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 performanceEnsure the monthly cost forecast and programme schedule align and the delivery assumptions in both the commercial forecast and schedule forecast are matchingProgress 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 ManagerProvide the Project Manager with (at least) a monthly update of the delivery programme in an agreed formatProvide summary management information on programme performance by project/programme/portfolioReview 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 ContractorUndertake 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 predictabilityUse the schedule information to create schedule benchmarks for future projects from previous actual schedule dataEnsure that common coding structures are applied throughout the programme to allow reporting
