Senior Planner - Civil Engineering

Pinnacle Recruitment; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is looking for a Senior Planner to work with a major civil engineering contractor in Birmingham. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in engineering and significant experience in planning on civil projects. Responsibilities include delivering comprehensive planning programmes, monitoring project progress, and ensuring effective communication with stakeholders. This role is an excellent opportunity to join an established contractor with a strong order book.

Qualifications

• Experience in main contract projects required.
• At least 3 years of planning experience needed.
• Solid understanding of planning software required.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of logically linked programmes.
• Develop design and build programmes.
• Maintain communication with customers for updates.
• Monitor programmes and update progress accurately.
• Provide feedback on project statuses.

Skills

Main contract experience

Engineering background

ASTA planning software

P6 planning software

MS planning software

Civil project experience

Planning experience (3+ years)

Job description

Overview

We are currently seeking a Senior Planner to work for a major civil engineering contractor on a multi million pound civil infrastructure scheme in the Midlands region.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an established, award winning contractor, with continuous success over a number of years with a solid order book.

The ideal candidate should fit the below criteria:

• Main contract experience
• Progressed from an engineering background (Site Engineer, Section Engineer, Agent etc)
• Solid understanding of ASTA, P6, MS planning software
• Experience working on civil related projects
• At least three years planning experience, with a further number of years experience on site
• Progressed from an Engineering background

Roles & Responsibilities

• Support the successful delivery of fully logically linked programmes that comply with the planning standard and client requirements.
• Provide input into project risk registers.
• Develop design and build programmes with detailed WBS structures and fully coded activities to support both Amco and Client progress reporting.
• Develop and maintain excellent communication relationships with internal and external customers to gather progress information for project /programme updates.
• Continuously monitor programmes to ensure they are updated to accurately reflect progress and reflect the revised forecast of the works and compare to baseline
• Provide regular feedback and reports on the status of the projects to the project delivery team.
• Provide sufficient detail on materials and plant to ensure the procurement teams have early visibility of the project requirements.
• Provide sufficient resource information to ensure any recruitment requirements are identified in a suitable timescale.
• Ensure the programme covers all the contractual key milestones.
• Participate in the continuous improvement of the planning and delivery teams to support successful project delivery.
• Act as an ambassador for the company with suppliers, stakeholders, customers and the public.
• Support the successful delivery of the business lifesaving rules.