Planner (Transport/Rail Sector)

Parsons Corporation

What You'll Be Doing:

Health, Safety, and Security:

• Champion a culture of health, safety, wellbeing, and security across the project, ensuring compliance with organizational policies, client requirements, and local regulations.
• Empower the team to implement safety initiatives, including the Stop Work authority, to maintain a safe working environment.

Project Planning and Scheduling:

• Develop, update, and maintain detailed project schedules for all phases of the project lifecycle, including concept, design, procurement, and construction.
• Perform critical path analysis and identify schedule risks, delays, and opportunities to optimize project timelines.
• Coordinate with project teams to ensure schedules are realistic, achievable, and aligned with project objectives.
• Provides guidance, direction, and specialized assistance for the resolution of difficult and complex planning and scheduling problems.
• Interfaces with clients, attends regular meetings, and provides recommendations.
• Participates in the development of the master coding structure (WBS, CBS, etc.), interfacing with all relevant departments and functions.
• Supports/performs integration of scope, cost, and schedule within the WBS and ensures mapping is accurate on an ongoing basis.
• Undertakes analysis, evaluation, and development of forecasts for project resources and cost.
• Accumulates and accesses historical data, utilizing earned value principles, for use in maintaining a realistic basis for future planning and forecasting.
• Analyze, evaluate, forecast, and report schedule status against an established baseline.
• Assesses the impact(s) of pre/post-contract risks and/or changes and schedule slippages.
• Creates statistical reports for management on a recurring or one-of-a-kind basis.
• Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.

Data Collection and Analysis:

• Gather, compile, and analyze data on economic, social, and physical factors affecting project timelines and resource allocation.
• Monitor project progress and performance, providing regular updates and reports to stakeholders and senior management.

Stakeholder Coordination:

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including contractors, consultants, and local authorities, to ensure alignment on project schedules and milestones.
• Facilitate workshops and meetings to build consensus on project timelines and resolve scheduling conflicts.

Software and Tools Utilization:

• Utilize advanced planning and scheduling software (e.g., Primavera P6, Microsoft Project) to create and manage project schedules.
• Ensure accurate and timely updates to project schedules, integrating inputs from multidisciplinary teams.

Reporting and Documentation:

• Prepare detailed reports, including schedule performance metrics, progress updates, and variance analyses.
• Maintain accurate records of schedule changes, delays, and justifications to ensure transparency and accountability.

Compliance and Best Practices:

• Ensure adherence to company policies, client requirements, and industry best practices in all planning and scheduling activities.
• Support the development and implementation of standard operating procedures for project planning and scheduling.