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Assistant Director Planning

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Area Planning Lead | £100,000 - £120,000 + Benefits | Permanent | London
For the largest and most exciting transport projects in Europe, we are recruiting an Area Planning Lead. Leading a team of 7 Planning staff, and reporting to the Head of Planning and Integration, the Area Planning Lead will lead on project time evaluation for a large area programme of works, lead on interface management, cultivate external and internal stakeholder relationships, and correlate cost and risk assessments. This role will lead the application of project planning systems (P6) planning policies and standards to ensure compliance.
Main Duties:
- Lead on the integration of the P6 programme from an Area perspective, acting as key contact to all stakeholders
- Lead on liaising and collaboration with Network Rail, TfL and DfT
- Collaborate with Heads of Function, ensuring schedule interfaces are managed before schedules supporting and driving the change processes to ensure alignment is maintained
- Provide insight on past and future performance, identifying trends and mitigations, providing performance reporting
- Correlate schedule, cost and risk assessment through integrated solutions
- Lead in What-If scenario planning, providing integrated solutions to programme conflicts
- Leadership of the Planning Team, setting objectives, and reviewing performance
- Support the Head of Planning and Integration in Baseline management
- Collaborate with project delivery teams, external stakeholders, to integrate all time, cost and quality information
- Support the Head of Planning and Project Controls in leading the planners in setting objectives, reviewing performance and sharing best practice
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- Expert knowledge of planning systems, processes and procedures across large complex programmes
- Knowledge of Schedule Management, Cost Management, Change Management, and Risk Management and their interdependencies
- NEC contract, amendments, early warning notices and workflows between contractor and client
- Experience of delivering a senior planning role in a complex delivery project
- Experience in baseline management, schedule management, cost performance, change management, risk management and performance reporting
- Experience of re-baselining, funding approval or major contract implementation
- Leadership of teams, and performance management
- Experience of Primavera P6
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