Project Controls - Senior Planner
Posted 5 hours 53 minutes ago by Gleeds Corporate Services Ltd
Project Controls - Senior Planner
- Sector - UK Infrastructure
- Location - Manchester, Liverpool or surrounding areas
- Permanent
- Full time with flexible core hours
Gleeds is a leading global property and construction consultancy. Independent since 1885, we deliver award-winning projects around the world and are a certified Great Place to Work.
The Gleeds Infrastructure team works across Rail, Highways, Utilities, Aviation and Ports, providing Programme Management, Cost Management and Project Controls services. We are a people-focused team with a drive to develop talent, invest in careers and provide opportunities.
Your day to day could involve- Undertake "rolling wave" planning & resource loading for assigned project & work scopes
- Create and track plans and schedules, perform risk exploration
- Responsible for detailed schedule exploration of network logic and critical path
- Work with cross-functional Program Teams to resolve critical path and network conflicts
- Perform "what if" scenarios for employee program management teams
- Perform schedule variance exploration by comparing baseline to schedule
- Perform earned value exploration in support of assigned programs or projects
- Ensure management understands network logic, Gantt, milestone lists, and resource information in the schedule
- Develop and maintain scheduling procedures for assigned programs
- Utilise Gantt, PERT, milestone charts, earned value management and other techniques to gauge progress and identify performance variances
- Ensure major projects and program schedules and plans are integrated across company functional groups (finance, engineering, material, manufacturing, quality)
- Previous major projects experience, able to support and guide across multiple live projects and contribute to tender programmes
- Experience within project controls with a focus on planning, ideally within a consultancy
- Experience in Primavera P6; experience in Asta Powerproject and MSP beneficial
- Strong Excel competence to produce dashboards & supporting data visualization to P6 programmes
- HNC, HND or Degree in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management, Construction Law, or similar; alternative engineering background may be considered
- Professional qualifications/membership of APM, RICS, CIOB, CICES, CIPS or other relevant Chartered Institute desirable
- Clear opportunities to develop and grow your career through training and further qualifications
- Fantastic networking opportunities to grow your personal brand and expand your understanding of the industry
- Generous holiday allowance plus the option to purchase additional days
- Highly competitive salary with the opportunity to increase through continuous reviews
- Employee Assistance Programme to ensure your health and personal well-being comes first
- Global travel scholarship programme gives you the opportunity to gain global experience
- Flexible working arrangements to ensure a healthy work-life balance
- Volunteering opportunities to engage with your local community or charitable organisations
- Unparalleled support from central teams and a company recognised as a Great Place to Work
We're an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications regardless of age, disability, marital status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status or gender.
We recognise the importance of work/life balance and agree flexible working arrangements to suit each individual.
Gleeds is a Great Place to Work certified employer.