Planner

Finlay Jude Associates Ltd; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is looking for a Planner or Senior Planner to join a team supporting water projects in the South West. This role involves project planning, monitoring, and reporting, ensuring timely and efficient completion of tasks. Candidates should have relevant industry experience and strong planning skills, proficiency in Primavera P6, and an understanding of NEC contracts. Benefits include hybrid working, car allowance, and health insurance.

Benefits

Hybrid Working

Car / car allowance

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)

Contribution Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Health Insurance

Private Medical Insurance

Qualifications

• Experience of working in the Water/Wastewater industry.
• Civil Engineering or M&E or Building experience.
• Good understanding of NEC Contracts.
• Possess a sound understanding of planning skills and programming techniques.
• Competent Primavera P6 User.
• Competent user of Microsoft Office applications.
• Good communicator.
• Able to work as part of as team or individually.
• Able to manage own workload.
• Understanding of Commercial, H&S, & Environmental requirements.

Responsibilities

• Enable Project Management to control the progress of contracts.
• Produce baseline programmes and regularly update them.
• Monitor performance against baseline programmes.
• Minimise company risk by identifying the critical path.
• Produce look ahead programmes as required.
• Advise the PM of NEC contract obligations.
• Regularly report progress using pre-determined metrics.
• Contribute to the development of Progress Reports.
• Assist the planning team at contract and progress review meetings.
• Enable control of the procurement process.

Skills

Experience in the Water/Wastewater industry

Civil Engineering or M&E or Building experience

Good understanding of NEC Contracts

Understanding of planning skills and programming techniques

Competent Primavera P6 User

Competent user of Microsoft Office applications

Good communicator

Ability to work as part of a team or individually

Ability to manage own workload

Understanding of Commercial, H&S, & Environmental requirements

Job description

Description

Our client is looking to strengthen their Planning team with a Planner or Senior Planner for the South West Water region. You will provide services to ensure that project plans have achievable timescales and are accurately monitored and updated.

• Benefits include:
• Hybrid Working
• Car / car allowance
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
• Contribution Pension scheme
• Life Assurance
• Health Insurance
• Private Medical Insurance

You will report directly to the Senior Planning Manager and the responsibilities will include :

• Enable Project Management to control the progress of contracts by identifying and producing integrated programmes of work (design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover).
• Produce baseline programmes & regularly update them.
• Monitor performance against baseline programmes and identifying problem areas and potential early warnings.
• Minimise company risk by identifying the critical path.
• Produce look ahead programmes when required.
• Enable resource planning and levelling by appropriate resource analysis of programmes.
• Advise the PM of NEC contract obligations and contract requirements.
• Regularly report progress using pre-determined metrics.
• Contribute to the development of Progress Reports.
• Assist the planning team at contract and progress review meetings.
• Enable control of the procurement process by producing schedules for all materials and equipment.

About The Candidate

Essential

• Experience of working in the Water / Wastewater industry.
• Civil Engineering or M&E or Building experience.
• Good understanding of NEC Contracts.
• Possess a sound understanding of planning skills and programming techniques.
• Competent Primavera P6 User.
• Competent user of Microsoft Office applications.
• Good communicator.
• Able to work as part of as team or individually.
• Able to manage own workload.
• Understanding of Commercial, H&S, & Environmental requirements.

If you are interested in the above Planner / Senior Planner role, please click the ‘apply now’ button.

Due to the high volume of applications, we receive we are not always able to reply to all applications. If you haven’t heard back from us within 2 weeks, then please accept that your application has been unsuccessful for the role we currently have advertised. Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability, or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications, and abilities to perform the duties of the job. Finlay Jude Associates Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. For more opportunities please take a look at our website.