Senior Planner - MEP Projects

NG Bailey Engineering; Manchester; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Manchester is seeking a Senior Planner with MEP experience to manage project planning and ensure compliance. The role includes facilitating meetings, analyzing risks, and overseeing progress. Applicants should have substantial MEP project experience and familiarity with planning tools such as Asta or Primavera P6. A competitive salary and flexible benefits package are offered.

Benefits

Car/Car allowance or salary sacrifice car scheme

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Pension with up to 8% employer contribution

Private healthcare

Free 24/7 employee assistance program

Personal development programme

Flexible benefits

Qualifications

• Must have experience working as a planner or senior planner in MEP projects.
• Knowledge of Asta or Primavera P6 tools required.
• Construction site experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Arrange and facilitate internal planning meetings with project stakeholders.
• Ensure that planning outputs are produced on time for contract reviews.
• Monitor progress and productivity against project plans.

Skills

Experience working as a planner or senior planner on medium/large scale MEP projects

Asta or Primavera P6

Construction site experience

Rail project experience

Experience of NEC 3 contracts

Job description

Overview

Senior Planner (MEP)
Manchester
Permanent Position
Competitive salary, car or car allowance + flexible benefits

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Planner from an MEP background, to join our NW team.

Responsibilities

• Arrange and facilitate internal integrated planning meetings with relevant project stakeholders to agree the team input into the project plan and work closely with said team and our external customer. Produce and agree a Contract Baseline' programme for each allocated project; that aligns with the agreed formal contract, price and work scope, and reduces risk for NG Bailey.
• In conjunction with the Planning Manager, ensure that planning outputs / reports are produced in a timely manner for all contract reviews. Support operational teams in order to ascertain whether project targets are being achieved and to jointly establish and agree any corrective measures to be taken where necessary.
• Take responsibility for all allocated projects, ensuring that progress and productivity is effectively monitored against project plan, produce and circulate clear reports to the appropriate stakeholders in a concise and timely manner (e.g. Resource Histograms, S Curves, Earned Value Analysis).
• Maintain and update contract baseline in line with agreed contract change (eg variations). Ensure that change impacts are effectively communicated to Operations and Commercial Teams. Ensure that the inclusion of variations are communicated and integrated into project plans.
• In conjunction with the Planning Manager, perform Time/Risk analysis against programmes at regular intervals with the Project Manager throughout the whole project life cycle.
• Participate within bid activity as requested by the senior management; working in conjunction with the Business Development department, in line with the Focus Win processes.
• Ensure that all planning related activities are carried out in compliance with contractual obligations, internal processes and external legislation governing business operations.

Requirements

• Experience working as a planner or senior planner on medium/large scale MEP projects is essential
• Asta or Primavera P6
• Construction site experience
• Rail project experience (desirable)
• Experience of NEC 3 contracts (desirable)

Benefits

• Car/Car allowance or salary sacrifice car scheme
• 25 days holiday per annum, plus bank holidays
• Pension with leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
• Private healthcare
• Free 24/7 365 Employee assistance program to support mental health and wellbeing (including counselling sessions and legal advice)
• Discounts
• Personal development programme
• Flexible Benefits

If this is of interest, please apply with an up to date CV, and your salary/package expectations

Next Steps

As a business, we're on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We'll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us

We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression is something we value, and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.