Project Planner

JR United Kingdom; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a dedicated Construction Planner to join their dynamic team. In this pivotal role, you will develop and maintain comprehensive project schedules, ensuring alignment with company standards and client needs. Your expertise in MS Project and Primavera will be instrumental in delivering successful outcomes across various phases of construction projects. This forward-thinking company values its people and fosters an environment of growth and collaboration, where your skills and passion can shine. If you are driven and ready to tackle complex challenges in the construction sector, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Construction Planning required.
• Expert knowledge of MS Project and Primavera (P6) is essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project schedules across various phases.
• Collaborate with Project Managers to analyze and enhance schedules.
• Identify and resolve schedule risks proactively.

Skills

Construction Planning

Project Management

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Degree in Construction Management

HNC in Construction

Tools

MS Project

Primavera (P6)

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

Job description

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At Sweet Projects, we work with the data, defence and energy sectors. We are a comprehensive design, construction and engineering provider, offering services spanning site acquisition, architecture, and refurbishment to client occupancy. In our world, there are no simple projects, only specialist needs and clever solutions.

We are a general contracting business, drawing on over forty years of specialised industry experience to provide excellent service, sustain long-term partnerships and achieve the highest quality outcome for key clients, whilst maintaining financial commitments.

BUILT AROUND PEOPLE

Built around you is Sweet Project’s approach to business. It is our brand promise, not just to our clients, but to our people. From the inside out, built around you is in our DNA.

Our team is the cornerstone of our firm, and we take pride in nurturing their talents and fostering their professional growth.

We proudly invest in all the people our success rests on. Building our company around our people and their wellbeing, safety, and work/life balance – these vitally important values act as the standards against which we must judge ourselves. That’s why we’re constantly working to do things better tomorrow than we do today.

We look for a lot of elements when we’re hiring at Sweet Projects – skills, character. But above all else, it is your behaviours that shine through. Regardless of how many years of experience, or who you have worked for previously, if you have the drive and the passion, there is nothing you can’t achieve here.

Key Responsibilities

1. Develop good quality baseline schedules based on company standards and available information. Maintain the project schedules to support the projects being delivered within Sweet. This includes projects at Tendering, Concept, Design and Development phases as well as Construction, Commissioning and Close-out phases.
2. Work and collaborate closely with the Project Managers (PMs) and Project Engineers (PEs) in developing their project schedules and ensuring robust analysis and challenge to the project schedules.
3. Identify project schedule risks and address them to the PM and/or PE.
4. Schedule integration across multiple projects and developing programme and portfolio level plan.
5. Support Project Managers with contractor claims management.
6. Work with clients to determine and implement solutions to their schedule needs.
7. Develop and design custom schedule reports.
8. Provide analysis on schedule information, e.g., negative float & look-ahead reports and what-if analyses.
9. Identify improvement opportunities pertaining to schedule issues.
10. Proactively troubleshoot schedule issues and gaps and work to resolve issues with stakeholders.
11. Help with the roll-out of best practice scheduling training solutions to the PM(s) community.
12. Implement project schedule change control/data integrity management/baselining.
13. Data import/interface management.
14. Work with the pre-construction team to develop a linked programme, prepare logistics and sequencing plans, scaffold schedules, temporary services schedules and temporary accommodation plans, to support the tender process.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent qualification in Construction Management or similar.
• Minimum HNC or equivalent qualification in construction.

Experience required

• Demonstrable, relevant work experience (8 years +) in Construction Planning.
• Expert knowledge of MS Project and Primavera (P6).
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office such as Word, Excel etc.
• Good knowledge of SharePoint and working on live documents via online platforms.
• Good knowledge of MEP projects and civil interfaces.
• Strong knowledge of project management processes.
• Track record of working on a variety of projects including major projects.
• Proven track record of achieving objectives and delivering value.