Associate Director - Planning & Scheduling

Our award-winning Planning and Scheduling team are focused on driving innovation, enhancing our client’s integrated controls capability, improving performance, and delivering better programme outcomes. We have a growing national team of over 600 Controls & Performance professionals. The breadth and scale of our team provides great opportunities to reach back and draw upon a vast pool of experience to enhance your knowledge and career. Our strong capability, discipline communities and varied client base, provides a great opportunity to drive your career, supported by our career pathways.

We are seeking an experienced Associate Director for Planning & Scheduling to join our busy and expanding infrastructure team, who are undertaking a range of Controls & Performance duties on several high-profile Infrastructure and Defence Projects/Programmes.

This role is predominantly based in the North with some regional travel required and we would welcome applicants based across Yorkshire, Northwest, Northeast and Scotland.

Additionally, you will have the opportunity to work as part of our senior leadership team driving innovation, collaboration and learning from our experienced and award-winning Cost Control community and wider extensive Controls and Performance Network.  

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Managing and delegating activities of the Planning and Scheduling team on complex projects or programmes.
• Communicating with Senior Management / Stakeholders to deliver updates.
• Briefing the team on the project scope to ensure roles and responsibilities are understood.
• Developing and maintaining leadership relationships with interfacing disciplines.
• Line management activities including career development and performance management.
• Continuous improvement in Planning and Scheduling (and interfacing project controls) processes to create efficiency and increasing benefits to our clients.
• The implementation, embedding and roll-out of any identified changes to Planning and Scheduling processes.
• The benefits and requirements of Planning and Scheduling within the project and programme team.
• Subject Matter Expertise.
• Expert analysis to relevant stakeholders and senior management, supporting effective decision making.
• Training and coaching to clients and less experienced team members on Planning and Scheduling processes and practices.  
• T&T’s recruitment activities to grow and develop the project controls capability. 
• The national and regional Planning and Scheduling communities including Community of Practice.