Planning Manager

Lanesra Technical Recruitment Ltd; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Car/allowance

25 days holiday

Pension

Life Assurance

Health Insurance

Private Medical Insurance

Cycle to work scheme

Discounts and savings Hub

Job summary

Lanesra Technical Recruitment Ltd is representing a client seeking a Planning Manager to lead project planning on Manchester area schemes. You will ensure realistic timescales, monitor progress and drive performance with the project teams.

The role requires experience in civil and M&E projects, NEC3/4 contracts, and Primavera P6 proficiency, with hybrid working across Hyde or Preston and a salary range of 80–90k plus benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience in planning civil and M&E projects.
• Knowledge of HSE practices and CSCS card holder.
• Proficient in Primavera P6 planning software.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Develop, monitor and update tender and contractual programmes.
• Lead development of construction phase 4D planning.
• Maintain baseline programme and measure progress.
• Identify risks and opportunities in planning process.
• Attend progress meetings and present programmes for review.
• Deliver Primavera P6 training to new users when required.

Skills

Primavera P6

Contract management (NEC3/4)

Microsoft Office

Communication skills

Risk & opportunity identification

Tools

NEC3/4 contracts

Job description

Position: Planning Manager

Location: Hyde or Preston with hybrid working available

Salary: 80-90k (Neg DOE), bonus, car/allowance and excellent benefits package

Our Client: Is an integrated design and build solution provider operating in the water sector. They have over 1,400 staff working across eight regional centres, primarily supporting six long term water sector frameworks operating both on their own and increasingly in joint ventures and alliances.

The Role: Our client is looking to strengthen their Planning team with a Planning Manager for their east Manchester projects & other United Utility projects. You will provide services to ensure that project plans have achievable timescales and are accurately monitored and updated.

Directly reporting to the Senior Planning Manager, your responsibility is to assist other members of the project teams to develop, monitor, progress & report on tender & contractual programmes. This includes ensuring that both the operational & commercial members of the team are fully always briefed on the critical activities & risks of their projects.

You will be required to work closely with the commercial department to monitor costs, take ownership of several project plans, drive the project team to deliver to the plan & challenge any delay & deviation. Leading, coaching & guiding junior Planners, you'll be viewed as an approachable planning expert who is keen to pass on experience & knowledge to develop others & drive performance improvement.

Responsibilities: Work with the estimating team to prepare programmes from tender documentation. Ensuring that they are compliant & realistic.

Prepare programmes in accordance with contract requirements, update them & submit them for acceptance as contractually required.

Assist with the delivery of collaborative planning workshops.

Lead the development of Construction phase 4D Planning.

Maintain a baseline programme & measure progress against it.

Liaise with project teams to ensure consistency of key assumptions on methodology & outputs.

Identify opportunity & key risks during the planning process.

Gather, collate & distribute progress information & the reasons for deviations/delays.

Monitor & analyse changes to scope & revise programmes accordingly.

Attend progress/project meetings & present programmes for review.

Attend site meetings to gather progress information.

Report programme issues to the Senior Planning Manager & site management team.

Distribute regular look ahead programmes.

Ensure an as-built programme is available at project closedown.

Maintain knowledge of site processes & costs.

Record the effects of changes on site & the effects on the contract programme.

Assist with the monthly progress report in line with customer requirements.

Build & maintain relationships with the Senior Planning Manager, Project Manager, commercial team & client representatives.

Assist with the administration of Primavera P6 planning software.

Deliver planning software training to new users when required

Experience: Essential:

Experience in planning of civil and M&E projects

Knowledge of current HSE practices & CSCS card holder

Experience of working with NEC3/4 contracts

Competent in the use of Microsoft software & applications

Proficient in use of Primavera P6 planning software

Excellent communication skills

Ability to identify risks & opportunities

Able to work in a fast-paced environment

Comfortable working to tight deadlines

Able to focus on deliverables

A proactive attitude

Ability to identify & solve problems

Able to manage own workload to meet deadlines

Desirable:

Water Industry experience

Site based engineering background

Professional qualification

Current Water Hygiene card holder

Familiar with contract management software such as CEMAR & Aconnex

Package includes: A competitive salary

Hybrid Working (Jobs needs dependent)

Bonus

Car/car allowance

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)

Contribution Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Health Insurance

Private Medical Insurance

And many more benefits including - cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, Kids Pass etc

Key Words:

Planning Engineer

Planner

Project Planner

Senior Planner

Senior Planning Engineer

Senior Project Planner

Planning Manager

Construction

Project Programmes

P6 Programmes

Project Delivery

Project Plans

Water Industry

Water Sector

Water Treatment

Clean Water

Sewage

Wastewater

Waste Water

Utilities

Highways

Power

Energy

Nuclear

Energy from Waste

Rail

Infrastructure

Primavera

P6

Severn Trent Water

United Utilities

Veolia

AMP 7

AMP 8

NEC