Head of Scheduling Manager

Do you have experience and understanding of scheduling methodologies and techniques?

Can you demonstrate a technical and practical comprehension of engineering, procurement, and construction methods and techniques?

Would you like the chance to work with a leading engineering consultancy at the forefront of a safety-first culture, where you can expect benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay, free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes?

If the answer is yes, this could be the role for you so read on for further details and get in touch now to avoid missing out!

The Opportunity
Due to project trajectories, our client is currently recruiting an experienced Senior Head of Scheduling Manager who will have the responsibility for delivering a Scheduling function on a £20Bn plus nuclear new build project.

The work of this role will be challenging and varied in nature with multiple stakeholder responsibilities including working under a national spotlight.

As a Scheduling Manager, your role will be initially based in London for the first 2 to 3 years, with time spent at the Sizewell C site In Suffolk. Your role may progress to being part or fully based at Sizewell C as construction activities begin to ramp up.

Your duties and responsibilities will be

• Staff selection and capability development, to support service provision requirements, in line with staff development plans.
• Staff capacity identification, to meet the demands of the SZC project and the specific needs of the three SZC programmes.
• Succession planning to ensure continuity of the Scheduling service.
• Ensuring all Scheduling function members have clear job descriptions, accountabilities, and expectations and current.
• staff development plans.

Reporting & Governance:

• Ownership of project reporting templates.
• Timely provision of project controls data within scheduled and ad-hoc reports.
• Attendance at scheduled meetings in line with the SZC reporting and communications requirements.

Schedule:

• Establishment of an Integrated Project Baseline
• Creation and update of full-lifecycle cost and resource loaded schedules which capture all scope to be executed by the three programmes, including 3rd party scope (Alliances, RD, Equipment providers etc.)
• Update of full-lifecycle schedules at varying detail levels, to support: Execution of work, reporting and forecasting, scenario planning, risk management; strategic planning; and stakeholder management.
• Routine progress updates to support delivery and reporting.
• Conducting interactive planning sessions with internal and external stakeholders to capture and reflect all interfaces.
• Support to change process.

Baseline Management:

• Configuration control of SZC Baseline.
• Oversight of cost / time change impacts SZC Baseline.

You will have the following Qualifications and experience

• Detailed understanding of Scheduling methodologies and techniques.
• Technical and practical comprehension of engineering, procurement and construction methods and techniques in a UK context.
• Ability to produce accurate, complete, and fully logic-linked construction plans.
• Good working knowledge of P6.
• Understanding of other Disciplines of Project Controls (particularly Estimating, Cost and Risk and Change) including
• Management techniques and associated software.
• Deep understanding of earned value analysis.
• Understanding of various contract types, in particular the NEC suite and FIDIC.
• Working knowledge of schedule risk analysis techniques.
• High level of analytical and numerical skills.
• Management and Leadership experience of people on major projects.

Get in touch now
If you re seeking a new opportunity built upon a foundation of safety and sustainability, and think you have the experience and skills we are seeking then this could be the role for you so apply now.

Millbank Holdings Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and respects diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons who are eligible to live and work in the UK.
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