Programme Planner

Job Role: Programme Planner
Salary: Up to £66,000 + Excellent Benefits
Location: Portsmouth (Hampshire)

Thrilled to share that we are recruiting on behalf of our client for an experience Programme Planner in the water industry to support clear project governance, encourage thoughtful risk management, and guide the effective planning and coordination of their project programmes.
The successful candidate will build an excellent relationship with the project team through regular communication and possess a good team-working ethic.

Job role and responsibilities:
*Arrange weekly meetings to update the main project programme using Microsoft Project with project team members responsible for design construction, planning permission, and consents.
*During programme updates capture the changes in the form of a written narrative.
*Produce a high level project programme once a month. Finalise the written narrative to accompany the contractual issue of the revised programme for acceptance, which will include:
*Overall commentary, change and progress over the past period.
*Identification of programme slippage and explanation of the reason.
*Key production rates used to determine durations of key activities.
*Critical path explanation.
*Variance of critical path since last programme issue
*Proposed mitigation for programme recovery.
*Compile responses to comments on the client’s monthly programme review comments table
*Once a month provide the programme to the Primavera P6 planner to convert into P6 format for the contractual issue of the revised programme for acceptance to the client.
*Provide programme information to the project commercial team to assist with the production of the monthly commercial forecast.
*Produce programmes to support the commercial team with compensation event claims.

Qualifications and Experience required:
* Proficiency in Primavera P6 is essential; experience reviewing NEC contractor programmes is highly desirable.

* Strong command of schedule management tools and techniques.

* Proven ability to build and manage relationships with senior stakeholders.

* Excellent communication skills-clear, empathetic, and confident.

* Highly organised, self-motivated, and detail oriented.

* Skilled in producing progress reports, meeting notes, and decision-support documentation.

* Comfortable using Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Power BI and Teams.

* Awareness of risk management methodologies (Monte Carlo analysis is a plus).

* Experience with ERP systems and contract management tools is beneficial.

* Minimum of 4 years’ relevant experience in planning or project controls.

* Strong written communication-concise, professional, and impactful.

* Up-to-date knowledge of water industry trends and best practices.

* Experience across multiple construction sectors is advantageous.

* Excellent problem-solving abilities and strategic thinking

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, please reach out to Charlie Knight @ Advance TRS.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.