Planner

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading security solutions provider is looking for a Planner to manage and produce project schedules while ensuring compliance with contractual obligations. The role requires experience in planning and a proficiency in tools like Primavera P6. Ideal candidates will have a relevant degree and strong teamwork skills. This opportunity offers a competitive salary, a company vehicle, and a range of benefits, including annual appraisals and extensive training to support career progression.

Benefits

Company vehicle

Annual salary review

Share Incentive Plan

24-hour Virtual GP

Life Cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Workplace pension scheme

33 days holiday

Qualifications

• Previous planning experience.
• Experience of working with multidiscipline teams.
• Craft training, supported by relevant CPD training.

Responsibilities

• Produce a project schedule compliant with requirements.
• Monitor project performance and report status.
• Manage multiple project schedules across contracts.

Skills

Planning experience

Fluency in Primavera P6

Project Management

Team collaboration

Education

Relevant HNC/Degree qualification

QCF Diploma Level 3/5 Planning

APMP Practitioner

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Excel

Job description

Better places, thriving communities.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a successful security company who specialise in Security / Access Control Systems to some of the largest Utility companies across the UK as part of the National Grid Technology Framework.

The ideal locations for the Planner would be in and around the Newcastle or the Nottingham area as we have offices in each of these locations.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Identify, understand, communicate and adhere to contractual obligation with respect to the project schedule.
• Produce a project schedule which is compliant with contractual and project time, cost, quality and scope requirements.
• Allocate the costs from the project estimate to the project schedule.
• Liaison with the Project Manager, Engineering teams and any sub-contractors to gather the information necessary to produce and maintain a realistic and reflective project schedule.
• Continually monitor project performance, progress and report accurate and measurable project status.
• Proactively identify and highlight critical schedule areas and risk to enable timely management action.
• Proactively identify and highlight schedule areas where there are opportunities for improvement, time and cost savings.
• Identify change/emergent scope and effectively and incorporate into the project schedule.
• Collate clear and concise reports and presentations.
• Presentation of project schedule, associated KPIs and narrative to the Project Manager, and client.
• Management of multiple project schedules for multiple contracts.
• Awareness of the technical implications and interfaces to be able to programme work effectively.
• Awareness of the impact of planning on safety, quality and cost considerations.
• Fluency in Primavera P6 and excel to provide prompt accurate and regular information.
• Fully conversant with Earned Value and the ability to analyse the performance of the project.
• Development and communication of resource requirements necessary to meet the demands of the project timescales.
• Production of project schedules for proposals and tenders

Experience & Qualifications

• Previous planning experience.
• Sufficient and appropriate experience in EICA and Engineering.
• Experience of working with multidiscipline teams
• Software: Primavera P6, MS Project and Excel.
• NEC3/4 contracts
• Relevant HNC/Degree qualification
• QCF Diploma Level 3/5 Planning
• APMP Practitioner
• Craft training, supported by relevant CPD training

As Well As a Competitive Salary And Company Vehicle, You Will Be Provided With a Laptop And Mobile, As Well As

• Working away allowance
• Annual Appraisal
• Annual salary review
• Share Incentive Plan
• 24 hour Virtual GP
• Life Cover
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Workplace pension scheme
• 33 days holiday, including statutory Bank Holidays
• Quality accommodation
• Company vehicle
• Plant and specialist equipment is provided, with exception to hand tools
• Laptop, iPad, iPhone, and any required ICT equipment for the role
• Ongoing training and personal development via the Learning Hub

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at .

Since 1987, Mitie’s 80,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

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