Senior Planning Engineer - Design
Job Introduction
Reporting to the Head of Planning and working collaboratively with the SCS Design Teams and Discipline Leads, this role supports the planning, coordination, and management of multidisciplinary design activities across the SCS (Skanska–Costain–STRABAG) HS2 Main Works Programme. The position ensures that all design deliverables are accurately programmed with correct logic, fully aligned with assurance requirements, construction sequencing, and integrated effectively with procurement, consents, and overall delivery strategies. The role is also expected to actively contribute to the development of design delivery strategies from a planning perspective, ensuring that access dates are achieved and supporting the successful delivery of all key milestones and required access dates.
Flexible working: We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need. This might be part-time, remote working, or compressed hours for example. Anyone who applies for a role can ask about flexibility at interview. In return, we will explore what is possible for the role.
Role Responsibility
- Development of the design programme structure, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), coding, calendars and dates to be used by SCS, aligned with the Cost Break Down Structure (CBS) and Employer`s data dictionary.
- Ensuring the programme reflects all required access dates, milestones and key dates in compliance with the Employer’s Planning requirements, contract data and works information.
- Contribute to assessment of programme risks and programme risk analysis, including development and implementation of mitigation measures.
- Interfacing with and provide planning data for other functional teams and stakeholders including, but not limited to: BIM, design, consents, estimation and construction.
- Working with the change and mitigation team to assess & integrate options
- Progress monitoring and regular updating of the programme, including forecasting of potential problem areas and proposing mitigation measures to the Design Leads.
- Collaborate with the Design Managers, Project Controls Manager, Reporting Manager and Change Management in all related design programme matters.
- Liaise with the client’s technical teams, Design Management teams, construction planning team, stakeholders and with other works packages to communicate the SCS design Planning approach and to ensure sharing of best practice, innovation and continuous improvement.
- Pursuing excellence and continuous improvement of the SCS design planning approach, modification of standard processes and procedures for effective and continuous improvement.
- Assessment of design change and PMI’s and communication of impacts as required
- Management of design supply chain programmes including appraisal, review and assessment of programmes and interface with areas for inclusion in the main programme.
- Maintain short and medium term design programmes to ensure main programme objectives are met.
- Manage/liaise with the other planning resources on the project,
- Coordinate with the Construction Planners, and provide direction to the design consultants’ planners
- Attend design team meetings and provide the feedback on the assets’ performance
The Ideal Candidate
- Degree in civil engineering or an appropriate professional qualification
- Good written & verbal communication
- Prior experience in planning function in civil engineering projects ideal in cut and cover tunnels / bridges / heavy earthworks
- Planning experience within a design environment (preferably contractor or design consultant and in railways industry).
- Knowledge of the development and implementation of asset structures, planning standards, WBS and planning processes.
- Competence in Primavera P6
- Knowledge of Safety, Environment and Risk Management
- Flexible with good organisation skills
About the Company
The role will work on the HS2 project. HS2 is the UK’s new high speed rail network. It will be a catalyst for economic growth across Britain, freeing up space on the existing railways and connecting 8 out of the UK’s 10 biggest cities with fast, reliable and frequent high speed services
The Skanska | Costain | STRABAG (SCS JV) is delivering the HS2 London Tunnels Contract. Scope of works includes twin-bored tunnels (TBM), SCL tunnels, shaft sinking, bridge demolition and reconstruction, services diversions, earthworks and the construction of site compounds.
You’ll be a welcomed member of the wider team, with opportunities to take on additional responsibility, join one of our networks for women, military or LGBT+ staff, and participate in cultural and social events with the local community (e.g. as a STEM ambassador).
Your personal and professional development is important to us. We welcome a discussion about how we can support you with further study, or professional membership or attainment for example.
HS2 – working with Skanska, Costain and STRABAG, closely monitors job applications, to ensure an inclusive recruitment process. To ensure we are able to maintain this, and to recruit a diverse workforce, we require candidates to complete the diversity form as part of their application so we are able to monitor and improve our approach to diversity. Please note, all responses are anonymous and we will not share any of your data with other parties. All data will be held securely, (as stated within the Data Protection Act 1998) and will be reported to HS2.
It is an SCSJV requirement that all employees, Design House, and Supply Chains must implement and comply with the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System, ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System with guidance for use”, OHSAS 18001:2017 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems and ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Information Security Management System, Policies, Plans, Procedures and Processes, and statutory requirements as they affect the Joint Venture ‘s operations and ensure that the requirements, as applicable within their discipline, are effectively implemented on the project. Develop a culture of safety on the project through the absolute commitment to the Zero Accidents target and ethos, and develops a wider awareness of quality, environmental issues and demonstrates commitment to achieve continual improvement and Zero tolerance.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
SCS Railways is a Disability Confident Leader. We want to encourage disabled people to apply for our roles and have an opportunity to display your skills, talent, and abilities. We will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview.
Please see the disability confident commitments:
To be considered for an interview under this scheme you have:
- A physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term effect (over 12 months) adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities
- Demonstrated in your application and pre-interview stage that you meet the minimum job criteria and person specification for the role
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