Planning Manager
- Location:
-
North West
- Sector:
- Nuclear
- Job Type:
- Contract
- Salary:
- negotiable
- Reference:
- SK/R/088616
Role
Planning Manager
Cumbria
Nuclear Industry
Inside IR35
Contract, initially 12 months
40 hours per week
Possible hybrid work
Pay is negotiable
"Lead the charge in nuclear planning excellence: Uniting teams, optimizing schedules, and shaping the future of energy in Cumbria."
The role:
- Management of the Planning Team
- Provide cover to all planners when on annual leave
- Management of EPS within the SL IWM Primavera system, including management of resource dictionaries, resource codes, project codes, activity codes, XER's/XML files and generate of new filters/layouts required to support the project team
- Assignment of planning resource to projects/tasks
- Production and update of planning processes and procedures, including Project Controls PXP
- Vplanner/Last Planner System trial - management of vPlanner and integration with P6 LIVE schedules
- Attendance at collaborative planning sessions
- Dedicated planner to Decanner preparation project
- Input and governance of SQCDP milestones including re-baseline as required and weekly variance commentary within P6
- Production, review and approval of P50 cost loaded schedules
- Maintenance of accepted P50 schedules, including NEC3 change control
- Ensure schedule compliance with NEC3 contract programme requirements
- Ensure schedules are realistic, practicable and comply with works information, including programme requirements
- Assist commercial team with assessment of compensation events (CE's) and any impact to planned Completion.
- Ensure schedules include a time provision for both implemented and unimplemented CE's.
- Ensure re-baseline of schedules following implementation of CE's (including addition of BCWS to P50 baseline schedule)
- Management of weekly progress updates and issue of weekly schedules
- Management of overarching Construction Plan, 2-week, 4-week and 12-week lookahead, assisting with readiness and resourcing requirements.
- Maintain compliance with the Integrated Works Management (IWM) process (T-12 to T-0), monitoring readiness and providing timely requests for plant resources (HP&S, Crane Drivers, Operatives etc.)
Required Skills:
- Proficient in use of Primavera P6 including critical path analysis, application of project/activity coding, resource & cost loading, resource levelling and data extraction.
- Ability to work effectively and manage an integrated team
- Construction planning experience
- EPC contract experience
- NEC3 contract planning experience (Option A, C and E)
- Ability to cost & resource P50 schedules in accordance with approved estimates.
- Earned Value Management (EVM) experience, including methods of progress measurement
- Understanding of remaining units, actual cost, cost at completion in Primavera P6
- Understanding of 'Rules of Credit' and 'Quantity Tracking' methods.
- Understanding and application of make ready processes, such as the IWM process and/or the Last Planner system
- Understanding of Change Management processes and procedures
- Application of Baseline Management in alignment with approved change control
- Understanding of Risk Management processes and procedures
- Exposure to client facing role, including project reporting requirement
Desirable Skills:
- Nuclear decommissioning experience
- Legacy Ponds & Silos experience
- SC Cleared
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