Senior Planner

Posted 7 Days Ago
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8 Locations
Senior level
Professional Services
The Role
As a Senior Planner, you'll oversee project programming and controls, ensuring timely and cost-effective completion of engineering projects. You'll manage junior planners and represent project controls during client meetings while utilizing your expertise in transportation technologies and project controls techniques.
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Job Description

Build a reputation for high-quality delivery.

You might know us for the great work we do across our wide variety of projects. We're proud to say it's thanks to our people's diversity of thought, expertise and knowledge. And when you join us, you'll be a part of this genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone's voice is valued and treated equally.

We're passionate about what we do, but we don't take ourselves too seriously. Simply put, this a great place to be. So, when it comes to your life outside of work, ask us about our flexible and remote working policies designed to help you get the most out of life.

As a Senior Planner in our Transportation team, take on a vital, productive role with technical, people, stakeholder and management responsibilities. You'll be defining goals on some of our largest, most high-profile projects, and more niche, local schemes. Join a friendly, diverse business, where you'll be inspired and supported by people as talented as you.

Your purpose:

  • A detailed understanding of transportation technologies, including but not limited to: Signalling, Track (P-Way), Structures (tunnels, bridges, earthworks, embankments, buildings, structures, gantries, access platforms etc), Electrification & Plant and Telecoms.
  • Experience of programming multi-disciplinary engineering design and good understanding of engineering activities and how engineering is scheduled.
  • Must have an excellent understanding for how projects are designed, procured, constructed and commissioned.
  • An expert user of Primavera P6.
  • This role requires the Planner to carry out their Project Control duties with limited supervision, and work under their own initiative in the production of Project Programmes and Tender Programmes.
  • Previous experience of managing Junior planners desired, allocating tasks, checking achievements and providing constructive feedback, direction and management.
  • Experience of various forms of contract, including NEC.
  • Experience of Schedule Risk and Cost analysis.
  • Experience of working with company Enterprise systems.
  • Must demonstrate a detailed understanding of Project Controls Techniques including, budget and spend management, change control, Earned Value Management, data analysis, trend analysis and Work Package Management.

What you can bring:

  • You will be responsible for all aspects of the Projects programme and Project Controls.
  • Represent and drive Project Controls Policy, attend and guide client progress meetings.
  • Responsible for the completion of projects to time and cost.
  • Provide regular supervision to junior members of the team as required.
  • Familiar with commercial and financial aspects of project management.
  • Building relationships with limited set of common clients and maintaining regular client contact.
  • Have a good understanding of Transportation technologies and markets.
  • Provision of project performance data, project schedules and reports in a concise and timely manner as required by the projects teams.
  • Successful in identifying any project deviations and slippages, reports and communicates issues to senior members of the team.
  • Ensuring that all issues within the programme are highlighted and understood by Senior Management and giving appropriate planning advice.
  • You will deliver the Period Programme Update and information regarding changes and delays that have impacted the programme on a period-by-period basis.
  • Delivering the necessary reports to allow Senior Managers to direct the project appropriately.

Why work for AtkinsRéalis?

Our Transportation teams are reinventing transport for a challenging yet exciting future. We're creating new ideas and smart solutions for cities, people and the environment. You'll be working alongside some of the top people in our industry, solving challenges that bring together traditional engineering and new technologies. As part of our organisation, you'll be in a privileged position, delivering what's right for governments and communities. You'll be helping us to improve our leading environmental performance while enabling others to do the same.

Security Clearance:

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance.  If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

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Worker TypeEmployee

Job TypeRegular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.  

Top Skills

Primavera P6
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The Company
HQ: Montreal, QC
43,531 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

We are a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems.
Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world.

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