Senior Planning Engineer

Parsons Brinckerhoff · UK-The Midlands (Region)

Posted 20 Jan 2014 by Madelon Grin · 1 views

Position Title: Senior Planning Engineer

Reports to: Planning Manager

No of direct reports: Up to 10 but frequently less (subordinate planners working on same project)

To provide planning services on assigned projects

Lead on small projects
Lead / part of team on large projects
Lead a team of more junior planners in the delivery of planning to time, cost and quality.

Accountabilities

Lead functional input to projects, including where relevant leading the input of other planners, to ensure delivery is consistent and effective, meeting scope, time, cost and quality requirements.
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 base line 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
Lead a performance culture, incorporating the Parsons Brinckerhoff values, which develops individuals’ capability through an active performance management process, so that not only delivery for the company is enhanced but also the skills, capability and personal satisfaction of an individual is maximised.

Knowledge and Experience

Skills / Experience / Attributes

Essential:

Preferred:

Working Matters

Routinely works irregular hours
Routinely works away from home office, either visiting or on short-term assignment to sites

Range and Scope of Activities

Provides planning services for either one large project or a suite of parallel smaller projects
Works within Parsons Brinckerhoff or client procedures

Nature of Problems and Solving them

Routinely has to work to tight deadlines
Addresses technical problems within project plans to produce an effective and accurate plan

Level of Discretion

Plans and prioritises own work and that of more junior planners
Routine project planning activities are not supervised
Refers any issues that threaten project delivery to manager
Checks work of more junior planners
Works within procedures at all times
Project reports are agreed with Project Manager and issued on own authority
Project plans are not routinely checked by manager, but may be checked in high risk / complex cases

Impact

The business relies upon the job holder to provide a plan for work on assigned projects and to monitor and report progress against that plan, thus providing transparency on progress and early warning of problems.
Significant errors in the plan, or failure to highlight problems, can easily result in major and irretrievable cost and/or time overruns. It is likely however that such large issues would be noted in good time by the job holder’s manager.

Communication and Contacts

Good communication is a key aspect of the position. Key contacts within the business are discipline engineers, construction engineers, procurement personnel, other members of the planning team, cost control, project managers, business development, and estimating and proposals teams.
Contacts outside the business include typically the planners and project controls manager in client teams
Communication is via all normal media. It includes specifically the assimilation of complex data and reporting of that information in a format readily understood by others.