Senior Project Planner

Egis is a leading global consulting, construction engineering and operating firm. We work together with our clients, across every aspect of transport, energy and the built environment to build a more balanced, sustainable and resilient world. The Egis Group has over 50 years’ experience and a team of 19,500 employees in over 120 countries around the world. Joining our Group means, above all, sharing our values as a people-first company, strongly committed to sustainability and innovation.

In the UK we're proud to be delivering some of the most iconic projects which help connect people, protect our environment and meet emission reduction targets. From motorways to tramways, nuclear power plants to smart cities, clients choose us to help them solve their most complex challenges - delivering climate-responsible growth that meets the needs of communities, industry, and the planet.

The M25 is one of our Flagship projects in the UK! It is the most used part of the UK Strategic Road Network with it seeing over 200,000 vehicles per day and it’s a critical infrastructure asset for personal and goods vehicles into and around our capital. The network includes around 800 structures and 5 tunnels, so it requires high levels of performance, constant improvement and repairs to keep it operating smoothly.

We’ve formed a Joint Venture project called Connect Plus Services (CPS) to work with our partners to widen, operate and maintain the M25 under a 30-year contract and we are now looking for a Senior Project Planner to join our team.

This role is central to creating, maintaining and communicating project delivery schedules using specialist planning tools (including MS Project and Primavera P6) to ensure that projects are delivered on time.

The Senior Project Planner will work closely with Portfolio Managers and their teams to produce accurate and reliable project schedules. They will also produce regular reports showing progress compared to agreed baselines, showing reasons for deviation.

An important part of this role is also to support the Commercial team in assessing the impact of Compensation Events under the NEC contract. Using the project schedule, they will make assessments of changes, including Extensions of Time and communicate clearly and in an evidence-based manner on the results of this analysis.

Responsibilities:

• Set up projects in the planning system according to standard WBS codes and the Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)
• Establish a delivery baseline for the project as follows: Initial baseline – based on AMFP (Renewals), Linear / Structural Inspections or HE agreed dates (Improvements)
• Create new baselines as necessary to monitor and report performance
• Ensure the monthly cost forecast and programme schedule align and the delivery assumptions in both the commercial forecast and schedule forecast are matching
• Progress the programme on a monthly basis using information and reports from site, as well as contractor applications/reports/progress updates – query any discrepancies as necessary with the Project Manager
• Provide the Project Manager with (at least) a monthly update of the delivery programme in an agreed format
• Provide summary management information on programme performance by project/programme/portfolio
• Review contractor programmes (as a requirement of the NEC contract) for completeness/accuracy/functionality and feed comments back to the Project Manager for action with the Contractor
• Undertake programme assessments of Compensation Events on behalf of the Project Manager, advising on any valid Extensions of Time, together with providing clear evidence to support decisions and commercial discussions.
• Analyse schedule information for trends and issues – for example, trends in late achievement of project stages, overall delivery predictability
• Use the schedule information to create schedule benchmarks for future projects from previous actual schedule data
• Ensure that common coding structures are applied throughout the programme to allow reporting

The following qualities / experience are essential:

• Educated to A-level standard or equivalent, preferably including mathematics or technically-base subjects
• Experienced in the use of project planning and scheduling software (such as Primavera P6 or MS Project)
• Experience of working with NEC contracts preferred
• Experience of working in a multi-stakeholder environment
• Knowledge and experience of handling large volumes of data with the ability to summarise key points and trends 
• Highly organised and able to handle many ongoing priorities without impact on outputs

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and we strive to build a workforce that truly reflects the communities we represent. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and any other protected characteristic. If you decide to apply for an opportunity with us, your application will be assessed based purely on your experience, the essential and desirable criteria, and your suitability for the role. We value each and every one’s contribution as this builds our culture and means that if you work with us, you will be included, listened to, and respected.

*Please note, to be considered for this role, you must be based in the UK and must already be able to legally work in the UK. We are unable to offer or provide sponsorship for this position*