National Highways have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Planner to join our team in the Yorkshire, North East Region. Reporting to the Programme Management Office Manager, you will deliver excellence in planning and scheduling across all programmes and schemes. You will also be responsible for embedding the programme planning strategy and associated management processes, tools and documentation into the region, driving measurable improvements in planning and scheduling across the National Highways teams and supply chain. You will:

• Provide specialist support to delivery teams in documenting and maintaining programme delivery plans, tracking progress against budgets, timescales, and quality.
• Compile yearly scheme programmes for the regional Operations Programme Office to meet in-year and future year targets, supporting a unified "one programme" approach.
• Regularly update scheme progress with consistent use of project controls and provide key programme information such as forecasts, outputs and status and variance reports.
• Ensure regional delivery plans are version-controlled and maintained in line with Operations and National Highways standards.
• Ensure supply chain contractors' project plans and schedules are clear, logical, well-formatted, and contract-compliant, allowing for thorough review. Analysing and interrogate the critical path and time risk allowance in supplier and project schedules.
  
  Skilled and experienced in project and programme management methodology and techniques, proven in a complex operational environment.
• Good understanding of planning theory, collaborative planning techniques (critical path analysis, linking, float, re-scheduling, maintaining and tracking baselines, etc) and their application to NEC Contracts.
• Skilled in scheduling tools and systems (specifically Primavera P6), with ability to capture and analyse schedule data at both project and programme levels.
• Proven ability to manage, engage and influence multiple stakeholders towards positive outcomes.
• Ability to train, mentor and coach others to support personal and professional development.
  
  Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.
Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads. We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys. External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy. We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Why you should join us At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We're proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers. So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it - then you'll be a great fit for our organisation.

We offer many different ways to work flexibly and we're open to discuss part-time working, job shares, and flexible start and finish times. Please wait until the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible. Our benefits package
• Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%
• Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays)
• Flexible hours and an approach driven by connected and sustainable working which includes hybrid working
• Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
• Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines
• A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
• Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience
And we are
• Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities
• Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme
• Community friendly - offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year
If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include:
• Right to work check
• 3 year employment history references
• DBS criminal record check
• Social media and adverse journalism check
• Driving licence check (if applicable)
• Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable)
• Qualifications and/or professional membership check (if applicable)