Senior Planner in London

Join Dragados as a Senior Planner supporting the Elephant & Castle project in London. In this pivotal role you will work closely with the Project Manager to ensure the successful delivery of project timelines by providing expert planning support and managing programme requirements.

• Developing and updating multi-disciplinary programmes in conjunction with the delivery team, supply chain and stakeholders.
• Integrating the programme activities you are responsible for with other relevant programme dependencies within the network logic.
• Scoping out activity dependencies such as methods statements, permits, inspection and test plans, consents, assurance and stakeholder requirements.
• Cost loading the working programme and provide accurate earned value parameters on a periodic basis.
• Prepare and issue look-ahead programmes for short term planning (Last Planner Schedules) and weekly work plan meetings on a weekly basis.
• Produce programme fragments and high level summary programmes in Visio, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Analysis and tracking of programme float paths to monitor slippages, prolongation and criticality.
• Programme reporting in accordance with the weekly work plan and periodic programme submittals as stipulated in the Contract.
• Identify and demonstrate the schedule impacts of change events.
• Provide the relevant programme information to support in the issuance of contract communications, early warnings and instructions.
• Satisfy programme requirements stipulated within the NEC4 suite of Contracts.
• Provide scenario planning support to the project team.
• Prepare and maintain a tracker for key programme milestones.
• Effective communication of relevant programme information to the project team.
• Provide analysis for the acceptance/rejection of subcontractor programmes under the NEC4 suite of contracts.
• Prepare programme narrative and other relevant data to report and monitor monthly progress.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce daily, weekly and monthly reports as required by the contract.
• Produce look ahead programmes and update inputs from the delivery team.
• Collect site progress and update programme data accordingly.
• Cost loading and earned value management using Primavera P6 and other software as required.
• Incorporate validated information from the relevant supply chain programmes.
• Re-sequence and adapt the programme to reflect the methodology of the design, procurement and delivery team.
• Produce reports and management information for the board and senior management as required by the Lead Planner.
• Maintain a properly documented programme change log.
• Work in a multi-user Primavera database.
• Prepare forward looking programme fragments using Microsoft Project.
• To deputize in the absence of the Lead Planner and attend meetings on request at the project sites.
• Undertake site visits on a periodic basis to inform the programme development and periodic updates.
• Liaise with all project departments to inform the programme development, periodic updates, compensation events, early warnings, value engineering and strategy development.
• Provide Programme Support to the Package Managers.

Specific Safety Responsibilities

• To take reasonable care for the safety of themselves and of any other person who may be affected by what they do or fail to do at work.
• To co-operate with their employers or any other persons in the performance of their statutory duties.
• Not to misuse or interfere with anything provided in the interests of health, safety or welfare.
• Report all accidents, incidents and near misses to their line manager or health and safety manager as appropriate.
• Report damage to plant and equipment to their immediate supervisor.
• Use only that plant and equipment for which they have received training and authorisation.
• Use and look after the protective equipment provided and report to their supervisor when it becomes worn or defective.
• Ensure that any personal injuries are recorded in the accident book.
• Propose to their immediate supervisor ways of eliminating hazards and improving safety at their workplace.
• Attend health surveillance when instructed.
• Set a personal example of safe behaviour.

Experience, Knowledge, Qualifications & Training

• Relevant experience with a reputable Tier 1/ Tier 2 contractor.
• Proficient use of programme software ASTA Powerproject, Primavera and Microsoft Project.
• The role will require the post holder to have excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
• Educated to HND - HNC level or equivalent in a construction or related discipline. A low educational level combined with extensive experience in a similar role would meet this requirement.
• Membership of a relevant professional body at member or associate member level.
• Substantial experience of planning, cost and resource loading utilising Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project software and ASTA PowerProject software.
• Demonstrable construction and operational planning experience on large multi-disciplinary projects.
• Functional knowledge of the NEC4 suite of contracts.
• Proficient use of programme presentation tools using Excel, Visio and PowerPoint.

Dragados Values

• Excellence: Promoting innovation, development, training and continuous improvement to achieve the highest quality of project delivery.
• Integrity: Acting ethically and transparently. Demanding the best standards of integrity from its employees, suppliers and other stakeholders.
• Trust: Nurturing positive relationships at all levels of the organisation, with our clients and supply chain by developing strong and long term relationships based on mutual trust.
• Sustainability: Commitment to sustainable development to make an efficient and ethically responsible contribution to society and the environment.
• Profitability: Ensuring our profitability as well as contributing value to the communities in which we operate as part of our sustainability agenda.

Contract type: Permanent

Salary: Competitive