Senior Project Planner - Glasgow

My client is looking to recruit a Senior Planner responsible for the accurate updating and management of the programmes in accordance with company procedure, along with the distribution of said programme outputs as directed by the Planning Manager. Other benefits include 27 days annual leave, 12 B&P holidays, 35 hour week, eligibility to participate in the company pension scheme with rates of 7.5% contributed by both employee and employer. The role is based within the tendering and estimating department and therefore experience in working on tenders would be an advantage.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES OR MAIN TASKS

1. The production of resource/cost loaded project programmes in clients preferred software.
2. To manage direct reports, monitor their progression and hold reviews in accordance to company policy.
3. To keep programmes updated and reviewed with the project team on a weekly basis in line with company procedure.
4. To ensure collation of information from Tender Manager, tender team and other relevant sources to produce fully resource/cost loaded tender and project plans within the timescales specified to current company policy.
5. To hold/attend weekly reviews with the project teams to monitor progress on the  programme, circulating work-to-lists and action or recovery plans as required, and to provide look ahead information.
6. To provide weekly upon each update reports e.g. value earned, milestone adherence, summation curves, CPI, SPI  (not limited to).
7. To work with the commercial and financial teams to accurately state the financial status of the project to the required level on the programme and to ensure the accuracy of the programme forecast for use in the client application and the CVR.
8. To collate using data from the planning software short, medium and long term resource plans for the division, ensuring the correct roles and/or resources are used from the library within the planning software and that highlight any issues accordingly.   
9. To supply any required information and support the Planning Manager in preparing monthly status reports or as directed.
10. To progress the Company in the implementation and development of its Primavera and IFS products, ensuring use in compliance with company policy.
11. To deputise for Planning Manager in relation to any planning matters in his/her assigned area or as directed.
12. To ensure adherence to laid down procedures for possession management and timely possession implementation.

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

• To appropriately supervise reports and the completion of direct reports personal development reviews in line with company policy.
• The successful competition of personal objectives from the personal development review.
• Accurate, fully resource/cost loaded programmes in line with company policy.
• Being an active productive member of the project management team.
• The conscientious undertaking of the principal accountabilities and main task described in the Job Description.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

1. Qualifications
   • Essential:
     • Minimum Degree or HND in an appropriate engineering discipline for the rail environment or equivalent experience.
     • In depth knowledge of project planning software applications, principally Primavera P3e.  SureTrak, MSProject and/or Methodology Manager knowledge an advantage. 
   • Ideal:
     • Ideally 3-5 years experience of project planning within an engineering environment.
     • Ideally has experience in the rail industry

1. Business and Personal Competencies
   • Business Focus
   • Is strongly focused on analysing, developing and implementing best practice in order to provide effective support to the business and strategic development of the business as a whole.
   • Understands the need to introduce best practice and a continuous improvement culture.   Can outline a vision of what such an environment would be like.
   • Understands how the Company works and its objectives.
   • Has detailed knowledge of strategies, practices and systems within own area of expertise, and understands the cross-functional interaction within the business.

• Planning and Organising
• Able to take decisions on all matters that have an important long term effect and co-ordinate the operation and development of the team.
• Adopt a vigorous approach to decision making:
• analyses and assesses information
• generates decisions
• takes into account impact of possible action within the company
• Able to organise workload of team balancing priorities and scheduling resources.   Exercises effective management control, delegating responsibility as appropriate.

• Change Leadership
• Able to build a motivated and results focused team with a culture of trust, teamwork, continuous improvement and customer focus. Adopts a structured and well thought out approach to achieving this.
• Able to persuade, motivate and coach, both within and outside own team.
• Seek views of others, listen well, builds consensus.
• Has the credibility, knowledge and communicative skills to make an effective contribution to meetings and discussions within and outside function.
• Come up with new and imaginative ideas, identifies fresh approaches, breaks away from tradition.

• Personal Drive
• Personally committed to the success of the Company.
• Not afraid to challenge the status quo in pursuit of business excellence.
• Achievement orientated - adopts thoughtful, determined approach in pursuit of goals.
• Has a 'can do/will-do' attitude.

Takes responsibility for own development, actively pursues learning and career development opportunities; seeks out and feeds back on own performance.