Programme Lead - (Senior Planning Engineer)
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About the Role
Hill International seeks a Programme Lead / Senior Planning Engineer to develop, maintain, and monitor project schedules for large multidisciplinary infrastructure programmes. The role requires 20+ years of experience, PMP/MRICS qualification, and expertise in deep tunnel and pumping station projects.
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Responsibilities
- Lead preparation and management of construction and procurement schedules
- Review contract documents and suggest changes for planning, cost and programming aspects
- Analyze schedule trends to identify problem areas and recommend corrective action
- Develop draft Monitoring and Reporting System for management and Engineer review
- Manage all programme control aspects for the Consultant for monthly reports
- Monitor and report on design performance to design programme and cost
- Manage resolution of variance reports relating to scheduling and cost reporting
- Provide guidance and advice to senior management on planning issues
- Assist in consultant selection process for commercial and technical evaluation
- Prepare risk assessment and mitigation plans
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent
- Minimum 20 years overall post graduate experience
- At least 12 years experience as part of a PMC organization delivering large multidisciplinary infrastructure programmes
- Professionally qualified in PMP / MRICS or equivalent
- Excellent communication skills in English
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Role Overview
- The Programme Lead Senior Planning Engineer is responsible for developing, maintaining, monitoring, and reporting project schedules to ensure successful delivery in accordance with approved timelines, budgets, and contractual requirements.
- Working within the PMC team, the role provides planning and scheduling expertise throughout all project phases including design, procurement, construction, testing, and handover.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead in preparation and manage the preparation and development of construction and procurement schedules.
- Reviewing contract documents, suggesting changes for planning, cost and programming aspects and the addition of new clauses if necessary.
- Review schedule trends to identify problem areas and recommend corrective action to management.
- Carry out studies into scheduling, resource and material flow as needed.
- Develop draft Monitoring and Reporting System for management and Engineer review.
- Manage all programme control aspects for the Consultant for the monthly reports to the Engineer.
- Monitor and report on design performance to design programme and cost liaise with Engineer to allow Design Project and Design Programmes to be incorporated into the Project and Programme Master Programmes.
- Manage the resolution of variance reports relating to scheduling and cost reporting.
- Provide guidance and advice to the senior management team on planning issues.
- Assisting in the consultant selection process for commercial and technical evaluation.
- Assisting in establishing / delivering formal reporting arrangements on Project progress for the client and Project.
- Preparing risk assessment and mitigation plans.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree from a recognised university in an appropriate field such as Engineering or equivalent.
- Excellent communication skills in English, written and spoken.
- Minimum of 20 years overall post graduate experience Project Controls lead for planning projects of deep tunnel and pumping station. Extensive experience of marine projects preferred.
- At least 12 years’ experience working as part of a Project Management Consultants (PMC) organization or similar for delivering large multidisciplinary infrastructure programmes.
- Professionally qualified in PMP / MRICS or equivalent.
About Hill International
- Hill International provides program management, project management, construction management, project management oversight, advisory, facilities management, and other consulting services.
- Hill is exclusively a program, project, and construction management provider, free of any potential conflicts.
- Hill is a GISI Consulting Group company, part of the Global Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. (GISI) family of companies.
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