P3 Project Planner – Light Rail

Calco

Job Description

Ambitious projects need ambitious planners. Bringing London’s Transport Infrastructure into the 21st Century, this organisation is seeking a fast-thinking, proactive P3 Planner to provide projects with the necessary planning skills, experience and support required to be able too plan, schedule and monitor works to enable projects to be delivered to time, cost and quality.

Key Responsibilities
Preparation and maintenance of project control schedules in the company’s P3e/c database in accordance with appropriate instructions and procedures. Update and progress programmes at least at 4 weekly intervals in line with Tube Lines timetable for reporting.
Ensure that the project schedules accurately reflect the scope of the project in accordance with an agreed Work Breakdown Structure and are in sufficient detail to enable project progress to be accurately monitored, reported and communicated.
Agree schedules with task managers and contractors which can be used to accurately monitor and report progress against various elements and or stages of the project and rolled up into the Project Control Schedule.
Resource load Planning Package activities which summarize work scope of more detailed activities.
Arrange for progress review meetings to be held as necessary (minimum 4 weekly) with the project manager, task managers and contractors to review and validate progress. Propose an agenda, structure and timetable for the meetings and ensure that they interface with Tube Lines period reporting requirements and timetable.
Conduct site visits and interface with contractors as necessary to authenticate progress.
Prepare project progress reports for review and validation by the project manager. Identify variances from the project baseline plan and propose corrective actions to minimise/mitigate delays. Analyse trends and flag up issues with the potential to affect progress and cause delays. Prepare Critical Items Action Reports.
Analyse and report to Project Managers on the overall project activities, monitor project milestones and critical activities for both Tube Lines and Contractors (internal/external)
Analyse trends which may imply delay and propose any required corrective actions to ensure that projects are delivered to the required cost, time and value targets.

If you feel you are the person to take on this highly challenging position, then give Brian Beckett at Calco a ring on 020 8655 1600