Planner

About the job.

National Highways has an excellent opportunity for a Planner to join our team in the North West region. As a Planner within the Programme Management Office team, you will develop, manage and maintain the master schedule delivery programme for the region for in-year and future year programmes.

This position can be based from our Warrington, Manchester or Preston offices.

Responsibilities

• Compile and maintain the master view of yearly scheme schedules and delivery plans for the region, supporting the ‘one programme’ vision.
• Proactively challenge project plans and identify opportunities to optimise the combining of works as part of regional collaboration initiatives or efficiency opportunities.
• Maintain and update the scheme progress on a regular basis with consistent use of project controls.
• Provide programme status and variance reports including those to fully support internal month end and year end reporting.
• Lead on provision of key programme information including forecast/actual dates and outputs.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to use software/tools to support planning and programme management or similar (e.g., Excel intermediate to advanced, Primavera P6, Microsoft Project); a qualification is desirable but not essential.
• Good understanding of project management disciplines.
• Experience in developing, maintaining, scheduling and reporting complex programmes or similar data sets, including analytical skills to inform decision making.
• Good stakeholder management skills with experience of liaising with multiple project teams.
• Drives for results; able to motivate others; attention to detail and strong organisation skills with an ability to focus on priorities.

Benefits

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

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