Arcadis
As an Arcadian, you already help us deliver world leading sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. You are part of our global business comprising 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life.
Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can continue to solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
We are recruiting for a Planning Manager to join our Rail Consultancy business. You'll be working on projects such as HS2, the Trans-Pennine Route Upgrade & Network Rail just to name a few!
We are flexible on location, with a mixture of client site, office & home working (what ever works for you really!)
Role accountabilities:
Lead functional input to projects, including where relevant leading the input of other planners and, where appropriate, subcontractors, to ensure delivery is consistent and effective, meeting scope, time, cost and quality requirements.
Plan and prioritise own work and that of more junior staff so that parallel activities are all completed in a timely manner.
Generate and check planning estimates and execution strategies to provide optimal solutions and eliminate errors.
Contribute to the planning strategy for assigned projects, so that the approach taken in each case is effective and appropriate to the project needs and client requirements.
Set up the baseline plan for assigned projects and monitor progress against this plan, so that any problems are recognised promptly.
Report on progress and earned value, to support financial forecasting and any necessary corrective action.
Proactively identify and highlight any progress issues which threaten successful delivery of the project, so that recovery action may be taken.
Lead planning input to estimating and tendering activity on assigned projects, so that all relevant issues, actions and risks are understood and taken into account.
Establish and maintain technical standards to support quality planning delivery.
Provide functional support and guidance to more junior staff to develop both them as individuals and the capability of the team as a whole.
Proactively generate value adding options within projects to offer to clients to improve both the chance of winning work and satisfaction with completed and ongoing work.
Keep abreast of current technology and methodology so that planning input to projects takes account of new developments.
Support the planning department manager in non project based activities such as writing procedures, resource planning, establishing policy, budgeting, recruitment etc, to support the drive to continuously improve and optimise the operation of the department.
To provide planning services on assigned projects, and where required, lead a team or teams of more junior planners in the delivery of planning to time, cost and quality.
Qualifications & Experience:
Significant relevant experience in project planning.
Rail sector experience
Minimum HNC / HND
Team leadership capability.
Conversant with planning software and tools.
Competent project management skills.
Capable of managing own work and that of others.
Commercial awareness.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work in a team environment.
Experience in contracting environment and contracting styles.
Appreciation of Cost Engineering.
Continue your career journey as an Arcadian.
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 do meaningful work, and no matter where your next role in Arcadis takes you, 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.
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.
As an Arcadian, you already help us deliver world leading sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. You are part of our global business comprising 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life.
Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can continue to solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
We are recruiting for a Planning Manager to join our Rail Consultancy business. You'll be working on projects such as HS2, the Trans-Pennine Route Upgrade & Network Rail just to name a few!
We are flexible on location, with a mixture of client site, office & home working (what ever works for you really!)
Role accountabilities:
Lead functional input to projects, including where relevant leading the input of other planners and, where appropriate, subcontractors, to ensure delivery is consistent and effective, meeting scope, time, cost and quality requirements.
Plan and prioritise own work and that of more junior staff so that parallel activities are all completed in a timely manner.
Generate and check planning estimates and execution strategies to provide optimal solutions and eliminate errors.
Contribute to the planning strategy for assigned projects, so that the approach taken in each case is effective and appropriate to the project needs and client requirements.
Set up the baseline plan for assigned projects and monitor progress against this plan, so that any problems are recognised promptly.
Report on progress and earned value, to support financial forecasting and any necessary corrective action.
Proactively identify and highlight any progress issues which threaten successful delivery of the project, so that recovery action may be taken.
Lead planning input to estimating and tendering activity on assigned projects, so that all relevant issues, actions and risks are understood and taken into account.
Establish and maintain technical standards to support quality planning delivery.
Provide functional support and guidance to more junior staff to develop both them as individuals and the capability of the team as a whole.
Proactively generate value adding options within projects to offer to clients to improve both the chance of winning work and satisfaction with completed and ongoing work.
Keep abreast of current technology and methodology so that planning input to projects takes account of new developments.
Support the planning department manager in non project based activities such as writing procedures, resource planning, establishing policy, budgeting, recruitment etc, to support the drive to continuously improve and optimise the operation of the department.
To provide planning services on assigned projects, and where required, lead a team or teams of more junior planners in the delivery of planning to time, cost and quality.
Qualifications & Experience:
Significant relevant experience in project planning.
Rail sector experience
Minimum HNC / HND
Team leadership capability.
Conversant with planning software and tools.
Competent project management skills.
Capable of managing own work and that of others.
Commercial awareness.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work in a team environment.
Experience in contracting environment and contracting styles.
Appreciation of Cost Engineering.
Continue your career journey as an Arcadian.
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 do meaningful work, and no matter where your next role in Arcadis takes you, 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.
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.