Brief Description To lead the planning function within project team, in delivering a £1.5b project.
The project is to upgrade and enhance the railway infrastructure to support additional train services into central Birmingham from and to key cities and transport hubs within the East and West Midlands and the South.
Responsible for checking the quality and consistency of all planning and associated reporting.
To review and confirm that all involved parties are aware of there respective accountabilities and responsibilities and provide support and guidance to all the key stakeholders, as appropriate, in line with the production and management of the quality project delivery plans/schedules.
About the role (External)1.Responsible for developing and maintaining industry wide integrated programme, liaise regularly with all stakeholders to ensure various systems are effectively integrated.
This involves coordinating among different disciplines and stakeholders to align objectives and processes.
2.Identify potential risks early in the programme development phase and develop strategies to mitigate them, by taking into consideration the complexities of the rail infrastructure and the implication of changes.
3.Develop, maintain, and progress quality project plans / schedules in line with the functional processes and project requirements.
4.Interrogate Contractor's schedule independently and provide detailed report and recommendation on areas of improvement and the ability to assign the correct service level points (Incentivised KPI) to a contractor schedule based on their performance.
5.Support Tender exercise for large and medium size projects.
6.Maintain key interdependencies between projects and programmes confirming appropriate monitoring and action is undertaken as required in a timely manner.
7.Demonstrate through agreed performance indicators the efficiency and effectiveness of the project plans / schedules developed.
8.Provide updates on project status, highlighting any potential delays or issues that could impact the schedule.
9.Validate plans / schedules inline with the agreed functional Quality Management Plan for completeness and fitness for purpose.
10.Provide the key point of interface between the planning function and the project teams and interface between the other project support functions such as Risk & Value, Cost Management etc.
11.Oversee and confirm that the 'contractor schedules' comply with the Network Rail procedural and quality requirements.
12.Take a lead in facilitating lesson learnt session, collaborative planning meetings with the supply chain and deep dive reviews.
13.Provide technical expertise in the knowledge briefing of Planning processes and Business change.
14.Take the lead in documenting Planning processes and facilitating briefing sessions to educate Project teams 15.Support the continued personal and professional development of the planning resources within the project or programme.
In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be: ·Membership of a relevant professional body and/or have a CPD established to attain membership.
·Relevant successful experience in the management, planning and delivery of major construction/engineering projects.
·Relevant successful experience of proprietary software planning including P6 Primavera and schedule integrity check tools ·Previous knowledge and expertise within the field of project resource management ·Good communication skills at all levels and a team player.
·Good information technology user skills.
We would also like but it isn't crucial to have/to be: ·Experience in planning and delivery of project under NEC4 contract framework ·Knowledge of/experience in Network Rail's processes and systems.
·Knowledge of/experience in the UK rail industry.
·Educated to "A" level standard in a mathematics or information technology-related topic.