Senior Planner
Our market leading client is looking for a talented and enthusiastic Senior Planner who is keen to cement our client’s existing expertise in delivering projects to their key clients and driving the growth of their business in the Defence sector.
Role Overview
As a Senior Planner, you will report to the Group Planning Manager and hold responsibilities at tender stage for a range of activities involved in the project planning life cycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Identifying planning scope, major constraints, and contract requirements.
- Identifying major quantities and factors affecting the programme.
- Building the programme from first principles, ensuring that programme content is functionally compliant with the planning procedures and guidance.
- Working with all disciplines to ensure the full project scope is captured within the programme.
- Establishing and agreeing with Operations key methods of construction, sequencing, installation, and commissioning.
- Producing and documenting the planning deliverables including programmes, basis of schedule, presentations, and reports.
- Developing overall programmes, issuing to all parties for review and implementing recommendations, innovation, and best practice as applicable.
What You’ll Need To Succeed
- Experienced with Primavera P6.
- Must be able to obtain SC Clearance.
- An ability to travel to project sites on a regular frequency or as determined by project requirements.
- Substantial experience of planning services in medium to large sized projects within the construction industry £10m – £100m.
- Experience in managing schedules on NEC Projects.
- Good understanding of the various forms of tender documents, contract documents and specifications.
- Good understanding of the various methods of planning, programme, and progress monitoring.
- Good understanding of risk and opportunity management with reference to planning & programming.
- Degree or equivalent qualification in an engineering / construction related discipline.
