Senior Planner (Water)

Job Description

We are gearing up for our most exciting and challenging Asset Management Period yet, known as AMP8, this will see us deliver a programme of work larger than we’ve ever delivered before. We’ll be embarking on a new kind of project delivery focusing on nature-based solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes.

We are driving change, empowering us to set global benchmarks and build a better environment, with the opportunity to offer enhanced growth and development to our workforce. We’re looking to build on our existing teams with an environment built for career progression.

With such an exciting portfolio of projects planned for AMP8 to keep the water flowing across the region, our ability to manage our work and outperform against our customer’s expectations will come under greater scrutiny.

We need aspiring driven talent to help us achieve our ambitious targets, are you ready to join us as we prepare to deliver the most creative and innovative AMP we have ever seen?

About Sweco

Transforming society together, we're planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future.

Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before. At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.

We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality. Our ambition is to be our clients’ most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future.

To ensure we support our objectives of collaboration across the business whilst providing our workforce with the agility to achieve a healthy work/ life balance, we are asking our employees to have office or site presence on an average of three days a week.

We truly care about the Commercials on our projects and want to continue with the great progress we are making with efficiencies in our business. To help us achieve these targets we are looking for an experienced Planner.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead collaborative digital planning and production meetings to ensure clarity of requirements and expectations.
• Liaise with delivery teams to ensure consistency in methodology and outputs.
• Proactively identify opportunities and risks and explore mitigation strategies.
• Develop 4D animations of project plans to aid in digital rehearsal of construction.
• Gather progress information and communicate effects on key dates, challenging the team to deliver on time.

Communication of Plans

• Attend site regularly to gather program update information.
• Communicate critical paths and key activities in team meetings.
• Advise the team on priorities to prevent activities from becoming critical.
• Attend meetings as required and provide project-specific reports as needed.

Quality of Plans

• Ensure integrity of project plans and actively participate in driving best practices.
• Ensure alignment between plans and cost forecasts.

A little bit about your skills, experience and behaviours…

• Minimum five years of experience in large-scale projects within the Civil Engineering sector, preferably in the Water Industry.
• Essential experience with P6 (Primavera).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Attention to detail and ability to manage complex project plans effectively.
• Commitment to health and safety principles.

Join us in our mission to deliver excellence in project management through effective planning. If you are passionate about driving success in the Water Industry and possess the necessary skills and experience, we encourage you to apply.

Employee Benefits

• Flexible and hybrid working (Flexworks Policy)
• Competitive pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Discretionary Annual Bonus SchemePayment of two relevant professional subscriptions
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days per year)
• Cycle2Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (wellbeing, mental health, financial and work advice)
• Employee discounts via Sweco Benefit Select (Faircare)
• Salary Sacrifice Electric Vehicle Scheme
• We plant a tree for all new starters!

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

It’s important to us that that all our colleagues thrive at work - we strive to have a friendly and inclusive culture which respects the contribution individuals can bring to Sweco. We aim to promote equality, inclusivity and diversity for everyone.

Here at Sweco we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity.

We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant to ensure those whom serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly. To find out more.

We are an accredited Real Living Wage Employer which reflects our commitment to fair pay and support for all colleagues.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer, and will interview applicants covered by the Equality Act 2010 that opt into the guaranteed interview scheme on the application form and meet the minimum criteria for the role.