Senior Planning Engineer, London

You will assist the Planning Manager in developing and monitoring the construction programme, ensuring compliance with the client’s planning standards and HS2 requirements to provide a safe, efficient, and cost-effective programme meeting all required access dates, milestones, and key dates.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Assist the Planning Manager in development of the programme structure, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), calendars and dates to be used by the client, aligned with the Cost Break Down Structure (CBS) and Employer's data dictionary.
• Help to develop cost and resource loaded programmes during ECI Stage One and Two with submission in accordance with the required delivery milestones.
• Ensuring the programme meets all required access dates, milestones, and key dates in compliance with the Employer’s Planning requirements, contract data and works information.
• Contribute to assessment of programme risks and programme risk analysis, including development and implementation of mitigation measures.
• Interfacing with and providing planning data for other functional teams and stakeholders including, but not limited to: BIM team, design team, estimation and construction.
• Working with the BIM team to integrate the construction programme and BIM model.
• Progress monitoring and regular updating of the programme, including forecasting of potential problem areas and proposing mitigation measures to the Project Manager.
• Cooperation with the Project Controls Manager, Reporting Manager, and Change Management in all related construction programme matters.
• Liaise with the client’s construction planning team, stakeholders and with other works packages to communicate the client’s Construction Planning approach and to ensure sharing of best practice, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Pursuing excellence and continuous improvement of the client’s construction planning approach, modification of standard processes and procedures for effective and continuous improvement.
• Assessment of change and PMI’s and communication of impacts as required.
• Appraisal, review, and assessment of supply chain programmes and inclusion in main programme as required.
• Maintain short and medium-term programmes to ensure main programme objectives are met.

Desired Skills and Experience

• 6-10 years of prior experience in planning function in civil engineering projects.
• Knowledge of the development and implementation of asset structures, planning standards, WBS and planning processes.
• Competence in Primavera P6 and Tilos.
• Knowledge of Safety, Environment and Risk Management.

Qualifications/Educational Requirements

• Degree in civil engineering or an appropriate professional qualification.
• BNO holders welcome.

Employing Company Overview and Profile

Civil engineering recruitment continues apace in the UK. Our client, one of the top tier construction companies in the UK, helps to improve people's lives with integrated leading-edge smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation, and defence markets. They help their clients improve their business performance by increasing their capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising, and delivering increased efficiency. Their vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. Perfect option for BNO holders looking for UK construction vacancies!