Planning Manager

J Murphy & Sons; Otley; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international engineering company is seeking a project planner to join their team in the UK. You will collaborate with various disciplines to ensure successful project delivery, maintain reporting, and lead planning workshops. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in civil engineering, particularly with large-scale projects, and will be familiar with NEC contracts. This role requires effective communication skills and proficiency in Primavera P6.

Qualifications

• Clear communicator skilled in large multi-discipline teams.
• Experience in delivering large-scale civil structures with a Tier 1 contractor.
• Full project lifecycle experience in design & build for rail & structure projects is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to develop and revise the delivery programme.
• Maintain progress reporting and propose solutions.
• Contribute to risk register and schedule analysis.
• Lead planning workshops and promote best practices.

Skills

Effective communication

Relationship building

Civil Engineering expertise

Construction project experience

Knowledge of NEC contracts

Primavera P6 software

Job description

Overview

Murphy is a leading international, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 with a purpose to improve life by delivering world-class infrastructure. Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and America, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; energy and water. Headquartered in London, Murphy has a number of related businesses – Ground Engineering; Utility Connections; Murphy Plant; Murphy Process Engineering; Pipeline Testing Services; Specialist Welding Services; and Electrical Services. Murphy is a specialist in delivering pipelines, design, structural steel, tunnelling, fabrication, bridges and piling, and has a substantial holding of plant, equipment and facilities. Murphy employs around 4,000 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, they work as ’One Murphy’.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across disciplines & sub-contractors to develop and revise the delivery programme, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of intended delivery strategy, dependencies, risks, change and progress.
• Establish & maintain periodic progress reporting, contribute insights, identify issues, risks and propose actionable solutions.
• Ensure key stakeholders across disciplines and organisation are appropriately informed.
• Contribute to the risk register and schedule risk analysis.
• Formal identification, impact assessment and notification of programme change.
• Work closely with other planners/sections to identify and plan critical dependencies.
• Lead collaborative planning and interface workshops.
• Promote the Planning function and work collaboratively with peers to drive best practice and project performance.
• Inspire and empower the wider planning community to deliver high quality standards & outputs.
• Contribute to coaching, supporting and formal training of others in the project.

Qualifications

• An effective and clear communicator, skilled in building relationships and thrives in large, fast-paced, multi-discipline teams.
• Capable of identifying, challenging and succinctly articulating issues and solutions that impact project outcomes.
• Extensive experience of Civil Engineering and/or Construction projects with a proven track record of delivering large-scale civil structures, ideally with a Tier 1 contractor.
• Sound working knowledge of NEC contracts, specific to the programme obligations within Clauses 31 & 32 and the commercial interfaces.
• Desirable: full project lifecycle experience, particularly design & build within large-scale rail & structure projects.
• Computer literate with extensive working knowledge of Primavera P6 planning software.
• Based in our TRU delivery office in Leeds with occasional travel to York, Sherburn in Elmet (LS25 6JE) or site in Shipley, must have a full driving licence.