Planning Lead - Hospital Construction in London

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are currently mobilising a transformative, national, major infrastructure programme for the construction of hospitals and we are recruiting for Project Planning Lead to work as part of the client's programme and control’s function. You will work in a dynamic and client-focused team made up of highly competent industry specialists to discuss their projects and delivery thereof and advise them on realistic timeframes.

Objective of the role

• To support Project Management commissions in developing plans and programmes to deliver our service and projects and monitor and report against these, in accordance with defined scopes of duties and T&T systems, mission and values;
• To support Project Management commissions to achieve safe and efficient outcomes that meet agreed profit and client satisfaction objectives;
• To develop and maintain relationships with clients, peers and others who are influential in providing future business.

Responsibilities

• Produce logic linked detailed integrated programmes (design, procurement and construction) fully backed up by a build strategy, construction methodology, logistics scheme and phasing plans.
• Provide support to the project team for all planning functions ensuring that issues within the programme are highlighted and understood.
• Give appropriate planning advice and direction to project team members & all relevant Stakeholders and produce programme assurance reports on our Client commissions.
• Apply critical path analysis and assess the impact of change on critical and non-critical activities.
• Deliver effectively the information regarding changes and delays that have impacted the programme.
• Provide specific programme outputs to analyse “Compensation Events”, “Early Warning Notices” impacts.
• Produce progress reports showing variance against the baselines.
• Deliver Period Programme Updates and input to project reports.
• Coordinate between Clients and their Partners’, consultants’ and contractors’ programmes of works and compliance with the Project Programme.
• Reporting areas of ‘non-compliance’ for resolution.
• As appropriate and required, provide planning support to the bidding team to do all the activities necessary to submit the bidding documentations in time.

Qualifications

• A proven track record of delivering projects as a Senior Planner/Project Planner.
• 10 years + experience with a UK based main contractor / project management consultancy.
• Experience working on major projects such as rail, highways, etc.
• Proficient use of Asta Powerproject (Primavera and Microsoft Project an added bonus).
• Experience handling NEC contracts.

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.