Senior Planning Manager

About the company

At Mace Construct, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We are innovators, trusted partners, construction experts. Founded on a belief that the built environment sector could be more efficient, innovative and responsible. We’ve built a reputation and track record for delivering projects better than ever before: safer, faster and greener. Transforming industries, supporting communities and leaving legacies.

About the project

Mace Dragados Joint Venture (MDJV) is the construction partner for the new HS2 Euston Station, working with HS2 Ltd and design partners to deliver new platforms, concourse structures, and interchange links to London Underground and National Rail.

About the role

The Senior Planning Manager establishes and maintains the overall time plan for the HS2 Euston Project and monitors and reports performance against it.

What you’ll be doing

· Prepare and maintain a robust and realistic integrated master schedule for the Euston Project highlighting critical milestones relating to key activities, deliverables and interfaces.

· Clarify and maintain the visibility of programme interface requirements and dependencies; ensure that responsibilities for the management of interfaces are clearly assigned and understood.

· Collate regular and ad-hoc reports for the Project SLT to provide a timely overview of programme time performance on an exception basis.

· Develop and present regular forecasts of anticipated milestone achievements and use EVA techniques to measure trends and maintain an up-to-date view of the expected completion date for the Project as a whole; recommend Project level actions where appropriate to mitigate potential time over-runs.

· Provide advice and guidance to the project delivery team in the reviewing and challenging where appropriate sub-contractors programmes.

· Ensure that adequate, time provision is included in individual project schedules to allow for overall Programme integration.

· Ensure the effective management of the time contingency built into the Programme for programme level risks to ensure that contingency allowances reflect the current programme position.

· Establish Programme level commissioning and testing schedules taking account of project interfaces and planned completion schedules.

· Ensure consistency of planning techniques and the use of common WBS at all levels of the project

· What you’ll bring

· Expert knowledge of construction techniques methods and durations

· Very strong understanding of techniques for project planning control and other facets of project control

· Expert knowledge of Primavera and similar planning software

· Strong knowledge of integrated project planning

· Expert knowledge of EVA techniques

· Significant past experience of large (£100m plus) construction projects.

Nice to have

· Experience working on major Infrastructure projects

· Experience working on rail projects

· Strong attention to detail and the ability to deep dive” into planning

· Comfortable with presenting at senior level,

· Able to present facts clearly and simply

· Able to collaborate effectively with others to develop integrated programmes

· Ability to mentor and train subordinate staff.

You can find more information about our culture, values, and how we reward our people here.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not meet all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.