Senior Planner - BCH

Onyx-Conseil; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A project management consultancy in Birmingham seeks an experienced Senior Planner to support the delivery of a major healthcare project. The candidate will be responsible for planning, scheduling, and reporting, ensuring compliance with project standards. Key requirements include proven experience in large-scale construction and proficiency in Primavera P6. This role is essential to keeping the project on track and mitigating delays.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior Planner on large-scale construction projects.
• Strong proficiency in Primavera P6 and MS Project.
• Knowledge of NEC contracts and healthcare sector experience desirable.
• Proven experience creating P6 plans from first principle.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and update project programmes using Primavera P6.
• Monitor progress against baseline schedules and report variances.
• Prepare and present weekly and monthly progress reports to stakeholders.
• Analyse critical paths and identify potential delays.
• Support project controls including cost and resource loading.
• Liaise with project managers, engineers, and subcontractors.
• Assist in risk analysis and scenario planning for programme impacts.
• Ensure compliance with contractual requirements and client reporting standards.
• Create detailed Primavera P6 programmes from scratch.

Skills

Project scheduling

Risk analysis

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Cost management

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

One of our clients are seeking an experienced Senior Planner to support the delivery of a major healthcare project at Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital. The successful candidate will work closely with project teams to ensure robust planning, scheduling, and reporting processes are in place.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and update project programmes using Primavera P6 (or equivalent).
• Monitor progress against baseline schedules and report variances.
• Prepare and present weekly and monthly progress reports to stakeholders.
• Analyse critical paths and identify potential delays, providing mitigation strategies.
• Support project controls including cost and resource loading where required.
• Liaise with project managers, engineers, and subcontractors to ensure accurate data collection.
• Assist in risk analysis and scenario planning for programme impacts.
• Ensure compliance with contractual requirements and client reporting standards.
• Contribute to tender planning and bid support if needed.
• Responsible for creating detailed Primavera P6 programmes from scratch, including defining work breakdown structures, sequencing activities, and integrating resources and milestones to establish a robust baseline schedule.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Senior Planner on large-scale construction projects.
• Strong proficiency in Primavera P6 and MS Project.
• Knowledge of NEC contracts and healthcare sector experience desirable.
• Proven experience creating P6 plans from first principle

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