Senior Planner

Skanska UK Plc; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company is seeking a Senior Planner for their Infrastructure team in Wolverhampton. The role involves leading project planning, aligning suppliers' programmes with standards, and mentoring junior planners. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in the civils industry, especially within RDP frameworks and strong understanding of construction techniques.

Qualifications

• Experience in the civils industry, ideally on RDP framework projects.
• Experience with various planning methods and progress monitoring.
• Technical understanding of engineering principles and construction best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and updating of the main project contract programme.
• Assist professional development of Planners and Assistant Planners.
• Drive project delivery against key milestones.

Skills

Project Planning

Risk Management

Construction Techniques

Education

Experience in the civils industry

Job description

Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.

We are looking for a Senior Planner to join our Infrastructure team in Wolverhampton.

What you'll do:

• Lead the development and updating of the main project contract programme, ensuring it is of a high quality so that the programme suits the Project’s, Skanska’s and the Client’s needs.
• Interpret the plan to identify risk, mitigations and assist the project team to implement solutions which will eliminate reasons for delay & drive efficiencies.
• Review supplier's programmes alongside the rest of the project team, ensuring that they align with the required planning standards and project requirements / dates. Provides assistance and guidance to suppliers as necessary.
• Assist with the professional development of Planners and Assistant Planners.
• Focussing the project team’s delivery against key project milestones by explaining the key drivers and follow-on dependencies to ensure delivery to plan.

What you'll bring to the role:

• Experience in the civils industry, ideally having worked on an RDP framework project in the Highways industry in a planning role.
• Experience of various methods of planning, programming, and progress monitoring ideally working for a Tier 1 construction contractor.
• Construction experience and technical understanding of engineering principles, construction techniques and best practices
• Understanding of various forms of construction documents, contracts and specifications.

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using [e-mail] if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us: [e-mail]

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.

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