Senior P6 Planner – Rail Infrastructure

Contract On-site Rail Senior P6 Planner – Rail Infrastructure

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior P6 Planner to join a growing Principal Contractor delivering major rail infrastructure projects across the UK.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on high-profile rail programmes within a business that has a strong pipeline of secured work and a reputation for delivering complex infrastructure projects. The successful candidate will play a key role in planning, project controls, monitoring, and reporting activities across major rail and signalling schemes.

Working closely with project delivery teams, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining robust project programmes, supporting project controls activities, and providing key planning insights to ensure successful project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• check_circle Develop, maintain, and manage integrated project programmes using Primavera P6.
• check_circle Produce robust baseline programmes, resource-loaded schedules, and progress updates.
• check_circle Implement and manage project controls processes, including progress measurement, forecasting, change control, and performance reporting.
• check_circle Monitor project performance and identify programme risks, opportunities, and mitigation strategies.
• check_circle Conduct critical path analysis and develop recovery plans where required.
• check_circle Produce regular project controls reports, dashboards, earned value analysis, and programme performance metrics.
• check_circle Support tender planning activities and provide planning input during bid submissions.
• check_circle Review subcontractor programmes and integrate them into the master programme.
• check_circle Work closely with Project Managers, Commercial Teams, Engineers, and Site Teams to ensure programme objectives are achieved.
• check_circle Ensure programme compliance with client requirements, contractual obligations, and industry standards.
• check_circle Support the continuous improvement of planning and project controls processes across the business.

About You

• check_circle Proven experience as a Senior Planner, Planning Engineer, or Project Controls professional within a Principal Contractor environment.
• check_circle Strong background in civil engineering and infrastructure projects.
• check_circle Previous experience delivering rail infrastructure projects, including rail signalling, track, stations, structures, or multidisciplinary rail schemes.
• check_circle Demonstrable experience working within a project controls environment, including reporting, forecasting, earned value management, and change control.
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