PMO Schedule / Planning Manager

Salary: £49,498 - £57,945 (this includes a market supplement of 10% that can be awarded based on relevant criteria)

Contract Type: Permanent/Full Time - 37 hours per week

The West of England Mayoral Combined Authority is seeking to appoint a PMO Schedule/Planning Manager, to join the Infrastructure PMO team. Your key responsibilities in this role would be to ensure a focus on delivering the priorities of the Metro Mayor by:

• Creating and owning the standards and processes which facilitate timely and accurate schedule analysis and reporting.
• Owning and managing the integrated master schedule.
• Undertaking regular assurance reviews.
• Developing scheduling maturity by providing training and coaching.
• Managing the PMO schedule team.

Are you someone who is focussed on attention to detail, able to summarise complex information coherently for senior stakeholders and ultimately always focuses on delivery? 

The ideal candidate is someone who has a keen eye for detail, who can look at what different data sets are telling them to see the whole story. We are looking for someone with an infrastructure, construction or transport background, to lead a team of schedulers. With over £1.2bn worth of change to deliver in our region, oversight and assurance of our schedules is fundamental to our success. After all it all starts with a plan. Working in partnership with our suppliers, infrastructure and Unitary partners this is role will help draw the picture together.

This is a great opportunity for someone to get involved in some great projects that are helping our region to grow, addressing some of our climate change problems, improving our transport networks, delivering infrastructure projects in rail, walking, cycling, transport technology and bus services.

We may close this advert before the closing date if sufficient applications are received.

About the Company

Our offer

Alongside a competitive salary, we offer an excellent benefits package including:

• 26/31 days annual Leave.
• Generous Employer-Contribution Pension Scheme.
• Reduced fare bus travel across the West of England.
• Flexible and hybrid working options from day one to ensure you achieve the best work/life balance and career goals. We follow a hybrid working model with 2 or 3 days in the office a week. 
• The West of England is an amazing part of the world to live and work. We have recently moved to a new bright and airy office, with all the latest technology, just 10-minute walk from Bristol Temple Meads Train Station.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We ensure all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment and particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or citizenship status. We are also proud to have been accredited as a Living Wage Employer and a founding Member of the West of England Good Employment Charter.