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Our client is a well renowned Construction company adding multidisciplinary contractors and delivering innovative engineering and construction solutions across the rail, highways, aviation, ports, defence, energy, water, and environment sectors. We are seeking a Senior Planner for them for their Build business.

The successful individual will:

Maintain an overview of all aspects relating to Planning/Programme for the project

To support the Project Manager with managing all aspects relating to Planning/Programme for a particular project(s) and assist in defining a methodology.

To add value to the project(s) by promoting ‘best value’ design solutions

To portray a professional and responsible image of the company to the clients, their colleagues and contractors

To contribute to the ‘Bid Team’ delivering programme advice, value engineering options, operation delivery solutions, preliminary input and bid document information

To promote Health Safety and Quality to the projects and through the tender process

To ensure that the company processes for weekly/monthly progress monitoring and reporting are fulfilled for relevant project/s

Be fully aware and understand the requirements and implications, to yourself and others, of the company’s current health and safety, environmental and quality policy (this could apply to all the company policies)

Be responsible for updating your personal information and site information, as designated, on the company intranet (workspace)

At all times, to act professionally and promote the company’s best standards and practices

Oversee planning on a major project or multiple smaller projects

Mentor/Coach Junior planners at times

Input into tender programme production from the drawings and specifications for inclusion in the bid documentation

Support the ‘Bid Team’ in producing documentation for the tender submission, such as Method Statements, preliminaries, site visits

Will be required to attend interviews as requested

Support the Project Manager/ Senior Site Manager in ensuring that the logic linked Design / Procurement element of the programme is produced and routinely maintain progress with site personnel

Support the Project Manager in ensuring that the Contract programme is developed and routinely maintain progress with the Project Manager.

The Planner will support the Project Manager/ Senior Site Manager

the logic linked Contract programme is issued and agreed

the progress is marked up routinely for the reporting procedures (Design and Construction programmes)

fulfilling the weekly reporting procedure to monitor site activities

assisting in producing recovery programmes where require and Project Surveyor in developing programme information in conjunction with claim situations

As built’ programmes are produced in accordance with procedures

Maintain contract commercial discipline throughout the contract

Identify commercial change and notify project team

in attending and contributing to the Post Contract Review meetings

by giving feedback to the review meetings on programme performance and giving a ‘lessons learnt’ talk.

taking ‘lessons learnt’ from projects onto new projects

The Planner will ensure programming is undertaken in accordance with agreed company processes.

Give onsite training to the project management team on planning and programming techniques and software

Give on site advice to the project management team