Gas Project Planner
Duration - 6 Months
Location - Warwick / Remote
Summary
My high-profile utilities client is looking for a Gas Project Planner to join their team Based at their Warwick offices on a hybrid basis (2-3 day a week on site) on an initial 6-month contract with chance of extensions.
Combination of Working from Home and on site at Gas Construction sites (travel and car required) with occasional travel to Gas offices in Warwick & the Midlands
About the Role
The Project Planning Team are aligned to support Construction. Our Project Planners provide a comprehensive programme planning service for the project teams responsible for delivering Gas projects.
It will be your role to develop and implement efficient end to end programmes, including critical path and total float analysis, earned value management techniques, and leading indicators for risk mitigation to ensure successful delivery of our projects.
You will:
- Own all aspects of the planning process from the critical path, the Gas programme and the contractor programmes.
- Accountable for entire, end-to-end project programmes and communicating across the main project interfaces and key stakeholders.
- During delivery, support the Project Manager to certify that all contractor programmes are compliant to the NEC and works information.
- Provide the Project Manager with analysis of the construction sequence and scope of works to identify options and opportunities in the programme.
- Evaluate the programme for issues with the schedule, deliverability concerns and risks and present programme insights to the project team.
- Ensure the planning process is working, integrating the master schedule and ensuring data is robust to provide an accurate picture of progress against baseline.
- Represent National Gas whilst engaging with contractor planning resource to complete month-end reporting routines and raise programme issues.
- Provide the Project Manager with recommendations following month-end programme analysis to enable timely decisions for corrective action.
- Carry out impact assessments of early warnings or change events either from our supply chain or Project Manager
- Assess and validate supply chain progress by applying volumetrics / run rates and attend site during delivery to confirm construction progress.
- Ensure the programme is fully cost loaded with the Budgeted Costs assigned to the appropriate activities and contains all activities required to deliver the programme.
About You
- At least 5 years planning experience in the construction industry preferably with Gas Industry or Utility experience.
- Experience in delivery of projects during construction and civils installation.
- Advanced knowledge of project planning skills
- Advanced user of Primavera P6 planning software
- Knowledge of Microsoft Project desirable
- Strong capability to assess change and complete impact assessments on time risk allowance and forensic analysis.
- Advanced understanding of the key NEC clauses for Planning, Early Warnings and Compensation event
- Have a working knowledge of and ideally be able to facilitate risk workshops, undertake quantitative risk analysis & schedule risk analysis.
- Good understanding of written and spoken English is essential.
- Hold a current full UK driving licence.
- Membership of a professional organisation such as APM or IET (or equivalent)
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