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Role description:

The Resilience team is recruiting for a Senior Planner to join us and provide planning support, guidance and leadership for our clients and internal teams.

As a Senior Planner in Resilience you should have the capability and confidence to add value at all stages of a project or programme lifecycle – from front-end strategic planning to detailed schedule development and control.

We undertake a diverse range of projects and programmes for our clients - the role of the Senior Planner is to steer teams through the planning and execution phases by implementing best practice principles, communicating effectively and collaborating relentlessly.

As part of the client work that this role entails, please note whilst we adopt a hybrid approach, travel to be available in the client office in Bridgwater twice weekly (Wednesday and Thursday are the client POD days) integrating with both the Client and the Arcadis PMO team. The candidate will also be required to attend the nearby Arcadis office.

Role accountabilities:

Top-down strategic planning of project and programmes, working with teams to facilitate the definition of scope, breakdown structures, methodologies, dependencies, interfaces and risks. Develop and implement planning and scheduling protocols in line with industry best practice, Arcadis standards and client requirements. Schedule development, from initial high-level activity networks to structured, detailed and resourced working schedules – covering full project lifecycles. Similarly providing assurance of third-party project schedules to ensure compliance and fitness for purpose. Establish approved baseline schedules and implement schedule performance monitoring and reporting, with controlled change management and clear communication to teams, clients and stakeholders of progress status and remaining works. Advise on contractual procedures relating to contract schedules (i.e. NEC 3 Accepted Programme) and delays. Prepare and assess extension of time claims. Provide valued and focused insight on schedule performance, going beyond checks and calculations, to ensure the project teams know and understand what they need to, are equipped to make informed decisions and are aware of any schedule risks and opportunities. Promote cross-discipline engagement and collaboration to identify and resolve issues and facilitate team success. Engage with internal and client stakeholders at a working and management level to develop positive relationships and provide relevant, concise information. Use project plans and schedules to define and manage programme level inter-dependencies, constraints and interfaces. Take ownership for the communication and coordination of these items and facilitate a collaborative approach between project teams. Plan and monitor capacity and resource requirements within schedules and liaise with relevant stakeholders. Manage the schedule change control process, recording change history for audit purposes and all relevant business authorisations. Undertake schedule risk analysis, working with teams to identify risks and opportunities, assess likelihood and impacts and develop mitigations. Management and development of junior planning colleagues. Active participation and contribution to communities and initiatives across the project and programme management service line and the wider Arcadis business.

Qualifications & Experience:

Understanding and experience of the principles of project / programme management, design, engineering and construction. Prior experience as a Senior Planner / Planning Manager in a relevant industry sector. Water or energy experience is desirable. Strong knowledge and experience of construction contracts, including NEC 3, with regards to scheduling / programming matters. Prior experience with a contractor organisation is desirable (but not essential). Experience of implementing industry best practice approaches to planning and scheduling. Strong IT skills Practitioner / advanced capability and experience in P6 (preferred), Asta or MS Project. Practitioner / advanced capability and experience in Excel. Comprehensive general skills across Office 365. Further skills and experience of BIM and data visualisation / analytical tools is desirable. Experience of preparing and presenting planning and scheduling outputs for varied audiences. Confidence and acumen when speaking to project teams, clients and stakeholders. Ability to facilitate discussions between different disciplines, teams and parties. Ability to work on tasks unsupervised whilst applying sound judgement to effectively collaborate and communicate with others. Knowledge and experience of any planning and project controls methodologies is desirable (i.e. collaborative planning, EVM, short-term planning (‘last planner’), agile planning, QSRA). Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline, or equivalent experience. Attained or working towards professional certification or chartered status.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

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