Senior Planner

Lanesra Technical Recruitment Ltd

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 70,000 - 75,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Car allowance? (Jobs needs dependent)

25 days holiday

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Health insurance

Private medical insurance

Cycle to work

Job summary

Lanesra Technical Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Senior Planner in Beckton with hybrid working. You will ensure achievable project timescales, monitor progress, and support tender and contractual programmes. You will coach junior planners, lead 4D planning, and collaborate with commercial teams to track costs and risks.

The role requires Primavera P6 proficiency, NEC3/4 contract experience, strong communication, and the ability to deliver under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

Experience in planning civil and M&E projects.
HSE practices knowledge and CSCS card.
Experience with NEC3/4 contracts.
Competent in Microsoft software.
Proficient in Primavera P6 planning software.
Excellent communication skills.
Able to identify risks and opportunities.
Able to work in a fast-paced environment.
Able to meet tight deadlines.
Able to manage own workload.

Responsibilities

Provide services to ensure project plans have achievable timescales and are monitored and updated.
Assist with tender and contractual programmes; brief commercial team on critical activities and risks.
Drive performance improvement and coach junior planners.
Lead Construction phase 4D Planning.
Maintain a baseline programme and measure progress.
Attend progress/project meetings and site meetings to gather progress information.
Monitor costs with commercial team and report deviations.
Deliver planning software training to new users.

Skills

Planning experience

NEC3/4 contracts

Microsoft Office

Excellent communication

Risk management

Deadline driven

Proactive attitude

Problem solving

Workload management

Fast-paced environment

Tools

Primavera P6

CEMAR

Aconnex

Job description

Position: Senior Planner

Location: Beckton with hybrid working available. Minimum 3 days per week on site required.

Salary: 70-75k (Neg DOE), car/allowance and excellent benefits package

Rate: per day (Neg DOE), inside IR35

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: You will provide services to ensure that project plans have achievable timescales and are accurately monitored and updated.

Report directly to the Senior Planning Manager, you will 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 briefed on the critical activities & risks of their projects at all times.

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. Lead, coach & guide 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

Essential Experience

Experience in planning of civil, 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 & application
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)
Car/car allowance (Jobs needs dependent)
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

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