Role: Senior Planner
Salary/Rate: £50-59 per hr inside IR35
Location: Hybrid, 2 days per week in Aldermaston
Contract Duration: 6 months
We are currently looking for a Senior Planner for our government client.
This Senior Planner role is hybrid, based between 2 days per week on site in Aldermaston and the remainder of the week working from home. There is no further flexibility with expected time on site, or the office locations.
The contract for this Senior Planner position is for 6 months, with potential to extend, operating inside IR35.
Security Clearance: Security Check (SC Clearance)
This role is inside IR35 - Due to the service of the role, it will now be based on an Umbrella solution.
Essential Skills / Experience required:
- Expert-level knowledge of Primavera P6 for schedule development and maintenance
- Extensive experience as a planner across major construction and/or nuclear projects
- Communication skills and stakeholder engagement
- 3+ years' planning experience
- Proactive
- Attention to detail
Desirable Skills
- Problem solving mindset highly desirable
- EVM and Controls: understanding of Earned Value Management (EVM), performance reporting, and Schedule Performance Index (SPI) analysis.
- Ability to analyse complex data and recover schedules.
Role / Responsibilities:
- Not a scheduling role with just data entry, sticking data into a tool - necessary to come in and build things, work with the project manager and plan
- Providing Planning expertise to internal customers within the projects supported.
- Implementing Planning processes, policies and procedures within the projects supported.
- Producing Planning and EV deliverables in accordance with agreed business rhythm within the projects.
- Deliver of long range operational integrated Programme Planning activities.
- Supporting the Business Management Manager with emergent projects as directed by Business Controller.
- Developing and maintaining relationships with and awareness of key project stakeholders.
- Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player.
- Delivering Project Controls Planning and EVM expertise and analysis for projects, to produce accurate and timely schedule forecast information to enable business decision-making.
- Quality of EV variance analysis for schedule performance. (SPI)
- Supporting the development and continuous improvement of the end-to-end Planning processes and the production and maintenance of associated policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Supporting the delivery of Planning tools and EVMS, templates and training to internal customers.
- Reviewing project WBS and agreeing / recommending changes to the Project's Control Manager.
- Provision of Planning resource for peer reviews as appropriate.
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As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Circle and our Client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. Our client is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, they guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where they have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, they will interview the best candidates from within that group. If you qualify, please notify us on igs [at] circlerecruitment [dot] com. We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your guaranteed interview.
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