Senior Planner - Construction

Position: Senior Planner Location: Oswestry, Shropshire with hybrid working available Salary Guide: £55-65k (neg DOE) plus car/allowance and excellent benefits Our Client: Is a Tier 1 D&B Contractor operating predominately in the water industry, which is delivering a significant proportion of United Utilities programme of clean and wastewater non-infrastructure projects throughout the Northwest. The Role: Our client is looking to strengthen their planning team with a Senior Planner for the UU region, initially at Oswestry. You will provide services to ensure that project plans have achievable timescales and are accurately monitored and updated. Reporting directly to the Senior Planning Manager, your responsibility is to monitor, progress & report on contractual programmes. This includes ensuring that both the operational & commercial members of the team are fully briefed on the critical activities & risks of their projects at all times. Future roles will include development of tender programmes through feasibility and into execution in the AMP8 portfolio. You will work closely with the commercial department to monitor costs, take ownership of several project plans, drive the project team to deliver to the plan & challenge any delay & deviation. Leading, coaching & guiding junior planners. Responsibilities: Monitor progress on site with regular site walks. Lead in the delivery of collaborative planning workshops as required. Lead the development of construction phase 4D Planning Maintain a baseline programme & measure progress against it Liaise with project teams to ensure consistency of key assumptions on methodology & outputs Identify opportunities & key risks during the planning process Gather, collate & distribute progress information & the reasons for deviations/delays Monitor & analyse changes to scope & revise programmes accordingly. Develop Cause & Effect entitlement programmes for CEs Attend progress/project meetings & present programmes for review. Attend site meetings to gather progress information Report programme issues to the site management team and Senior Planning Manager Distribute regular look ahead programmes Ensure an As Built programme is available at project closedown Maintain knowledge of site processes Record the effects of changes on site & the effects on the contract programme Assist with the monthly progress report in line with company & customer requirements Build & maintain relationships with the Senior Planning Manager, Project Manager, Commercial team & client representatives Assist with the administration of Primavera P6 planning software Deliver various planning software training to new users when required Work with the estimating team to prepare programmes from tender documentation. Ensuring that they are compliant & realistic Prepare programmes in accordance with contract requirements, update them & submit them for acceptance as contractually required Experience: Essential: Experience in planning of civil, M&E projects Knowledge of current HSE practices & CSCS card holder Experience of working with NEC3/4 contracts Competent in the use of Microsoft software & application Proficient in use of Primavera P6 planning software Excellent communication skills Ability to identify risks & opportunities Able to work in a fast-paced environment Comfortable working to tight deadlines Desirable: Water/wastewater Industry experience Site based engineering background Professional qualification Current Water Hygiene card holder (training available) Familiar with contract management software such as CEMAR NEC3 /4 contractual experience. Package includes: A competitive salary Car/car allowance (subject to role and level of position) 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy) Contribution Pension scheme Life Assurance Health Insurance Private medical Insurance And many more benefits including – cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, kids pass etc. Key Words: Planner Planning Engineer Senior Planner Senior Planning Engineer Projects Construction Engineering Oil Gas Water Treatment Water Sector Water Industry Wastewater Sewage Power Sector Power Generation Infrastructure Energy Sector Utilities Nuclear Resource Planning Primavera P6 Project Plans Resource Schedule Resource Planning CPA Project Management Project Delivery Contracts Contractual NEC Critical Path