Engineering Planner

Description

Your new role…

Hitachi Rail have a great opportunity for an experience planner to join out Project Engineering team as an Engineering Planner. As the Engineering Planner you will hold accountability for engineering planning processes and templates in order for UK engineering to identify workload issues.

This role will ensure every project or bid has a robust programme in which the Engineering Planner will update this weekly, and this will be used to inform efficient delivery. It is essential in this role that you must have previous Primavera (P6) experience as the Engineering Planner will help deliver through creation of agreed engineering resource and role libraries within the tool.

This is a key roles within the Project Engineering team and will have a tactical impact on project deliveries, efficiencies and effectiveness of overall project deliveries.

Who we are…

Hitachi Rail is a fully integrated, global provider of rail solutions across rolling stock, signalling, service & maintenance, digital technology and turnkey. With a presence in 38 countries across three continents and over 13,000 employees, our mission is to contribute to society through the continuous development of superior rail transport solutions. We are working to Inspire the Next – and this is your chance to be part of it.

At Hitachi Rail you will find a passionate and collaborative environment. We operate according to our values of Harmony, Sincerity and Pioneering Spirit. As such, we work closely as a team and empower our colleagues to take ownership and become creative in our pursuit of excellence. We take pride in the contribution we make to society and we always act with integrity and fairness towards our customers, suppliers and colleagues.

Why Hitachi Rail?

Here at Hitachi Rail we value the importance of all of our employees, if you would like to join our fantastic organisation you could be entitled to:

• Competitive salary
• Annual Performance bonus paid on discretionary basis.
• 25 days holiday
• Pension scheme with contributions up to 9%
• Private medical insurance
• Personal Accident insurance
• Group Income protection
• Group Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programme

We also offer additional perks for you to choose from within a flexible plan that will meet your specific needs and lifestyle.

About you…

• Demonstrable skills in the use of Primavera P6 and Microsoft planning products using Critical Path Analysis in a technical environment.
• Excellent IT skills.
• Proven ability to work successfully in a multi-disciplinary engineering/technical team
• Demonstrate excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Self-starter with ability to develop strong, constructive and focused relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all organisation levels.
• Excellent communicator - verbally and written
• Good attention to detail
• Able to work under pressure.

Role responsibilities include…

• Support the Engineering Planning Team through the development of Project Engineering P6 Processes, templates and Programmes for Bids and Projects.  Specifically the following:
• Develop and maintain standard planning process, governance for utilisation by project teams and ensure it is fully understood and integrated into planning.
• Create an agreed Engineering Resource and Roles library in Primavera
• Work with PMO in harmonising a standardised WBS into the engineering schedules.
• Develop reporting and KPIs to support the resource forecasting, efficient delivery and tracking of Project Engineering Team performance; including appropriate look a heads such as Workload forecasting.
• Update Engineering P6 Programme to inform workload issues, progress tracking and future planning.
• Work closely with the Project Management Office (PMO) & the Rolling Stock (RS) Planning team in Italy to ensure planning integrates with the PMO and the overall RS Planning team.
• Support what if scenario planning when required.
• Baseline and track change in the programme.
• Lead the quantification of risk in terms of the impact on delivery timescales, to ensure sufficient contingency or mitigations can be determined for workload and delivery by senior management.
• Accountable for the accuracy and timely communication of the plans, lookaheads, trackers and KPI reports.
• Accountable for quality of planning guidelines and procedures.
• The role holder will be expected to solve complex planning optimisation problems, identifying how to achieve the best results with the minimum and/or constrained resources.
• The role holder will also be expected to understand the reporting and data needs of the other planning functions and develop solutions that allow these to be fulfilled.

If you like the sound of the above and feel energised by the idea of joining a great brand at a moment of exciting expansion, please apply now. We look forward to hearing from you!