Egis is a global consulting and engineering firm working in construction, transport and mobility services. Joining our Group and its 19,500 employees means, above all, sharing our values as a people-first company, strongly committed to sustainability and innovation.

In the UK, we are delivering some of the most iconic projects which help connect people, protect our environment and meet emission reduction targets. We work in the transport and energy sectors, providing consultancy, engineering and operations services for clients such as major airports, governments, regulators, cities and rail and road operators.

With over 50 years of experience in the rail industry, we’ve delivered complex and challenging multidisciplinary projects all over the world. Our expertise extends to depots, operations, maintenance analytics and asset management across all aspects of rail, including transport, technical and sustainability assessments and systems infrastructure.

You will be based in our Leeds or Manchester office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure that capital investment programme schedule information is accurate and timely
• Develop the scope and work breakdown structure for the delivery schedule, including the capture of key assumptions
• Define and control the schedule baseline for our capital delivery schedule and project, programme and portfolio levels, ensuring that they incorporate learning from previous projects and is realistic/achievable. Work closely with the Project Controls Specialists to ensure that the schedule, budget and risk/contingency baselines are consistent and integrated
• Establish and maintain the framework for maintaining the schedule interdependencies between projects, programmes and portfolios
• Establish and maintain the framework for forecasting critical resources – to enable the identification and mitigation of bottlenecks
• Establish, maintain and continuously improve the framework for template schedules, schedule activity norms and standard work
• Establish, maintain and continuously improve the framework for schedule risk assessment, contingency and mitigation
• Ensure that schedule progress is regularly reviewed and reported, identifying risks, issues and opportunities
• Oversee the schedules that are being reported by project and programme managers, ensuring that the underpinning schedules from our supply chain are well defined and accurately reported
• Produce and continuously improve schedule management information as part of our monthly reporting cycle
• Establish and continuously improve the planning standards, processes and procedures required to effectively control the plan
• Retain records and historic data for future reference and protection of the business
• Act as business owner for the planning systems and processes
• Establish service level agreements with all internal customers for planning activities

• Expert level knowledge of Primavera (P6) and MS Project
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications
• NVQ level 3 or equivalent (A-level)
• Good level of technical understanding
• Strong planning and organising skills 
• Experience of Earned value and Critical Path management and control
• Experience of planning in an NEC3 / 4 environment
• Expertise in drafting and presenting reports and briefings to a senior executive audience
• Development, deployment and continuous improvement of planning processes, procedures and systems
• Successful experience of working in multiple project environment
• The successful candidate will hold, or be working towards, qualifications in Project Planning or Project Management, e.g. ITIL or PRINCE2
• The candidate needs to have a logical mindset and methodical approach, along with excellent communication and organisational skills. Being a good all-round team player is a must as is the ability to work to tight deadlines

YOU MUST HAVE RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion 

We at EGIS are an Equal Opportunities employer and we recognise the value of a Diverse Organisation. EGIS appreciates all job applications. If you decide to apply for an opportunity at EGIS, your application will be assessed based purely on your experience, the essential and desirable criteria, and your suitability for the role. We value each and everyone’s contribution as this builds our culture and means, if you work for EGIS, you will be included, listened to, and respected.