Senior Planning Engineer

Assist the Planning Manager to develop and monitor the program, ensuring compliance with our planning standards and HS2 requirements to provide a safe, efficient and cost effective program meeting all required access dates, milestones and key dates. Reporting to the Planning Manager.

Flexible working: We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need. This might be part-time, remote working, or compressed hours for example. Anyone who applies for a role can ask about flexibility at interview. In return, we will explore what is possible for the role.

Main Responsibilities

• Assist the Planning Manager in development of the Asset Structure, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), calendars and dates to be used by Us, aligned with the Cost Break Down Structure (CBS) and Employer`s Data Dictionary.
• Help to develop cost and resource loaded construction programs during ECI Stage One with submission in accordance to the required delivery milestones.
• Ensuring the Construction program meets all required access dates, milestones and key dates in compliance with the Employer’s Planning requirements, contract data and works information.
• Contribute to assessment of program risks and program risk analysis, including development and implementation of mitigation measures.
• Interfacing with other functional teams including, but not limited to: BIM Team, design team, estimation and construction execution.
• Adhering to BIM team requirements and integration of the construction program into the BIM model.
• Progress monitoring and regular updating of the construction program during Stage Two, including forecasting of potential problem areas and proposing mitigation measures to the Project Manager.
• Cooperation with the Project Controls Manager, Reporting Manager and Change Management in all related construction program matters.
• Helping to liaise with the client’s construction planning team, stakeholders and with other works packages to communicate Our Construction Planning approach and to ensure sharing of best practice, innovation and continuous improvement.
• Pursuing excellence and continuous improvement of Our construction planning approach, modification of standard processes and procedures for effective and continuously improvement.

The Ideal Candidate

• Degree in civil engineering or an appropriate professional qualification
• Prior experience in planning function in civil engineering projects
• Knowledge of the development and implementation of Asset structures, Planning Standards, WBS and Planning processes in a BIM environment.
• Competence in Primavera P6 and Tilos
• Knowledge of Safety, Environment and Risk Management
• Strong communication skills

About The Company

The role will work on the HS2 project. HS2 is the UK’s new high speed rail network. It will be a catalyst for economic growth across Britain, freeing up space on the existing railways and connecting 8 out of the UK’s 10 biggest cities with fast, reliable and frequent high speed services

You’ll be a welcomed member of the wider team, with opportunities to take on additional responsibility, join one of our networks for women, military or LGBT+ staff, and participate in cultural and social events with the local community (e.g. as a STEM ambassador).

Your personal and professional development is important to us. We welcome a discussion about how we can support you with further study, or professional membership or attainment for example.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We are a Disability Confident Leader. We want to encourage disabled people to apply for our roles and have an opportunity to display your skills, talent, and abilities. We will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview.

To be considered for an interview under this scheme you have:

• A physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term effect (over 12 months) adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities
• Demonstrated in your application and pre-interview stage that you meet the minimum job criteria and person specification for the role