Senior Project Planner

Job Description

Mott MacDonald

Position location: All UK offices
Recruiter contact: Madeleine Knight

We’re a global engineering, management, and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.

We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor’s top employers to work for in the UK, as well as being recognised as a Top Inclusive Company in the UK.

Our values: Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive, Excellence.

About the business unit

We help conceive, drive, and implement transport solutions for cities, regions, and asset owners/operators around the globe. From preparing the business case and​ advising on related issues - such as revenue, procurement, and environmental legislation - to delivering the completed infrastructure and helping maintain it. Our planning, engineering, environmental and management skills cover the whole project cycle. We play a major role in developing and delivering the Global Transport Sector Strategy.

Overview of role

We are looking for a Project Planner to join our Programme, Project and Commercial Management (PPCM) team within the Transport and Mobility Solutions (TMS) division. This is an exciting opportunity to become a key part of our team and contribute to shaping the delivery of future major transport infrastructure projects. You will be based in one of our UK offices. We encourage you to become part of our vibrant and dynamic workplace.

The role will involve supporting major projects in delivering P6 scheduling and supporting data analysis. You will report to the Project Controls Team Leader and support project teams as we seek to integrate programme, cost, resourcing, risk and change management, providing our teams with scheduling and data.

Mott MacDonald’s TMS Division delivers services across the entire project lifecycle. Whether we are planning, designing and implementing new transport infrastructure, or maintaining, managing, improving and operating existing networks, we deliver innovation, cost certainty and added value through collaborative working with clients and a culture of continuous improvement.

The TMS Division is primarily based in the UK, delivering projects to clients such as local authorities, Department for Transport, National Highways, Transport Scotland, DIO and Contractors. We specialise in design and construction, progressing schemes from option identification and appraisal through preliminary detail design to supervision of works on site. We also provide advice on procurement options and administer contracts from tender assessment through interim valuations to settlement of final accounts.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate and take positive steps to create an inclusive culture.

In this role you will be part of the TMS PPCM Team. The principal aim of this team is to lead and deliver numerous business functions, including commercial; planning (P6 scheduling); quality; risk; performance and continuous improvement across our major project’s portfolio.

Your principal responsibilities will range depending on the services required by individual projects. These may typically include:

• Leading, managing and maintaining Programmes in a manner that aligns with internal and client requirements, including supporting the integration of cost, resourcing, risk, programme and change management;
• Providing data analysis and outputs to meet internal and client reporting requirements; and,
• Collaborating with the Project Management and Commercial Teams in delivering effective change management against the baseline position.

Candidate Specification

Essential competencies / skills:

The successful candidate will be proactive, enthusiastic and eager to play a part in a growing team. It is important that you can work autonomously, developing your own network and have good stakeholder management skills. You will possess/be:
1. A relevant Degree;
2. Experience in the use of established schedule management tools such as Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project with a proven track record of delivering Planning on large scale schedules for major projects or complex programmes at design stage;
3. Experience of assessing delay and disruption to support contractual claims (prolongation/ extension of time);
4. Experience of working in an infrastructure design environment working alongside construction partners;
5. Experience of applying earned value management technics to major project programmes;
6. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and collaborate at all levels;
7. Excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritise workload effectively; and,
8. Self-motivated and enthusiastic with the ability to work as part of team and independently as required.

Desirable competencies / skills:

1. Knowledge and experience of delivering Lean and Collaborative Planning in a project environment;
2. Knowledge and understanding of collaborative behaviours within a Professional Services context;
3. Experience working in design and build environment;
4. Knowledge of risk management techniques; and,
5. Knowledge and experience of NEC Contracts.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

Agile working

Happy to talk Flexible Working and how we can support your responsibilities beyond the workplace.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

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