Planner

Coffey; Wychavon; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Coffey seeks a Planner to oversee project plans, driving team performance and ensuring adherence to standards. The role involves detailed resource analysis, risk management, and leading planning efforts to deliver critical infrastructure projects successfully. Join a family-owned firm dedicated to engineering excellence with nearly 50 years of experience.

Qualifications

• Detailed knowledge of the NEC contract and programme requirements.
• Experience in producing project plans and integrated programmes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed project plans for the Delivery Team.
• Identify opportunities and risks in the plan, monitoring critical paths.
• Lead planning section at contract/progress review meetings.

Skills

Project Planning

Risk Management

Communication

Leadership

Job description

About The Role

What will you be doing as our new Planner?

As our new Planner, you’ll take ownership of the project plan, drive the project team to deliver to the plan and challenge any delay and deviation. Leading, coaching and guiding a small team of more junior Planners, you’ll be viewed as an approachable Planning expert who is keen to pass on experience and knowledge to develop others and drive outperformance amongst the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaboratively develop and maintain robust detailed project plans for the Delivery Team in accordance with Contract requirements ensuring methodology is consistently followed
• Ensure project plans capture the full project scope and resources are considered and loaded as required
• Pro-actively identify opportunities and risks in the plan and monitor the critical path and key milestones, advising the delivery team on any potential changes
• Design and implement effective and value- added communication plans ensuring relevant teams and individuals are clear and buy into the strategy and approach
• Ensure planning standards are maintained and published processes are adhered to.
• Appreciate and uphold the Health & Safety standards in all planning processes
  
  

Your 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), monitoring performance against plans and identifying problem areas and potential early warnings.
• Minimise company risk by identifying the critical path for contracts.
• Help the project team minimise company risk by identifying the critical path for contracts.
• Enable resource planning and levelling by appropriate resource analysis of contracts
• Detailed knowledge of the NEC contract and programme requirements
• Lead the planning section at contract / progress review meetings.
• Production of required project reports including identification of project risks and opportunities
• Resource load plans in collaboration with the lead disciplines to provide programme wide visibility of resource demand
  
  

About You

Not Specified

About Us

Coffey is a family-owned water infrastructure and civil engineering specialist established in 1974. We are passionate about safety and have been delivering critical infrastructure projects on time and within budget for nearly 50 years. The hallmarks of our contracts are innovative solutions, engineering ingenuity, professional construction management and adherence to the highest safety and quality standards.

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