Planning experience
Project Engineer, Senior Planner, Planning Engineer, Project Control Engineer
Design House background
Consultancy background
EPCm background
Location based Stratford with some Flexibility to travel.
Primary Purpose of the Role
The function of the MSPS Planning Engineer is to develop and manage resource loaded project schedules, provide analysis, management and reporting to challenge and improve project execution.
The individual must be able to prepare programmes / schedules in the Design/Engineering environment with limited support from MSPS engineers.
Role Governance
To manage a uniformed process for analysis and challenge of programme update, progress and variance tracking and dashboard reporting either in its entirety or in cooperation with a project specific planner.
Reporting Alignment
Within the MSPS Organisation the Planning Engineer will report to the Project Controls function for day-to-day assignments and operational guidance on the application of the role activities.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
The project planner will be working closely with the project leads to develop and manage schedules in Primavera P6. Ensure that the reporting relating to the project performance always reflects the most up to date status. To provide work plans for completion with each discipline. To utilise provided data for reporting of progress against previous baselines, report on variance and challenge visible trends with relevant teams.
The key tasks associated with achieving this will include but are not limited to the following: -
- Develop and manage resource loaded schedules and guide the project team to create a robust project baseline.
- Facilitate weekly project update meetings to challenge performance and further progress, update forecast to complete hours and implement changes derived from assessments made.
- Highlight potential risk, critical path analysis, and provide suitable mitigation measures to the appropriate lead.
- Support the change control process and implement baseline change requests with in primavera P6.
- Continually improve and streamline the process. Maintain a consistent process and evaluate the benefit of reporting.
Required Skills and Experience
- Microsoft Excel including advanced formulas and pivot tables
- Technical proficient with Primavera P6
- Experience of Microsoft Project
- Experience with Management Reporting
- Experience of stakeholder Management
- Experience with a variety of Construction Contracts
- Presentation skills and the ability to run workshops
- Good general software ability
- Earned Value Management
Desirable Skills
- Risk Management
- Change Management