Planner - MEP/Building Services

NG Bailey Engineering; East Boldon; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Pension up to 8% employer contribution

Private healthcare

Employee assistance program

Discounts

Personal development programme

Flexible Benefits

Travel allowance

Job summary

NG Bailey is hiring a Planner (M&E/Construction) for a permanent on-site role in Boldon, North East England. You will create workable programmes using best-practice methods, including critical path analysis and resource planning, to meet contract requirements and client expectations.

The role requires substantial planning experience on medium to large MEP projects, construction site exposure, and proficiency with Primavera or Asta Powerproject.

Qualifications

• Experience in planning on medium to large MEP projects.
• Construction site experience.
• Relevant industry qualification or apprenticeship.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate health and safety leadership across planning activities.
• Develop and maintain contract baseline programmes with stakeholders.
• Arrange and facilitate integrated planning meetings with project teams.
• Support bid activities and contract changes with accurate schedules.
• Produce progress and productivity reports for stakeholders.
• Perform time/risk analysis with planning managers and project managers.

Skills

Planning experience

Construction site experience

MEP project planning

Education

Industry qualification/apprenticeship

Tools

Primavera / Asta Powerproject

Job description

Planner - M&E/Construction

Boldon, North East England

Permanent role

Competitive salary, car or car allowance + flexible benefits

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Planner to join our team based from Boldon in the North East of England.

The main purpose of the role is to plan the allocated high value / complex project producing workable realistic and efficient programmes of work which meet an appropriate standard for the contract conditions and both internal and client requirements. Plans will be implemented with the best‑practice approach utilising Critical Path Analysis, Resource Planning, Cost Management and Progress/Productivity Monitoring and Control.

This is a permanent role with NG Bailey.

Responsibilities

Key deliverables in this role are:

• Demonstrate appropriate health and safety leadership to ensure the safety first and foremost message is visible and alive throughout all activities.
• Ensure that all planning related activities are carried out in compliance with contractual obligations, internal processes and external legislation governing business operations
• Arrange and facilitate integrated planning meetings, engaging with all relevant stakeholders to develop and agree the plan
• Participate within bid activities as required
• Work closely with relevant project personnel and external customer in order to produce/ agree a contract baseline programme for each allocated project
• Maintain and update contract baseline in line with any agreed contract changes, ensuring changes are communicated to all stakeholders
• Ensure that progress and productivity is effectively monitored against project plan, produce clear reports for all stakeholders
• Ensure that planning outputs/reports are produced for contract reviews. Support the operational teams in order to ascertain whether project targets are being achieved and jointly establish and agree any corrective measures where necessary.
• Perform time/risk analysis against programmes at regular intervals with the planning manager/senior planner, and the project manager.

Requirements

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Considerable experience in a planning role on medium to large MEP projects.
• Construction site experience
• Primavera/Asta Powerproject
• A relevant industry or professional qualification/apprenticeship.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday per annum, plus bank holidays
• Pension with leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
• Private healthcare
• Free 24/7 365 Employee assistance program to support mental health and wellbeing (including counselling sessions and legal advice)
• Discounts
• Personal development programme
• Flexible Benefits
• Travel allowance

Next Steps:

As a business, we're on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We'll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us:

We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression is something we value, and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.

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