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Location

Derby, Derbyshire | United Kingdom

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Job description

Planning Manager

London / Glasgow / Derby / York / Bristol

Permanent

Office/Home Hybrid Working

Do you want to assist in expanding our Planning function? Can you contribute to achieve project delivery? Are you experienced in Primavera 6? Then, this could be the next adventure in your career.

Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow 

To oversee and expand our Planning function, we are looking for a Planning Manager to join us. Working alongside the Project Controls Director, you'll prepare and develop schedules for a variety of large multi discipline schemes or smaller projects, where the ability to prioritise competing demands will be key.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Preparing and developing schedules in conjunction with Project Managers, including schedule updates and reports 
• Highlighting trends delays and issues within the programme and propose mitigation measures
• Ensuring programme related issues are addressed 
• Evaluating and reporting schedule progress and trends 
• Assisting management, project managers and colleagues to understand and buy into the planning and scheduling function
• Supporting business development and progression of PMO guidance & planning process
• Recognising and understanding competing business requirements within the plans and making recommendations for the overall good of the business
• Mentoring staff to assist in their professional development
• Assisting the Project Controls team with evaluating schedule impacts arising from change and risk mitigation

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.

The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you’ll have:

• A degree (or equivalent) in engineering or in a related discipline or demonstrable equivalent experience 
• Significant planning and scheduling experience in large multi discipline civil engineering projects
• An in-depth working knowledge and hands on experience with Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project
• Commercial awareness with a good knowledge of contracts and Earned Value analysis
• The ability to develop programmes independently with skilled capabilities in progressing, trending, forecasting and analytical reporting
• Self-motivation with the ability to make judgements based on practice and previous experience

A place to work and so much more.

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. That is why we say no to fossil-based projects and aspire to have 100 per cent of our revenue come from activities that move our customers towards sustainability.

We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

With offices primarily located in Scandinavia, the UK, North America, and India, we are currently 7,300 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy, and environment into play.

What we also offer:
To us, a fair reward is more than a competitive salary. We want to take care of our people professionally and personally as well. 

Some of our benefits include: 

• 28 days' holiday plus all UK bank and public holidays
• Formalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunities
• Private health care, for you and your immediate dependents
• Flexible and hybrid working conditions
• Annual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional Institutions
• Group personal pension scheme – salary exchange
• Life assurance
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Corporate gym membership  
  

As part of our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, we partner with the wisecampaign.org.uk to recruit for a better gender balance in our teams.

Got more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition Partner, Ciaran Gilfedder at CIGI @COWI.COM
Get to know us even better at our website, , where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Equal opportunity employer .
COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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