Planning Manager

Navartis; Northampton; On-site; GBP 71,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

A major infrastructure and civil engineering contractor is seeking a Planning Manager to work in the Pre-Construction Planning team. The role involves managing planning on tenders, ensuring safe working methods, and communicating plans to stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in civil engineering planning, first-hand site experience, and proficiency in planning software. The position offers a competitive salary negotiable based on expertise.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in planning on civil engineering or building projects.
• First-hand site experience from a construction background.
• Ability to digest high levels of information with detailed analysis.

Responsibilities

• Manage planning on tenders to produce plans and programmes.
• Communicate plans to all stakeholders involved.
• Identify risks and contribute to the tender risk register.

Skills

Civil engineering experience

Planning software (Primavera P6, CAD)

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Education

Degree in engineering or equivalent

Tools

Primavera P6

4Projects

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Salary / Benefits Circa £71,000 -£79,000 plus car / allowance and package this is negotiable dependant on expertise

Summary

A major infrastructure and civil engineering contractor is looking to hire as a Planning Manager.

As a Planning Manager you will be working in the Pre-Construction Planning team based in Watford and reporting to the Head of Planning, The Planning Manager will assimilate the tender documents and produce a plan to deliver the project and communicate the plan to the Bid team. They will develop and produce a tender programme to comply with the Contract and Works Information, and to reflect the most efficient and effective sequence to deliver a project, or section of works.

The Planning Manager will be responsible for liaising with the Estimating team and assisting with the preparation of Preliminary Items; method related items; reconciliation of labour, plant and equipment. They will also assist our bid team with the presentation of the plan and programme at internal governance meetings

This role could potentially suit a Section Manager or Assistant Project Manager wanting a new challenge.

Duties for this Planning Manager Role

• 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.
• Training up junior engineers to become Planners

• Extensive experience in planning on civil engineering or building projects, either office or site based
• Need to have first-hand site experience from a Construction background
• Experience in a range of sector Energy, Rail, Motorways, Wind Farms, Flood schemes etc
• Degree qualified within an engineering discipline or equivalent
• Able to digest high level of information and provide expanded detailed analysis using their work experience.
• Advanced use of specialist software e.g. Primavera P6, CAD, PowerPoint , 4Projects etc.
Professional Membership: ICE or APM Membership is desirable
• Past history of how you have delivered something to stakeholders. (plesse reference this in your CV/Coversheet)