Requisition ID 21062 - Posted - United Kingdom - North East England - Commercial
The Planning Manager is responsible for leading the TRU East planning team to provide robust plans and project controls analysis, insight, and support services to the Project delivery team, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of intended delivery strategy, progress and likely outcomes. Within the Alliance, the role will take ownership of a range of ongoing key responsibilities and may have several flexible and evolving project responsibilities as the project and wider TRU East develops. The Planning Manager will be responsible for up to 5 direct reports and for an Alliance planning team of 19.
The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) aims to deliver faster, longer, more frequent, and more reliable services across the north of England, from Newcastle, Hull and York towards Manchester and Liverpool via Leeds.
The aim of the TRU East Alliance is to transform the East of Leeds route allowing people to travel faster, more reliably and in greater comfort between the North’s great cities. Providing passengers with more choice, more seats, and better facilities on a safer, cleaner, more environmentally friendly railway.
What you will be doing
* Leading the TRU East planning team to provide robust plans and project controls analysis, insight, and support services to the Project delivery team.
* Ensuring a comprehensive understanding of intended delivery strategy, progress and likely outcomes.
* Taking ownership of a range of ongoing key responsibilities and flexible project responsibilities as the project and wider TRU East Alliance develops.
* Ensuring appropriate alliancing behaviours and ‘best for project’ approaches are adopted at all times.
* Managing processes to capture scope, programme, cost, performance, assurance, and health and safety information.
* Maintaining programme, cost, risk, change and report data integrity throughout the project.
* Monitoring and controlling programme compliance with contractual obligations.
* Managing the preparation of ongoing project reviews and providing advice on corrective actions.
* Ensuring fully integrated multi-discipline programmes are produced using planning software and spreadsheets.
* Monitoring programme and cost trends; providing analysis and forecasting to the Leadership Team.
* Establishing operating policies and practices to mitigate risk on behalf of the project.
* Updating and managing the Planning and Project Controls strategies for the Alliance.
* Providing a professional planning and project controls service that complies with all statutory, mandatory, and contractual requirements.
* Leading the planning & reporting team to ensure all information is produced and available for project reviews.
* Overseeing all planning and reporting activities ensuring integration and de-confliction.
* Collaborating with other disciplines to develop useful and accurate reports for the Commercial and Delivery teams.
Who we are looking for
* Planning team leadership experience, managing interfaces within a multi-discipline project environment.
* Experience in managing programme interfaces across multiple disciplines.
* Experience in managing internal, third-party and supply chain interfaces throughout design, build & commissioning phases.
* Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline or equivalent demonstrable experience.
* Proven track record in planning and project controls for multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects.
* Experience in multi-disciplinary, whole lifecycle projects, adept at handling multiple tasks.
* Risk identification & QSRA experience is essential.
* Understanding of commercial and contractual interfaces with the planning function.
About Murphy
* Charity is at the heart of Murphy values; you will receive 2 days leave per year to donate your time to a charity of your choosing.
* Access to Murphy Wellbeing: online tools, mental health trained colleagues, and external professional support.
* Commitment to building a diverse and inclusive culture.
What you’ll get in return
* Dedicated investment in your professional development.
* 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays with the option to buy an additional 2 days holiday each year.
* Discretionary annual bonus and annual salary review.
* Above market rate contributory pension scheme.
* Life assurance, health screening and enhanced sick pay.
* Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus.
* Extra weeks holiday for all employees getting married and a wedding bonus.
* Subsidised canteen facilities in core locations.
* Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, cycle to work scheme.
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If you think Murphy is the place to help you thrive in a great team dedicated to delivery and engineering excellence, apply today.
If you are unable to apply via the usual process, please call Lorna on 07801 960 464 to discuss in more detail.
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