Programme Planner
| Posting date: | 24 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £20.53 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 July 2025 |
| Location: | cw5 6bu |
| Company: | Manpower UK Limited |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | BBBH418746_1753368910 |
Summary
Manpower is pleased to be recruiting for one of our Clients for a Programme Planner working hybrid on a temp basis with an immediate start.
Job Purpose
Plan and control an element of the national asset maintenance, repair and renewal delivery programme, working closely with the delivery team to ensure that programme objectives are achieved on schedule and within the required budget. Undertake monitoring and reporting of planned and arising works to identify where and how efficiencies can be gained and benefits maximised.
Responsibilities
- Outlining the scope of projects, including determining the start and delivery dates
- Creating and defining project goals, objectives and outputs/outcomes
- Analysing each phase of projects to determine budgets
- Tracking project costs and ensuring implementation stays within predicted estimates
- Estimating the project timeline and making sure teams adhere to delivery dates
- Managing the human and capital resources of a project to ensure timely delivery
- Ensuring the project has adequate staff to complete each stage on schedule
- Identifying and evaluating risks that can derail project delivery and providing solutions to prevent them
- Providing reports on variation to the original project plan that can lead to delays and budget overruns
- Preparing and presenting internal and external project reports for stakeholders
- Providing comprehensive project data to teams to help them work more effectively
- Identifying and communicating changes in the project plan to stakeholders
- Collaborating with teams and other stakeholders on short and long-term plans for resource allocation and work scheduling
- Assisting the project manager to improve performance and efficiency
- Documenting and maintaining records on project scheduling processes
- Manage financial progress; complete monthly forecasting and analyse variances. Prepare and report back revised financial plan to key stakeholders.
- Effectively manage changes to the work programme through application of the change control process.
- Work safely ensuring the safety of others and contribute to safe working in all activities
Skills & Experience
- Substantial experience in project planning on complex projects within the engineering or asset maintenance sector.
- Comprehensive experience of SAP particularly in the Logistics, Accounting and Information System modules.
- Practical experience of programme/schedule management in the civil engineering or asset maintenance sector.
- Comprehensive project planning experience in Microsoft Project or equivalent applications
- Some leadership skills with the ability to empower and inspire others.
- Excellent ability to manage and influence stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence at the Trust.
- Excellent organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks effectively and work under pressure.
- Be prepared to work flexibly to meet specific deadlines
- Ability to execute tasks independently, yet work collaboratively within a team
- Proficient in the use of a personal computer and business applications software e.g. Microsoft Office 365 suite, Microsoft Project
- Budgetary and commercial awareness with the ability to forecast costs and assess variance against budget.
- Excellent standard of written and verbal communication including experience in making formal presentations in programme management subjects.
- Valid driving license appropriate to vehicle to be driven.
This is a temporary position for 4 months with an immediate start, working remotely with the requirement to attend local hubs 1 -5 times a month for meetings, paying £20.53 per hour