Project Planner

Project Planner (P6) - Pharmaceutical – Northeast – Contract - £Neg

Our client is looking to recruit an experienced Project Planner to join a leading engineering organisation specialising in the design and delivery of highly regulated environments across the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, life sciences and high-tech sectors.

Your duties will include the following:

• Effectively work with Stakeholders, Clients, Contractors and Sub Contractors on a daily basis.
• Develop and maintain a detailed construction program schedule using P6 Primavera.
• Ensure that schedule related data from vendors, suppliers, engineering and construction contractors of actual projects is provided as feedback into the planning and scheduling systems.
• Implement Project Planning & Scheduling strategy, plans and procedures, reflecting both Company and contractor roles, responsibilities and expectations.
• Actively work with project managers, construction firms and subcontractor firms as necessary to maintain schedule integrity.
• Provide interface and quality assurance to Project functional groups and contractors regarding the tracking and reporting of schedule performance.
• Ability to coordinate & organize multiple sources of schedule inputs/performance data into a master schedule platform and deliver project/program status reports as required.
• Prepare and update progress reports as required by the client, including the Integrated Planning / Scheduling contribution to the monthly project report and specific reports / presentations.

You will need to have the following experience:

• Must have a good working knowledge of the following planning tools (P6, Primavera & Microsoft Projects).
• Previous experience of Pharmaceutical or Life Sciences Projects is advantageous.
• Demonstrable knowledge of from behind the desk managing of the plan.