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Network Rail is at the heart of revitalising Britain’s railway. From Crossrail – Europe’s largest civil engineering project – to investment in world-class stations and major programmes of electrification, we're involved in some of the most ambitious and diverse ventures that this country has ever seen. We at Network Rail are dedicated to becoming one of Britain's best employers and believe this starts with placing the candidate at the heart of everything we do!

On behalf of Network Rail, we are looking for a Project Planner - Inside IR35 for a 4 month contract. This is a hybrid working role (three days per week office based - various locations)

As a Project Planner, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Provide clarity on key milestones to define what, when and how activities will be organised to ensure the outcomes can be achieved.
• Identify tasks, activities, interdependencies and outputs for the project and work with the project team to track and monitor progress.
• Support capability building and the use of best practice in planning and reporting.
• Challenge and test project assumptions to ensure plans are realistic and achievable.
• Development of breakdown structures, quality criteria, product descriptions and monitoring strategy.
• Support the project manager to identify options to optimise delivery through resource smoothing, resource levelling and rescheduling of activities.
• Identify and plan for wider resource requirements for the project.
• Ensure stakeholder responsibilities and needs are understood and addressed in reporting arrangements.
• Monitor and analyse information, reporting progress, slippage and highlighting areas of risk and opportunity.

You'll have: 

• Project Planning experience
• A construction background
• Primavera P6/MSP
• MS Office

Desirable:

• Rail background

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Network Rail is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. They welcome applications from everyone.

Disability confident 

As a member of the disability confident scheme, Network Rail guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant 

Network Rail guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".