Project Planner

Project Planner

At Telent, you will have the opportunity to be a part of something bigger. To keep things moving, to connect people. It's important work that we are passionate about. Learning fast, inspiring colleagues, and making the entire organisation run smoother and better. Join us and help keep the nations critical networks connected and protected 24/7.

Reporting to the Senior Planner you will help to develop and define project goals and objectives. Recommending and implementing modifications to improve effectiveness and attain project milestones and provide support on planning matters to assist project progress. This is an Agile role, that will require travel to our office in Warwick as well as customer and client sites as the projects dictate.

What you'll do:

• Build relationships with managers, engineers and external suppliers to discuss the progress of the project and address any issues that arise
• Provide project performance measurement and reporting.
• Reviewing activity sequencing/phasing, durations, resources, and safety requirements with the operational teams, to ensure buildable programmes are developed, understood and submitted in line with contractual timescales.
• Identify and monitor schedule related risks and support mitigations measures.
• Contribute towards Collaborative Planning sessions to help the operational teams develop detailed programmes which meet all milestones.
• Support the development of schedules at different stages of the lifecycle, with the ability to analyses, and document inter-departmental and intra-departmental business process flows.

Who you are:

You will have previous experience within a similar Project Planning role, ideally within a Telecoms or Rail sector. A background in the development and implementation of project schedule analytics and reporting methodologies and techniques (e.g. Critical Path analysis, earned value and risk management).
Key Requirements:

• Practical use of Primavera P6 and Microsoft Office applications including, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Strong planning, scheduling and proven project support in all aspects of planning, coordinating. documenting and reporting project progress experience
• Ability to work with both clients and sub-contractors to build and maintain project plans
• Identify issues and make suggestions to improve and develop What If scenarios
• Experience of working with multiple stakeholders and building strong relationships with the Client and Suppliers to meet the programme objectives.

What we offer:

A career at Telent can span many sectors, roles, technologies and clients giving you the opportunity to develop, learn new skills and make an impact. We are growing and we rely on our committed Team to deliver.

We nurture the talent that makes this happen, by our on-going commitment to creating an inclusive culture that respects and values difference, that celebrates diverse ideas. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves and to thrive at work.

The additional benefits with this role:

• 26 days holiday, plus public holidays, and the option to buy or sell days annually
• Company pension scheme
• A range of family friendly policies
• Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal
• Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward scheme.

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We're passionate about creating an environment that champions diversity and inclusion, where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves and empowered to reach their full potential. People are at the heart of our business, and we believe that our teams should reflect the diverse experiences and backgrounds of the communities we support.