Senior Project Controller

Our client is a Consultancy who works across Critical National Infrastructure and their P3M practice is looking for Senior Planners to join their team!

You will be in a client facing role, ensuring projects and programmes are delivered on time by leading all aspects of planning. 

Working Patterns: 2-3 Days on site in either Swindon, Cardiff or Bristol Locations.

• Working across a broad client base within Rail, Highways and Utilities to Nuclear, Defence and Aviation, delivering the full planning lifecycle.
• Ensure planning best practice.
• Deliver the full build and management of schedules, their working interfaces and engagement with relevant stakeholders.
• Maintenance and Management of Baselines to support contractual and performance metrics.
• Provide meetings and workshops to challenge the progress and performance of projects.
• Support Project / Project Controls Managers to maintain schedules and their interfaces.
• Manage the contract requirements for the schedules.
• Provide advanced hierarchical reporting outputs such as Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Provide Integrated assessments correlating Schedule, Cost and Risk.
• Provide Critical Path evaluation and scenario planning options to mitigate issues and improve efficiencies.

• Experience within Critical National Infrastructure within a client facing role, ideally within Consulting.
• Experience of working across large projects with multiple workstreams.
• Contract Experience (NEC, JCT, FIDIC, Rail Frameworks).
• Advanced reporting techniques.
• An understanding of wider project controls: risk, cost management, scheduling.

• Pension up to 10% client contribution.
• Life assurance, income protection insurance and critical illness cover.
• Option to buy & sell holiday.
• Dental, health, medical, travel and gadget insurance.
• 24/7 Digital GP.

Our client is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.

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