Junior Project Planner

Map Group (UK) is looking for a full-time permanent Junior Project Planner. The Company is looking for a confident and organised Project Planner to work alongside the Build Manager and Project Manager, playing a crucial, hands-on role in delivering Fibre To The Home rollouts.

Responsibilities

• Develop the maturity of Delivery Plans & Schedules
• Implement Planning & Scheduling best practice
• Develop, establish & maintain integrated schedules from which to monitor, analyse, report, and forecast performance on the build program at a project-by-project level
• Monitor and report on progress against the plan and make changes as required
• Highlight key milestone and critical path issues to members of the team, provide an assessment of the impact of such issues and recommend solutions to correct the position
• Produce scenario-based project plans for review by Senior Management Team & Project Teams
• Analyse and validate quarterly / yearly plans in line with strategy ensuring any proposed deviation from baseline is understood
• Liaise with and support commercial managers to assess and action change
• Cost, revenue & resource forecasting
• Trend analysis
• Liaise with finance to ensure plans are aligned with budgets
• Proactively manage stakeholders
• Continually seek new initiatives and process changes to improve, expand and mature the Planning Practices and capabilities of the organisation
• Develop recovery schedules and contingency plans to meet changed objectives, as necessary
• Provide input to the project’s critical issues risk log. Review planning risks and monitor whether the risk register is updated accordingly
• Monitor and audit contractor plans and planning processes.
• Interrogate contractor’s statement of progress for schedule adherence and payment purposes

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Ability to adapt services to changing requirements within agreed parameters
• Interface with customers and internal team
• Maintaining effective relationships
• PC literate, especially Microsoft Office suite
• Working experience of MS Project (essential), and other project planning tools
• Ability to prioritise and juggle tasks in a fast-paced deadline-oriented environment
• Detail oriented and delivery focused with ability to analyse data and present clear summaries & solutions
• A broad knowledge and understanding of the various architecture solutions of a fibre network rollout (preferable)
• Telecommunications experience preferable
• Excellent communicator with proven ability to create & maintain cross functional relationships
• Excellent stakeholder management experience
• Excellent written and spoken English required
• Full clean driving licence