Head of Planning

Strabag; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; Sur place; GBP 80 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Strabag in the United Kingdom seeks a senior planning leader to drive cross-BU planning standards, governance and performance. You will shape the Planning Strategy and Operating Model across tender, pre-construction, baseline, delivery and completion programmes.

You will provide functional leadership to planning teams, ensuring compliance with WBS, coding, critical path and forecasting while integrating design, procurement and cost data into a unified project controls environment.

Qualifications

• Significant senior planning experience within a major UK construction contractor.
• Expert practical knowledge of Primavera P6 and Asta Powerproject.
• Strong knowledge of critical path methodology, baselining, progress measurement, forecasting, recovery planning and programme assurance.
• Strong understanding of UK construction contracts and the relationship between programme, change, delay and commercial management.

Responsabilités

• Act as the Sub-Division functional lead for Planning, setting standards and governance across all Business Units.
• Develop and maintain the Planning Strategy and Operating Model for tender through completion.
• Provide leadership and challenge to Business Unit planning teams while accountability remains with the Units.
• Lead the use of Primavera P6, Asta Powerproject and Aphex with standardised data, reporting and governance.
• Develop integrated project controls linking programme information with design, procurement, cost and risk.

Connaissances

Senior planning experience

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Formation

Degree in construction/engineering/project management

Outils

Primavera P6

Asta Powerproject

Aphex

BIM

Description du poste

Tasks

• Act as the Sub-Division functional lead for Planning, setting consistent standards, governance and expectations across all Business Units in line with the STRA-PLAN procedures and guidance.
• Develop and maintain the Planning Strategy and Operating Model covering tender, pre-construction, baseline, delivery, recovery and completion programmes
• Provide functional leadership, support and challenge to Business Unit planning teams while operational accountability remains within the Business Units.
• Ensure compliance with business programme standards for WBS and coding, logic, critical path, milestones, baselines, progress measurement, updating and forecasting.
• Lead consistent use of Primavera P6, Asta Powerproject and Aphex, supporting standardised configuration principles, data standards, reporting conventions and system governance.
• Establish proportionate programme assurance at key bid, mobilisation, baseline and delivery gateways, supporting recovery and mitigation where required.
• Ensure programmes properly integrate construction methodology, design, procurement, temporary works, logistics, commissioning and other key delivery constraints.
• Work with Commercial leadership so programme information supports contract administration, change management and assessment of delay and disruption.
• Develop integrated project controls linking programme information with design, procurement, cost, commercial, risk and production data
• Lead the development of 4D planning and support 5D integration, connecting model, programme, quantity and cost information within a common project-data environment.
• Support the integration of planning KPIs, programme-health measures and dashboards providing objective information on performance, forecast outcomes and emerging risk.
• Capture actual project performance and lessons learned to improve tender assumptions, productivity benchmarks, sequencing and forecasting.
• Develop planning capability through competency standards, mentoring, training, recruitment support, succession planning and communities of practice.
• Promote planning approaches that improve sequencing, logistics and resource efficiency and support reductions in waste and avoidable carbon impact.
• Support Sub-Division growth, new markets and acquisitions by assessing planning capability, systems, processes and integration requirements.
• Ensure the production of as-built data accumulated from the works to allow feedback to the Preconstruction Team, and availability to the wider Planning team.
• Encourage sharing of information and best practise and communication between Sub-Divisions and Business Units.
• Reporting of data and progress to the UK Director of Planning.

Qualifications

Required:

• Significant senior planning experience within a major UK construction contractor, from pre-construction through delivery.
• Expert practical knowledge of Primavera P6 and Asta Powerproject.
• Strong knowledge of critical path methodology, baselining, progress measurement, forecasting, recovery planning and programme assurance.
• Strong understanding of UK construction contracts and the relationship between programme, change, delay and commercial management.
• Experience developing planning standards, governance and integrated project controls, with good understanding of BIM, 4D and 5D integration.
• Strong analytical, leadership, communication and stakeholder-management capability, able to influence senior operational teams.

Desirable

• Member of an appropriate professional body.
• HND, degree or equivalent qualification in construction, engineering, project management or a related discipline.
• Experience in a Group, divisional or multi-Business Unit functional planning leadership role.
• Experience across building and civil engineering projects and a range of procurement routes.
• Experience of forensic programme and delay analysis.
• Experience implementing enterprise planning systems, integrated project controls or 4D/5D workflows.
• Experience developing planning competency frameworks, training, succession and professional communities.