Senior planner

The Role Linear Recruitment are working woth a Blue chip Tier 1 main contractor for a Senior Planner to join their Rail team and assist on several rail related projects across the Greater Manchester area. Responsibilities As a Senior Planner, you #39;ll be working within the Transportation team and is responsible for planning and programming for large or complex rail infrastructure and associated buildings projects (over GBP20m). This may consist of a portfolio of smaller projects and may also involve managing planners who provide support with these schemes. Your day to day will include: * Develop programmes ensuring compliance with the company planning standard and the NR ICOM Schedule Management Plan * Identify scope, constraints and ensure programme is compliant with the contract. * Provide fully resourced programmes, produce resource histograms, resource level programmes, understand and communicate the effect on programme schedules to the project team. * Update programme as required by the contract / project ensuring all interfaces are identified. Must be fully auditable via the baseline functionality. * Attend client and 3rd party presentations and meetings, presenting programme and methodology as appropriate. What are we looking for? * Multi-discipline rail projects i.e., Civils. Buildings, Pway, OLE, E P, M E and SISS Comms * Production of schedules from first principles * Able to undertake strategic planning for project development. * Network Rail GRIP process and or PACE (Project Acceleration in Controlled Environment) * Oracle Primavera P6 ndash; In depth knowledge and reporting to Client contractual requirements. * Experience of NEC contract form and programme commercial management i.e. compensation events