Position: Senior Planner
Location: Beckton with hybrid working available. Minimum 3 days per week on site required.
Salary: -70-75k (Neg DOE), car/allowance and excellent benefits package
Rate: -(Apply online only) per day (Neg DOE), inside IR35
Our Client: Is an integrated design and build solution provider operating in the water sector. They have over 1,400 staff working across eight regional centres, primarily supporting six long term water sector frameworks operating both on their own and increasingly in joint ventures and alliances.
The Role: You will provide services to ensure that project plans have achievable timescales and are accurately monitored and updated.
Report directly to the Senior Planning Manager, you will assist other members of the project teams to develop, monitor, progress andamp; report on tender andamp; contractual programmes. This includes ensuring that both the operational andamp; commercial members of the team are fully briefed on the critical activities andamp; risks of their projects at all times.
Work closely with the commercial department to monitor costs, take ownership of several project plans, drive the project team to deliver to the plan andamp; challenge any delay andamp; deviation. Lead, coach andamp; guide junior Planners, you'll be viewed as an approachable planning expert who is keen to pass on experience andamp; knowledge to develop others andamp; drive performance improvement.
Responsibilities: Work with the estimating team to prepare programmes from tender documentation, ensuring that they are compliant andamp; realistic
Prepare programmes in accordance with contract requirements, update them andamp; submit them for acceptance as contractually required
Assist with the delivery of collaborative planning workshops
Lead the development of Construction phase 4D Planning
Maintain a baseline programme andamp; measure progress against it
Liaise with project teams to ensure consistency of key assumptions on methodology andamp; outputs
Identify opportunity andamp; key risks during the planning process
Gather, collate andamp; distribute progress information andamp; the reasons for deviations/delays
Monitor andamp; analyse changes to scope andamp; revise programmes accordingly.
Attend progress/project meetings andamp; present programmes for review.
Attend site meetings to gather progress information
Report programme issues to the Senior Planning Manager andamp; site management team
Distribute regular look ahead programmes
Ensure an As-Built programme is available at project closedown
Maintain knowledge of site processes andamp; costs
Record the effects of changes on site andamp; the effects on the contract programme
Assist with the monthly progress report in line with customer requirements
Build andamp; maintain relationships with the Senior Planning Manager, Project Manager, Commercial team andamp; client representatives
Assist with the administration of Primavera P6 planning software
Deliver planning software training to new users when required
Essential Experience: Experience in planning of civil, Mandamp;E projects
Knowledge of current HSE practices andamp; CSCS card holder
Experience of working with NEC3/4 contracts
Competent in the use of Microsoft software andamp; application
Proficient in use of Primavera P6 planning software
Excellent communication skills
Ability to identify risks andamp; opportunities
Able to work in a fast-paced environment
Comfortable working to tight deadlines
Able to focus on deliverables
A proactive attitude
Ability to identify andamp; solve problems
Able to manage own workload to meet deadlines
Desirable: Water Industry experience
Site based engineering background
Professional qualification
Current Water Hygiene card holder
Familiar with contract management software such as CEMAR andamp; Aconnex
Package includes: A competitive salary
Hybrid Working (Jobs needs dependent)
Car/car allowance (Jobs needs dependent)
25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
Contribution Pension scheme
Life Assurance
Health Insurance
Private Medical Insurance
And many more benefits including - cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, Kids Pass etc
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AMP 7
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NEC