure the full scope is captured.
- Establish the Performance Management Baseline, Where applicable based on the clause 14 from the supplier and incorporating time risk as identified via QSRA.
- Progressing the schedules fortnightly. Identify variances from baseline and work with the project teams to develop recovery plans.
- Analyse the supplier schedules from a quality perspective - e.g. coding Logic, realistic duration's - and ensure any actions are closed.
- Become an intrinsic part of the Project Management team ensuring stakeholders are clear on what needs to be produced and when,any potential slippage and what can be done to mitigate the slippage
- Attend periodic/key stakeholder meetings representing the planning functions
- Develop what-if scenarios as required to support future phase development
- Providing schedule data and reports as required to key stakeholders
- Supporting teams with monitoring, control, assurance, risk and value activities
- Must have significant experience of primavera/rail planning, ideally on high profile/risk, multi-disciplinary projects.

Job Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Essential
  • Proven experience in the successful scheduling of Infrastructure Projects 
  • Knowledge of railway investment planning systems.
  • Experience of using a number of project management scheduling tools including Primavera P6.
  • Experience working for Network Rail
Desirable
  • Membership of a relevant professional body
  • Understanding of the engineering requirements of work on the railway
  • Six Sigma Yellow Belt