Senior Planner

Programme and Schedule Management

• →Develop, review and maintain the master programme and baseline in Primavera P6, aligned to the project's milestones, phasing and procurement strategy.
• →Review and approve Contractor baseline programmes, updates and recovery programmes for logic integrity, resource realism, critical path validity and compliance with contract requirements.
• →Carry out critical path and float analysis, schedule health checks and what-if scenarios to identify delays early and recommend mitigation or acceleration options.
• →Maintain integrated schedules across design, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning, and handover.

Progress Reporting and KPIs

• →Prepare monthly and weekly progress reports, including planned vs actual progress, S-curves, look-aheads, trend analysis and critical path commentary.
• →Define, track and report project KPIs (e.g. SPI, milestone adherence, manpower and productivity trends, procurement status).
• →Produce dashboards and executive summaries for client and senior management meetings.

Milestone Monitoring

• →Track key milestones and contractual dates, and flag emerging threats to the Project Manager and Client with recommended actions.
• →Verify Contractor progress claims against site records and measured progress.

Risk Management

• →Maintain the project risk register, facilitate risk workshops and track mitigation actions and owners.
• →Support schedule risk analysis (e.g. Monte Carlo or similar) where required, and feed results into forecast completion dates.

Extension of Time (EOT) and Delay Support

• →Assess and review EOT claims, including delay events, windows and critical path impact, in line with contract provisions and recognised delay analysis methodologies.
• →Maintain contemporaneous records of delay events and support the Commercial/Contracts team in preparing responses and recommendations.
• →Support dispute avoidance and resolution through robust, well-documented programme evidence.

Team and Governance

• →Coordinate with the Project Manager, Construction Manager, Cost Manager, Design Manager and Contractor planners to maintain a single version of the truth.
• →Mentor junior planners and project controls staff, and apply PMC standards and QA procedures to all outputs.

• 10 to 15 years' experience in project controls (planning, scheduling, risk and reporting) on large-scale construction programmes.
• Expert proficiency in Primavera P6, including baselining, updating, resource loading and critical path analysis.
• Strong skills in standard project reporting tools (MS Excel, MS Project, Power BI or similar).
• Demonstrated experience in progress reporting, KPI development and milestone monitoring.
• Proven experience in risk register management and schedule risk analysis.
• Hands-on experience reviewing and assessing EOT claims under FIDIC or equivalent contract forms.
• Degree in Engineering, Construction Management or a related field.
• Strong communication skills and the confidence to challenge Contractors and advise senior stakeholders.

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