Senior Planner - Civil Engineering

Pinnacle Recruitment; Tyseley; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading civil engineering contractor in the Midlands is seeking a Senior Planner to contribute to a multi-million pound civil infrastructure scheme. The ideal candidate will possess strong contract experience, proficiency in planning software, and a solid engineering background, with at least three years in planning roles. Responsibilities include ensuring project timelines are met and maintaining communication with stakeholders. This is an opportunity to join an award-winning company with a robust order book.

Qualifications

• At least three years planning experience.
• Experience on site in engineering roles.
• Background progression from Site Engineer, Section Engineer, or Agent.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of fully logically linked programmes.
• Develop design and build programmes.
• Provide regular feedback on project status.

Skills

Main contract experience

Understanding of ASTA, P6, MS planning software

Civil related projects experience

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 and Engineering background

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