Construction Planner Engineer in Bridgwater, Somerset

Location: Bridgwater

Job Type: Permanent, Full time

Field: Nuclear

Way of working: Hybrid (2 days remotely)

Education Level: Master’s degree or equivalent in an Engineering or Scientific discipline

Experience: at least 2 years of relevant experience

Salary: Attractive following experience

Starting date: ASAP

ABOUT US

KURY UK Ltd is part of an international company, Kury Groupe, 100% dedicated to the nuclear field with 26 years of experience in nuclear engineering. We are involved in several nuclear projects, including FA3 EPR (France), the French fleet, Taishan EPR (China), Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C. We are now looking for engineers to join our Team in the UK. Our human-sized structure (100 employees worldwide) allows us to devote ourselves to mentoring and training our engineers. We take special care of our employees’ development by ensuring them quality projects through which they will increase their skills.

Our Kury values: Curiosity, Trust, Rigour, Teamwork. Our team is international, our engineers are coming from different countries as we are looking for the best talents!

THE ROLE

As Construction Planner Engineer, you will be responsible for the on-site planning of installation activities and associated data, this will include the governance, management and updating construction schedules. You will be in charge of the following activities:

• The development, integrations, design, testing & commissioning of detailed construction schedules.
• Considering all aspects of integrated mechanical, electrical and HVAC planning for works on the project.
• Conducting integrated schedule reviews to develop detailed, optimised construction delivery sequences and resource loaded schedules.
• Integration of construction works activities with all programmes within the schedules to optimise the planning process.
• Addressing interfaces at the detailed construction schedules, supporting the overall project integrated works schedule and the 16-week look ahead process to unconstrain work and deliver schedule adherence.
• The management and update of the schedule data within the planning and production control toolsets.
• Support for the performance optimisation / influence of the 4D capability on the performance of Safety, Quality, Cost, Time & Risk across the life-cycle delivery.
• Ensure that the installation schedule is supported by the relevant digital tool sets and data to ensure that its performance always meets the needs of the delivery.
• Ensuring that the Programme construction schedules are produced, managed, and maintained in accordance with the planning procedures and contract requirements.
• Reporting of site progress using various methods, and ensuring the construction are informed of relevant schedule data.

You will ensure the following deliverables:

• Advocating safe and effective planning of works for site construction.
• Ensuring that conventional and nuclear safety considerations are recognised as essential to the success of the project and built into the planning processes.
• Developing detailed plans to a facility and/or area basis which integrate, co-ordinate and sequence work activities to achieve the optimum construction sequence paying particular attention to contractor interfaces at site within the 16-week horizon.
• Communicate schedule resource requirements, durations, and associated quantity information to the construction leads.
• Support the project periodic look ahead process with the rolling extract of an integrated schedule.
• Identifying planning scope, major constraints, and contract requirements.
• Identifying quantities and factors affecting the programme.
• Establishing and agreeing with Delivery construction outputs.
• Develop resource, material, and quantities profiles from the level 5 schedule to support delivery readiness, particularly bulk material and equipment delivery needs.
• Develop schedule metrics and reporting to allow measurement of schedule adherence and planned/actual schedule performance.
• Work with the 4D team to develop animated schedule sequences and enhance the 4D tools and capability on the project, particularly for construction coordination purposes.
• Work with the construction teams and the PDO to develop visual management capabilities for deployment in the field by the construction and contract partner teams.
• Encouraging the development of lessons learned to support future project execution.

You will be interfacing with several teams: Joint Venture, Programme, Management, Logistics/Expeditors, Transverse Equipment.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Industrial experience.
• Experience in delivering highly complex projects in regulated environments.
• In-depth knowledge and experience of programme progress and forecast position and planning.
• An understanding of various methods of planning, programming and progress monitoring.
• An understanding of the construction market, methods of construction, plant, equipment and labour requirements.
• A basic understanding of estimating principles.
• Strong communication skills: calm and determined, able to create a climate of trust and influence on both internal and external stakeholders, able to build effective relationships.
• Organisation skills, ability to effectively manage own and team’s workload in order to respect deadlines and KPI requirements.
• Interpersonal and collaboration skills, teamwork.
• Proactive approach, strong focus on performance and autonomy, results oriented.
• Lateral thinking and problem-solving skills.

DESIRABLE SKILLS

• 4D and 5D planning experience.
• Nuclear construction background.
• Demonstrable level of experience in construction trade/management based on previous project assignments.
• French-speaking would be an advantage.