Planner

Your new role Here at Highways England it is imperative we deliver in line with time, cost, quality and safety standards ensuring of customers are not adversely affected, as a Planner you will directly drive successful delivery in line with time and cost by maintaining a high volume of programme delivery plans for over 200 civil engineering schemes valued between 100K-10m. This is an exciting opportunity to join a team with the ambition to take forward programme planning from one year to five year programmes. This is a full time permanent role we are able to offer from our East Midlands office in Nottingham. What you'll be leading on Compile and maintain the master view of yearly scheme schedules and delivery plans for the region, supporting the 'one programme' vision Proactively challenge project plans and identify opportunities to optimise the combining of works as part of regional collaboration initiatives or efficiency opportunities Maintain and update the scheme progress on a regular basis with consistent use of project controls Provide programme status and variance reports including those to fully support internal month end and year end reporting Lead on provision of key programme information including forecast/actual dates and outputs Develop strong working relationships and ensure continual liaison and collaboration with Scheme Delivery and Service Delivery colleagues, other Highways England stakeholders and third party suppliers in producing, reviewing and updating the in-year programme Take an active role in collaborative planning initiatives, visual planning meetings and meetings that seek to maximise efficiencies across Operations to co-ordinate works and opportunities identified Ensure compliance with all processes and procedures, minimising non-conformances Take responsibility for the health and safety of the wider teams and yourself by challenging, reporting and acting on any unsafe activities or conditions. To be successful Experience in developing, maintaining and scheduling complex programmes Advanced use of planning project software e.g. Primavera P6/MS Excel/Power BI Good understanding of civil engineering and infrastructure works relevant to planning Understanding of planning theory; critical path analysis, linking, float, re-scheduling, maintaining and tracking base-lines, and collaborative planning techniques. Experience of liaising with multiple project teams Ability to execute tasks independently, yet work collaboratively within a team and respond to management guidance and support. A bit about us Making sure our customers have safe and reliable journeys is at the heart of everything we do in Operations. We keep the roads open for business and play a key role in making sure the network we manage is fit for purpose today and for the future. Want to know more? To request a copy of the role profile please contact georgia.johnson@highwaysengland.co.uk quoting reference number HIG03527 Why you should join us At Highways England we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We're proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers. So if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it - then you'll be a great fit for our organisation. And finally And finally we reserve the right to close before the advertised closing date, so we recommend completing your application as soon as possible.