P6 Planner Rail

Overview

As Planning Consultant, you own the integrated programme schedule for a major Network Rail programme in Milton Keynes. You’ll collaborate with suppliers, technical teams and stakeholders to enhance planning coordination, reporting and delivery confidence. You will apply proactive planning expertise, identify risks and opportunities, and challenge assumptions to keep the programme on track. This is a permanent, hybrid role with a clear impact on delivery in a large rail engineering context.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid work options
• permanent role
• salary up to 55,000 DOE
• opportunity to work on a major rail programme
• competitive benefits (unspecified)
• urgent requirement with timely submission

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain an integrated project/programme schedule
• Coordinate planning inputs across multiple teams, suppliers and stakeholders
• Develop and manage schedule milestones, dependencies and critical path
• Produce programme reports, forecasts and schedule performance updates
• Identify schedule risks, resource constraints and potential delays; contribute to mitigation
• Support governance and planning process improvements; provide insights to leadership
• Collaborate to improve planning coordination and delivery confidence across the programme

Key requirements

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in planning or project controls
• Rail project or programme experience essential
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Project
• Experience in developing and maintaining integrated project/programme schedules
• Solid understanding of critical path analysis, dependencies and milestones
• Experience coordinating inputs across teams, suppliers and stakeholders
• Ability to identify risks, constraints and potential delays; good communication
• Right to work in the UK; able to attend Milton Keynes office 2–3 days/week

• Strong communication
• Confidence challenging planning assumptions
• Stakeholder management
• Proactive and analytical mindset
• Microsoft Project

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