Lead Project Planner

Manchester, Lancashire
eTeam Inc

Role: Lead Project Planner

Contract Length: 12 months

Location: Manchester Square One – Candidates must travel to Manchester/York 3 days a week

Criteria Specific for the Role:

• Strong communications skills, able to explain planning and scheduling outputs to non-planning personnel.

• Demonstrate leadership of teams and developing others.

• Examples of simplifying complex / detailed programme for reporting purposes

• Understanding of railway design and delivery principles.

• Experience in stakeholder management.

• Understanding of railway access principles, experience in reading Railway Access box plans alongside schedules

Essential

• Membership of a relevant professional body and/or have a CPD established to attain membership

• Relevant successful experience in the management, planning and delivery of major construction/engineering projects.

• Relevant successful experience of proprietary software planning/scheduling tools

• Previous knowledge and expertise within the field of project resource management.

• Good communication skills at all levels and a team player.

• Good information technology user skills.

Desirable

• Knowledge of/experience in Rail’s processes and systems.

• Knowledge of/experience in the UK rail industry.

Educated to “A” level standard in a mathematics or information technology-related topic.

Place of work:

Minimum 3 days a week in client’s Manchester & York Offices, flexible location for the remainder of the week

Will require travel to York, Manchester, Huddersfield and Leeds offices to support delivering the role on an ad-hoc basis.