Planner

GS3 Recruitment Glasgow; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Private healthcare

Increased pension contribution

Retail discounts

Additional annual leave days

Job summary

Planner role based in Scotland, with Edinburgh or Glasgow office choice, handling programmes across the Central Belt on large construction projects. You’ll develop, maintain and monitor schedules to support successful delivery, with a car allowance included.

Essential experience includes Asta Powerproject or Primavera P6, complex construction planning, CP analysis and NEC contract support. Strong stakeholder engagement and reporting skills are required.

Qualifications

• Experience planning complex construction, MEP and building services or infrastructure projects.
• Strong understanding of critical path analysis and programme risk management.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• APM PSP or PMI-SP certification is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project programmes from inception through to completion.
• Manage integrated programmes across multiple projects.
• Produce cost and resource-loaded schedules.
• Monitor progress, identify programme risks and develop recovery plans.
• Support NEC3/NEC4 contract administration and programme impact assessments.
• Provide accurate reporting, forecasting and programme analysis.
• Work closely with Project Managers, Commercial, Design and Operational teams to ensure successful project delivery.

Skills

Critical path analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

APM Planning & Scheduling Practitioner (PSP) or PMI-SP

Tools

Asta Powerproject

Primavera P6

Power BI

Earned Value Management (EVM)

Job description

Planner
Central Belt, Scotland
Edinburgh or Glasgow Office choice
Projects across Central Belt
Car Allowance included
£60,000 - £65,000

We are recruiting an experienced Planner to join a large building services and construction team within a large UK organisation.

As Project Planner, you will be working across a portfolio of large construction new build, extension and building services projects, you will be responsible for developing, managing and monitoring project programmes to support successful delivery.

Key Responsibilities of Planner

• Develop and maintain project programmes from inception through to completion.

• Manage integrated programmes across multiple projects.

• Produce cost and resource-loaded schedules.

• Monitor progress, identify programme risks and develop recovery plans.

• Support NEC3/NEC4 contract administration and programme impact assessments.

• Provide accurate reporting, forecasting and programme analysis.

• Work closely with Project Managers, Commercial, Design and Operational teams to ensure successful project delivery.

About You

Essential:

• Experienced using Asta Powerproject preferred

• Primavera P6 or similar experience also considered

• Experience planning complex construction, MEP and building services or infrastructure projects.

• Strong understanding of critical path analysis and programme risk management.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Desirable:

• Project Controls experience.

• APM Planning & Scheduling Practitioner or PMI-SP qualification.

• Experience with Power BI and Earned Value Management (EVM).

• Experience working under NEC3/NEC4 contracts.

What's on Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits (car allowance, increased pension contribution from company, private healthcare etc)

• Opportunity to work on a varied portfolio of projects.

• Career development within a growing and successful business.

• Opportunity to move between teams and sectors internally

• Additional annual leave days, extra pension contribution, private healthcare, retail discounts and more

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.