Senior Planning Engineer

Our market leading client is looking for a talented and enthusiastic Senior Planner who is keen to cement their existing expertise in delivering projects to their key clients and driving the growth of their business.

Role Overview

As a Senior Planner, you will report to the Group Planning Manager and hold responsibilities at tender stage for a range of activities involved in the project planning life cycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Identifying planning scope, major constraints, and contract requirements.
• Identifying major quantities and factors affecting the programme.
• Building the programme from first principles, ensuring that programme content is functionally compliant with the planning procedures and guidance.
• Working with all disciplines to ensure the full project scope is captured within the programme.
• Establishing and agreeing with Operations key methods of construction, sequencing, installation, and commissioning.
• Producing and documenting the planning deliverables including programmes, basis of schedule, presentations, and reports.
• Developing overall programmes, issuing to all parties for review and implementing recommendations, innovation, and best practice as applicable.

What You’ll Need To Succeed

• Experienced with Primavera P6.
• Must be able to obtain SC Clearance.
• An ability to travel to project sites on a regular frequency or as determined by project requirements.
• Substantial experience of planning services in medium to large sized projects within the construction industry £10m – £100m.
• Experience in managing schedules on NEC Projects.
• Good understanding of the various forms of tender documents, contract documents and specifications.
• Good understanding of the various methods of planning, programme, and progress monitoring.
• Good understanding of risk and opportunity management with reference to planning & programming.
• Degree or equivalent qualification in an engineering / construction related discipline.