Planner

ZipRecruiter; Derby; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Project Planner / Planning Engineer to enhance the Planning Team in the Severn Trent region. This role involves using Primavera P6 to build and report Project Programmes and requires strong project planning experience, excellent communication skills, and analytical problem-solving abilities. Candidates with knowledge of the NEC contract will have an advantage. Competitive salary and development opportunities offered.

Qualifications

• Must have project planning experience on a variety of project sizes.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Basic understanding of NEC contract and Project Planning requirements.

Responsibilities

• Build, update, amend and report Project Programmes using Primavera P6.
• Support Project Managers with detailed P6 Programmes for project delivery.
• Lead the planning section at project progress review meetings.

Skills

Project Planning experience

Primavera P6

MS Project

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Education

Professional qualifications relevant to the Planner role

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Power BI

Job description

Job Description

Finlay Jude Associates are recruiting for our client in the Water Industry who are looking to enhance their Planning Team with a Project Planner / Planning Engineer for our Severn Trent region.

Role Responsibilities

The role will report directly to the Planning Manager and its core responsibilities are to build, update, amend and report Project Programmes using the Primavera P6 software. Working with Senior Planners we can offer coaching and guiding for your ongoing development into a planning expert and help drive outperformance amongst the team.

The role’s responsibilities include:

• Directly support our Project Managers and Project Teams by delivering high quality and detailed P6 Programmes that support efficient project delivery.
• Developing and maintaining project plans through reliable project management methodologies with assurance of baseline scheduling.
• Enable project management to control the progress of contracts by identifying and producing integrated programmes of work (design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover), monitoring performance against plans and identifying problem areas and potential early warnings.
• Help the project team minimise risk by identifying the critical path for our projects.
• Support project and programme level reporting to enhance the information and intelligence available for business planning.
• Lead the planning section at project progress review meetings.

About The Candidate:

Essential Experience

To be successful in this role, the person we are looking to employ MUST have the following skillsets. These skillsets are key to the role and will be used as an initial filter during application reviews.

• Project Planning experience on a variety of project sizes.
• Technical capabilities using Primavera P6 and MS Project.
• Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration with Project teams.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills to monitor and control project deviations.
• Appropriate professional qualifications relevant to the Planner role
• Basic understanding of the NEC contract and its Project Planning requirements.

Desirable Skills & Experience

These skillsets will be beneficial to the role. Applicants are encouraged to clearly show on their application whether they have these and/or other transferable skills which could enhance their performance in this role.

• Infrastructure and/or water industry experience.
• Experience contributing to project review presentations whilst confidently presenting Planning information to project stakeholders.
• Construction, civil engineering, M&E or related building experience.
• Academic qualifications in a construction or infrastructure related subject.
• Experience using Power BI and/or similar project reporting software.
• Technical degree beneficial but not mandatory.
• Project management and project delivery experience.