Project Planning Engineer

Plan/Primavera

Project Planning Engineer - required to join a UK Rail company in Chippenham.

Job Purpose
As a member of the planning function, you will carry out Project Planning activities as detailed below. You will take a pro-active role in advising on, monitoring and resolving issues, actions and risks in a way that would be expected of a member of the project team.

Key Duties
Develop fully baselined, resource loaded, labour costed and logic linked project schedules in accordance with the clients Project Management and Planning processes.
Schedules should contain all agreed activities, deliverables, milestones, client deliverables and should be based on the Work Breakdown Structure.
Work with Project Managers, Finance Managers and Project team to ensure project schedules are accurately maintained resource loaded and costed.
Provide regular reports on project status meeting internal reporting requirements.
Work closely with the client to provide regular reports as per client requirements (and contractual obligations).
Implement and maintain project monitoring processes, such as KPIs, total float, EV, resource and costing profiles based upon company process guidelines and planning best practice.
Perform analysis and scenario modelling for any potential project change and be able to provide risks, issues, cost, resource and delay analysis.
Perform critical path analysis and advise of possible actions and areas of concern.
Work Closely with Site And Possession Planners to ensure cohesion between these different activities and the main Project Schedule.
Highlight problem areas and issues and suggest remedial action.
Provide Earned Value and KPI reports internally and to the client.
Implement Risk Analysis on project and possession schedules.
Initiate and maintain close liaison with all members of the Project team, client representatives and the Programme Management Office.

Essential Requirements
Degree/HND/HNC level or relevant experience.
Experience in Project Planning, preferably in the Rail industry.
Experience of working within a Project delivery environment.
PC literate with experience in the use of Windows packages (Word, Excel, etc).
Good Technical knowledge on Primavera P6.
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Project or appropriate planning tool.
Self motivated with sound interpersonal skills coupled with a confident style of behaviour.
Good attention to detail and good time management.
Good presentational skills.
Good analytical skills with the ability to provide solutions to issues.
Good communication skills when dealing with project staff and potentially the client.

Desirable Requirements
Rail Industry experience.
Engineering background.
Knowledge of project management practices.
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