Our long-standing manufacturing client in Bolton is looking for an experienced and capable P6 Programme Planner to join their ever-growing team.
They cover manufacturing projects for the nuclear, oil and gas, defence, marine, industrial, pharmaceutical, architectural, and water industries, so the work is varied and complex at times.
Overview:
Scheduling of defined scope over multiple projects to meet contract requirements using Primavera P6.
Updating of Primavera P6 schedules in line with progress and contractual movement.
Assist Senior Planner/Project Manager where required.
Responsibilities:
- Update schedules at the contracted intervals throughout the project life cycle in accordance with contract changes.
- Materially contribute to the creation of effective WBS.
- Liaise with internal resources to ensure project schedule is realistic and achievable and identify important schedule-related risks.
- Manage dependencies and maintain a critical path.
- Update schedule content with Early Warning Notices and Compensation Event Notices.
- Seek opportunities to avoid schedule prolongation in the event of change and delayed activity completions and reduce critical path duration.
- Maintain and process information from different entities and coordinate in a controlled process.
- Work closely with the project team, subcontractors, and financial team to maintain accurate and up-to-date data for multiple stages of multiple projects.
- Reporting and planning reviews with clients and others requiring information for ongoing planning reporting cycles.
- Work closely with the reporting function, inputting into their process and regular cycle.
- Identify issues and escalate to the project manager as appropriate.
- Manage the production of appropriate project documentation.
- Apply agreed planning standards and ensure they are adopted and embedded across the programme.
- Transfer skills and knowledge to other staff members as appropriate.
- Any other ad hoc duties as may be required and as are commensurate with the grade of the post.
Requirements:
- Ability to manage multiple projects at differing stages.
- Proficient in the use of Primavera P6 and Microsoft Excel to maintain schedules.
- Be a team player with management skills to facilitate the ability to receive and extract information.
- Demonstrate the process of information coordination and presentation.
- Working autonomously and in a team environment.
- Proven project planning experience within an engineering environment.
- Understanding of business planning and pipeline analysis.
- Ability to work at pace and under pressure, with initiative and a can-do attitude.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
On offer:
Please call Darcie on 07931 961971 or send your CV to to prompt a call-back.
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