Senior Planning Engineer - Substation Construction

Senior Planning Engineer with experience of working on substation construction or major substation refurbishment projects for an initial 11 mnth contract based in Dartford, Kent. If you have worked on National Grid or similar projects this would be an added advantage but not essential.

Responsibilities:

• Plan, structure and lead the planning of the project programme of works.
• Manage the interface between the programme and the operational staff through structured meetings, programme and progress reporting.
• Highlight both the dependencies and the interfaces between stakeholders.
• Identify programme risks and propose mitigation strategies.
• Identify programme opportunities and propose capture strategies.
• Maintain a fully logically linked Primavera P6 project programme
• Ensure the schedule is resourced (plant and personnel) and update to reflect modifications in execution strategy. This will require close work with the project delivery team to regularly maintain the status of the programme.
• Provide regular updates to the programme to allow project staff to plan their works.
• Update and report progress of the project at regular intervals to the Planning Manager and Project Manager.Reporting on key resources including staff; operatives, key plant and equipment, supply chain and other project milestones to allow the project to proceed in accordance with the baseline.
• Provide the propriate programming, management and interfaces between business functions and the delivery team to ensure that contractual milestones in all sections of the project delivery programme are understood, monitored and adhered to in a controlled and appropriately timely manner. This activity will require close and professional liaison with the client's planning team on a regular basis.
• Assist in the evaluation of early warnings and preparation of compensation events.
• Ensuring that the established planning and scheduling methodology is followed.Assist with the preparation of the monthly programme report and dashboards and associated supporting information.
• Provide mentoring to junior members of staff within the planning department.
• Deputise for the regional Planning Manager as required.

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