Advert template When writing an advert please ensure you include all areas in pink Job title: Senior Project Planner Job Type: Permanent IR35 Status: Inside IR35 Start date: As soon as possible subject to clearance Salary/ Pay rate/ Benefits: £50k pa (DOE) Location: Wolverhampton Hours of work: 37 hours per week/Whitehaven Applicants must have experience of the following: - Demonstrate excellent knowledge of project scheduling, resourcing and costing - Extensive experience in using Primavera P6 software essential, ideally with "superuser" experience - Fully conversant in all aspects of Earned value Analysis and project cost controls - Good understanding of project management principles and processes - Experience in construction and management of NEC3 & NEC4 compliant schedules - Comfortable leading a small team and contributing within a team - HNC/HND in engineering or similar - Strong understanding of all project controls (including cost engineering, change control and risk management) - Data manipulation skills particularly within MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and MS Access - Excellent IT skills (MS Excel, Access, PowerPoint), numeric and analytical skills - Good spoken and written English - Risk for Excel or similar risk analysis software (desirable) - Qualified to graduate level in an engineering or similar based degree (desirable) - Working within the Nuclear Industry (desirable) Role information: - Establish planning standards across all the projects in the company portfolio - Review and update, if and where, necessary the Company's procedures. - Work closely with the Lead Project Planner on high level planning tasks, integrating various individual project schedules. - Closely support Project Managers and Cost Engineers with planning related tasks and initiatives (e.g. assist in the creation of standardised rules of credit) - Assurance that EPS structure is inline with expectations - Establishment of project schedule, resources and budgets to agreed estimates and timescales - Obtaining feedback from Budget Owners - Completion of schedule updates on a monthly basis - Analysis of project resource demands/availability - Assessment of man-hours and associated costs, purchasing costs and expense costs on a monthly basis - Assessment of committed and actual purchase costs/forecasts - Production of timely and accurate internal reports/schedules - Month to month comparisons - Comparisons and performance measurement against previous forecasts - Production of reports from planning software - Earned Value Analysis - Critical Path Analysis - Resource Analysis - Look-ahead schedules - Production of timely and accurate Client schedules/reports - Inclusion of change as per the change control system - Development and maintenance of reporting systems in order to meet project demands - Assessment of progress and subsequent reporting of project KPIs - Identification and prioritisation of likely overspends - Participation in Risk Management process and inclusion of mitigating action - Liaise with all the members of the project team to develop and instil an appreciation of planning issues/importance - Liaise with Customer planning engineers and project team members - Development of planning structure and reporting in line with Project and client WBS - Accuracy of all data and reports presented - Take direction from the Lead Project Planner/Project Manager for any ad-hoc planning/reporting or assessments Interested in this position? please click "apply now" We try to respond to all applicants, but sometimes this is not possible due to high volumes of applications; if you have not heard from us within 14 days, regrettably it means you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. Company information: This contract is being advertised by Rullion Ltd. Since 1978, Rullion has been securing exceptional candidates for a range of clients; from large well-known brands, to SMEs and start-ups. As a family-owned business, Rullion's approach is credible and honest, focused on building long-lasting relationships with both clients and candidates. Rullion is a forward-thinking recruitment company that specialises in providing a wide range of talent consultancy services to a diverse client base; from small start-ups to large household names. We celebrate and support diversity and are committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants. Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.