Senior Planner

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; Tamworth; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering and construction company is seeking a Senior Planner to manage project documentation, prepare detailed planning programmes, and contribute to risk analysis on civil engineering projects. Ideal candidates will have experience in the sector and proficiency in planning software. This role allows candidates to be based anywhere in the UK with some travel requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience with oil and gas projects is desirable.
• Active experience with various planning techniques for tendering and contract delivery.
• Ability to be based anywhere in the UK with occasional travel.

Responsibilities

• Assimilate information and summarise it for effective communication of work scope.
• Prepare a resourced programme, reviewing it for conformance with expectations.
• Contribute to the risk register and undertake programme risk analysis.

Skills

Experience on Civil Engineering and/or Construction projects

Proficiency with planning software (P6, Asta, TILOS, QSRA)

Understanding of commercial and contractual interfaces with planning

Job description

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 specializes in delivering pipelines, design, structural steel, tunneling, fabrication, bridges, and piling, and owns extensive plant, equipment, and facilities. Murphy employs around 4,000 engineers, professional managers, and skilled operatives worldwide, working together as ‘One Murphy’ to deliver successful projects. Visit www.murphygroup.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and X: #MoretoMurphy.

A day in the life of a Murphy Senior Planner:

1. Assimilate information and summarise it for effective communication of work scope.
2. Prepare a resourced programme, reviewing it for conformance with expectations.
3. Contribute to the risk register and undertake programme risk analysis.
4. Prepare visual materials supporting planned methods.
5. Manage project documentation systematically.
6. Define methods and establish outputs in consultation with the estimator and team, including supply chain considerations.
7. Liaise with design engineers to establish a design brief for temporary works.
8. Provide the estimator with a justified schedule of temporary works and indirect costs.
9. Attend bid review meetings to clarify work scope and delivery plans.
10. Participate in handover meetings to define work scope and tasks.
11. Advise project team on feedback reports and support in consultation with the estimator.

Still interested? Does this sound like you?

• Experience on Civil Engineering and/or Construction projects.
• Desirable experience working on Oil & Gas projects.
• Proficiency with planning software (P6, Asta, TILOS, QSRA).
• Active experience with various planning techniques for tendering and contract delivery.
• Understanding of commercial and contractual interfaces with planning.
• Ability to be based anywhere in the UK with occasional travel.