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Job Summary:
The Senior Planner establishes and maintains the overall time plan for the Project and monitors and reports performance against it on the Curzon Street Station project.
Key Responsibilities:
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Prepare and maintain a robust and realistic integrated master schedule for the Euston Project highlighting critical milestones relating to key activities, deliverables and interfaces.
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Clarify and maintain the visibility of programme interface requirements and dependencies; ensure that responsibilities for the management of interfaces are clearly assigned and understood.
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Collate regular and ad-hoc reports for the Project SLT to provide a timely overview of programme time performance on an exception basis.
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Develop and present regular forecasts of anticipated milestone achievements and use EVA techniques to measure trends and maintain an up-to-date view of the expected completion date for the Project as a whole; recommend Project level actions where appropriate to mitigate potential time over-runs.
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Provide advice and guidance to the project delivery team in the reviewing and challenging where appropriate sub-contractors programmes.
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Ensure that adequate, time provision is included in individual project schedules to allow for overall Programme integration.
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Ensure the effective management of the time contingency built into the Programme for programme level risks to ensure that contingency allowances reflect the current programme position.
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Establish Programme level commissioning and testing schedules taking account of project interfaces and planned completion schedules
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Ensure consistency of planning techniques and the use of common WBS at all levels of the project.
Technical Skills and Competencies:
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Expert knowledge of construction techniques methods and durations
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Very strong understanding of techniques for project planning control and other facets of project control
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Expert knowledge of Primavera and similar planning software
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Strong knowledge of integrated project planning
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Expert knowledge of EVA techniques
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Ability to use schedule risk modelling software such as Pertmaster
Behavioural Competencies:
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Strong team leader
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Strong attention to detail and the ability to “deep dive” into planning
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Comfortable with presenting at senior level
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Able to present facts clearly and simply
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Able to collaborate effectively with others to develop integrated programmes
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Ability to mentor and train subordinate staff
Qualifications, Certifications and Experience:
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Relevant experience of project planning
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Significant past experience of large projects
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MAPM of formal PM/ Project controls qualification or relevant experience
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Experience in the railway environment or construction projects
Project Values:
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Leadership: Using innovation and challenge to lead by example
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Respect: Understanding others, recognising their value and behaving accordingly
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Safety: Caring for our workforce, or passengers and the public by creating an environment where no one gets hurt
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Integrity: Acting fairly, transparently, and consistently
Dragados Values:
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Excellence: Promoting innovation, development, training and continuous improvement to achieve the highest quality of our products, services and employees
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Integrity: Acting ethically and transparently. Demanding the best standards of integrity from its employees and collaborators.
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Trust: Nurturing positive relationships at all levels of the organisation and around the client by developing a strong and long term relationship based on mutual trust.
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Sustainability: Committed to sustainable development and to making an efficient and ethically responsible contribution to society and the environment.
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Committed to act based on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion principles. Equal opportunities, non-discrimination and respect for human rights are basic principles contained in the Dragados Code of Conduct that apply to all Dragados employees.
