Project Planner 12 Month FTC

Cambridge
1 week ago
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Competitive salary and remuneration package including, 27 days holiday, pension contributions matched up to 9%,
Onsite role based in Cambridge (with parking), we can be flexible around working times and patterns
12 Month FTC
Marshall, an independent, family-owned British company, proudly helping our customers move forwards since 1909
Our opportunity

The primary purpose of this role is to actively support the Property Business in successfully planning and delivering different projects. By leading the build and development of integrated project planning & scheduling activities. Providing planning reports and metrics to satisfy the project and contractual requirements and undertaking appropriate analysis to identify timely interventions where necessary.

This role is an exciting newly created role that will have exposure at Board and Executive level working as part of a small team within Marshall Property.

The role is initially as 12 month FTC with potentially to turn into a more permanent opportunity.

Th responsibilities in this role include:

Responsible for design and build of project plans
Responsible for the monitoring and measurement of progress, the identification and working of program-wide issues, and addressing of tasks received from project management and external agencies with respect to integrated master schedules and plans.
Assist with the integration of activities of all functions, ensuring that they flow smoothly together to achieve the objective results.
Clearly communicate issues and resolutions in both written and verbal means. Prepare presentations to senior management containing metrics and explanations of data.
Understand the impacts of schedule issues to not only the program and related reporting, but how those conditions impact internal financial projects
Assist in the coordination of program-wide review meetings with appropriate personnel (i.e., team leads, government contacts and program management) by coordinating agendas and minutes.
Assist in the closure of assigned follow-up actions resulting from program-wide reviews. May lead program review meetings for scheduling.
Provide support to the research, development, implementation, and maintenance of integrated master plans and schedules, processes, and practices.
Capable of providing resource loaded scheduled if requested.
Conduct Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (QSRA) to analyse the level of confidence of the Forecast Schedule and the contractual Deliverables Dates.
Conduct Sensitivity Analysis and determine key drivers of the programme uncertainty.

Apply if you have most of the following:

Prior experience in a project planning role, although not necessarily in the same field
Experienced in 'front line' project planning roles,- undertaking planning and scheduling, within one or a combination of Bids, Projects and/or Programmes, operations / production and project-engineering.
Subject matter expertise in the application of Project planning tools & techniques, including project control and reporting, change management, cost control, Integrated Baseline Planning (IBP), Supply-Chain schedule integration and risk & opportunity management. (Tool knowledge to include MSP, P6 Primavera).
Practitioner in EVM, SPI and CPI and explain their full terms and how they are set-up and exercised on a Project through planning tools into a Project Plan.
Experience in generating Critical Path Analysis and Risk Adjusted Schedules.
Able to prioritise and multi task to ensure deadlines and service levels are met.
Communicate effectively in both written and verbal communication
Nurture relationships, including the ability to work through others to achieve continuous improvement

The benefits we will offer you include:

27 days holiday increasing with service up to 30 days (option to buy /sell)
Pension contributions up to 9%
Healthcare cash plan for you and your children
Extensive flexible benefit program including Cycle to Work
Life assurance at 4x basic salary
Enhanced parental leave and pay
Paid volunteering leave
Access to industry leading wellbeing resources and tools

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