Senior Planning Engineer

As a Senior Planning Engineer, you will be an integral part of a team delivering projects, your duties will include:

Utilising your knowledge and expertise in the Project Controls discipline you will be responsible for providing Project Control solutions and services to our clients. You will also be a key contributor to improving processes, procedures, and tools utilised by the function.

As a Senior Planner, you are required to be planning-focused, confident in running your own project as well as working effectively within a team. You will be joining a growing consultancy team working on a variety of contracts within multiple sectors.

You will be required to undertake short-term or long-term commissions to address a variety of customer needs. Candidates with a track record of cost management at pre and post-contract; working on contracts through the development cycle to the delivery through the construction phase would be preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Adherence to Health & Safety practices
• Adherence to the Costain Way and project specific procedures
• Collection of all data required to prepare Level 3 Programme Baselines
• Raising of activities and coding structure in the propriety software Primavera P6 (including the importance of correct WBS awareness & alignment)
• Co-ordination of logical links between engineering, procurement and construction
• Calculation of activity durations from estimates and critical path identification
• Submission and formal approval of Baselines
• Exchange of electronic planning data with departments and clients
• Liaison with the procurement department and suppliers regarding equipment required on site dates
• Liaison with site planners and subcontractors for site execution timings
• Level 3 & 4 updating from: engineering, procurement & site planner feedback
• Scheduling of Programme activities on a weekly, bi-weekly, monthly basis
• Input/production and issue of weekly updated 6-week look-ahead
• Introduction and analysis of approved changes into the Programme
• Programme Risk Analysis and What-If scenario exercises
• Production of Ad-Hoc Programmes as required
• Analysis of schedule update data and communication of trends to relevant parties
• Production and distribution of reports & graphics, including EVM and forecasting
• Tracking of Key Dates and relevant KPI’s
• Attendance at relevant project, progress, and planning meetings
• You will confidently interface with client planning resources
• Design/Engineering/Procurement/Construction Departments
• Estimating & Change Control
• Site Planner
• Suppliers and Subcontractors

You will report to

• Project – Project Manager: Senior Planning Lead
• Corporate – Head of Planning

You will have:

• Previous experience in a similar role
• Proactive and enthusiastic approach
• Confident communication skills with departments and clients
• Mobility to travel to sites and client locations as required
• Your experience & training will include:
• Relevant formal qualification for the position
• Primavera P6 competent
• MSP competent (but not essential)
• MS Office competent
• Knowledge of contracts, including NEC and Extension of Time calculations