Assistant Planner

Req ID:450115 

Location: Cork Office

Appointment Basis: Permanent

Salary + Benefits: Competitive Salary/Pension/Contibuted Healthcare 

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Alstom is at the forefront of technological innovation, and it is a global leader in both rolling stock and signalling, so working at Alstom means becoming part of a great family of the best professionals in this industry. Enhance your career and join us on our journey as our Assistant Planner and make your mark with a globally renowned organisation in the rail sector.

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your Planning expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report to the Lead Planner in Cork and work alongside our Experienced, Innovative & Helpful teammates.

You’ll be setting high personal standards and delivering reports in a timely and accurate manner. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business in Cork, enabling resource and material requirements to be forward planned to meet project deliverables and much more.

We’ll look to you for:

• Comply with and undertake all relevant Environment, Health and Safety measures and activities.
• Assist in developing comprehensive, logic linked, project programmes for UK SS&I projects incorporating resource planning, materials planning, cost-loading and earned value forecasting and reporting.
• Help with monitoring the programmes prepared to accurately reflect progress and maintain accurate earned value and resource data for internal and external purposes.
• Aid in identifying critical paths and ensure action plans are developed and implemented to maximise project quality, cost and delivery objectives.
• Assist in providing regular reports and feedback to management on project progress and critical issues.
• Contribute in providing sufficiently accurate data to enable the Work Package Managers and Project Managers to ensure that co-ordinated project activity complies with and delivers company financial and business targets on cash and project margins.
• Assist in ensuring that programmes are updated and reviewed in line with the planning procedure / work instruction.
• Support in ensuring all reports are produced to a high quality and to deadlines.

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role: 

• Educated to A-level standard or Equivalent.
• Action Orientated – ‘can do approach.’
• Knowledge of Planning Software (Primavera/Asta/Microsoft Project etc.) and Planning concepts (Critical Path, Float etc.).
• Strong Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Problem solving and resolution skills and techniques.

Things you’ll enjoy.

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career.

You’ll also:

Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines.

• Work on a Brand-New project in Cork.
• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues.
• Contribute to innovative projects.
• Utilise our open & supportive working environment.
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries.
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning.
• Progress towards Lead Planner
• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension) 

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

What we offer 

We offer a highly competitive remuneration package, 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday. Contributed healthcare, life assurance, an excellent company-contributed pension scheme, and a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle. 

Alstom is the leading company in the mobility sector, solving the most interesting challenges for tomorrow’s mobility. That’s why we value inquisitive and innovative people who are passionate about working together to reinvent mobility, making it smarter and more sustainable. Day after day, we are building an agile, inclusive, and responsible culture, where a diverse group of people are offered opportunities to learn, grow and advance in their careers, with options across functions and geographic locations. Are you ready to join a truly international community of great people on a challenging journey with a tangible impact and purpose? 

Equal opportunity statement: 

 
Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected.  All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.  

As a 'Disability Confident' employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise. 

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