Planning Manager

JR United Kingdom; England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in Watford is seeking a Planning Manager to support the Head of Planning. The role involves managing tender programmes, identifying risks, and liaising with stakeholders. Candidates should have a minimum of 10 years of experience in civil engineering and a degree relevant to the field. The competitive salary ranges from £70,000 to £85,000 per annum with opportunities for WFH.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience on civil engineering projects.
• Ability to analyze high-level information and provide detailed analysis.
• Proactive in contributing to quality submissions.

Responsibilities

• Manage planning and produce tender programmes.
• Communicate plans to stakeholders.
• Identify risks and allowances in the programme.
• Liaise with suppliers and bid teams.

Skills

Project Management

Risk Management

BIM Knowledge

Communication

Education

Civil Engineering Degree

Job description

Overview

Planning Manager - Salary: £70,000 - £85,000 per annum plus package. Location: Watford (2 days WFH). The Planning Manager will support the Head of Planning within the Pre-Construction Planning team. They will lead the development and production of tender programmes and supporting information; ensuring it complies with the Contract and Works Information.

Responsibilities

• Manage the planning on the tender to produce the plan and programme for submission.
• Communicate the plan to everyone involved including external stakeholders.
• Ensure the plan and programme incorporate allowance for safe working methods and timely construction.
• Identify risk to the programme, make time risk allowance in the programme and contribute to the tender risk and opportunity schedule/register.
• Communicate and gain approval from the bid/project team, the methods proposed and the sequence of the plan utilizing visual aids and graphics developed from concept and detailed drawings.
• Liaise and negotiate with suppliers communicating proposed methods and sequence.
• Assist the bid team to evaluate supply chain quotations/methodologies that relate to programme.
• Manage the resource and cost loading of the programmes in liaison with the Estimating team to produce a commercial forecast if required.

Person Specification

• The candidate should have a minimum of 10 years’ experience since graduation on civil engineering projects.
• Able to digest high level of information and provide expanded detailed analysis using their work experience.
• Proactive in providing information and contributing to the quality submission for the Bid with relation to Programme and Methodology items.
• Understanding of BIM and its implications and value proposition within the organisation.
• A willingness to incorporate new evolving technologies such as AI into their workflows.