Lead Project Planner for Crossrail Anglia Signalling Project and Crossrail Anglia South East Section Project, combining and monitoring multiple packages of work into a more manageable format, enabling the Crossrail Anglia design, installation, test and management teams to progress and visualise the works required to complete all stages of the project through to final Commissioning.

Key member within the tender team on the ECML ETCS Phase 1 bid, combining various tender documents into a more manageable route format, enabling the tender team to progress and visualise the scope of works required in constructing a comprehensive tender programme, and closing out of the early GRIP phases for the ETCS Western Overlay project.To develop comprehensive, logic linked, project programmes for UK infrastructure projects incorporating resource planning, cost estimating.To continuously monitor the programmes prepared to accurately reflect progress and maintain accurate cash prediction and resource data, working closely with key project members.To provide regular reports and feedback to management on project progress and critical issuesThrough active dialogue with Project Managers, ensure that the project programmes will deliver customer and contractual requirements to time and cost.To conduct regular project co-ordination meetings on the status of the project with specific reference to engineering activity, sourcing, quality, cost and delivery.To participate in the continuous improvement of planning and scheduling processes to support successful project delivery.

Project Planner (Infrastructure Projects, North TransPennine Electrification) Project Planner (Investment Projects, Civils)Project Planner (Signalling Renewals, National Level Crossings)Prepare a project work breakdown structure (WBS), tailored to suit the project level and complexity, from a high value complex Enhancement project such as North Transpennine Electrification (value £235m+), to smaller Enhancements, Building and Civils and Level Crossing Projects. Ensuring compliance with GRIP.Monitor and interrogate consultant/contractor plansKey member in the evaluation of Electrification Alliance tender returns, assessing all tender programme submissions against a set of pre-agreed Network Rail criteria.Ensure accuracy against prescribed data management and reporting, including actual performance and variance against plan, authority forward agenda, OP comparison and schedule adherence, highlighting key milestones and critical path issues.Ensure the plans are resource and cost loaded, monitor progress to the plan, and make changes as required.Responsible for updating the Network Rail DWWP (Delivering Work within Possessions) system with agreed RAG ratings, ensuring all worksites/possessions are captured, and all DWWP requirements are complied with and achieved on time.

To gather information from the Project team, in order to compile and maintain, as a live document, the P3e structures Examination programme.Produce and maintain a fully resourced and cost loaded contract schedule, to ensure the delivery of the contract within specific timescales.Accurately check planning information provided by Project Managers, Planners, on-site records, client records and other members of the Project team.

To compile and maintain the Structures Framework programmes, detailing design and implementation activities.Monitor and issue clear and adequate information, imparting the milestone and programme achievements, and to forecast the situation of future projects against baseline programmes.Drive the future key dates of projects, by attending Construction Manager meetingsProduce all necessary period progress reports for consideration and review at Senior Management/Client level, and the upkeep of milestone/KPI figures and progress curvesRecording and instigating client instructions into the Structures Framework.Deputise the role of Possession Planning manager.

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