Senior Planner - North London

MWH Treatment; Barking; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

MWH Treatment is actively seeking a Senior Planner to strengthen the Planning team for our North London region. You will ensure project plans have achievable timescales and are accurately monitored and updated, reporting to the Senior Planning Manager.

You will lead planning activities, coach junior planners, and work with the commercial team to monitor costs and drive performance improvements while maintaining strong relationships with clients and project teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in planning civil and M&E projects.
• Experience in production control and celebrative planning.
• Knowledge of current HSE practices and CSCS card holder.
• Experience of working with NEC3/4 contracts.
• Proficient in Primavera P6 planning software.

Responsibilities

• Work with estimating team to prepare programmes from tender documentation.
• Prepare programmes in accordance with contract requirements and update them for acceptance.
• Lead development of Construction phase 4D Planning.
• Maintain a baseline programme and measure progress against it.
• Identify risks and opportunities during planning and communicate deviations.

Skills

Planning experience

NEC3/4 contracts

Risk & opportunity identification

Project schedule advancement

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Office

CEMAR

Aconnex

Job description

MWH Treatment is looking to strengthen their Planning team with a Senior Planner for our North London region. You will provide services to ensure that project plans have achievable timescales and are accurately monitored and updated.

Directly reporting to the Senior Planning Manager, Their responsibility is to assist other members of the project teams to develop, monitor, progress & report on tender & contractual programmes. This includes ensuring that both the operational & commercial members of the team are fully briefed on the critical activities & risks of their projects at all times.

The Senior Planner will be required to work closely with the commercial department to monitor costs, take ownership of several project plans, drive the project team to deliver to the plan & challenge any delay & deviation. Leading, coaching & guiding junior Planners, you’ll be viewed as an approachable planning expert who is keen to pass on experience & knowledge to develop others & drive performance improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with the estimating team to prepare programmes from tender documentation. Ensuring that they are compliant & realistic
• Prepare programmes in accordance with contract requirements, update them & submit them for acceptance as contractually required
• Assist with the delivery of collaborative planning workshops
• Lead the development of Construction phase 4D Planning
• Maintain a baseline programme & measure progress against it
• Liaise with project teams to ensure consistency of key assumptions on methodology & outputs
• Identify opportunity & key risks during the planning process
• Gather, collate & distribute progress information & the reasons for deviations/delays
• Monitor & analyse changes to scope & revise programmes accordingly.
• Attend progress/project meetings & present programmes for review.
• Attend site meetings to gather progress information
• Report programme issues to the Senior Planning Manager & site management team
• Distribute regular look ahead programmes
• Ensure an As Built programme is available at project closedown
• Maintain knowledge of site processes & costs
• Record the effects of changes on site & the effects on the contract programme
• Assist with the monthly progress report in line with customer requirements
• Build & maintain relationships with the Senior Planning Manager, Project Manager, Commercial team & client representatives
• Assist with the administration of Primavera P6 planning software
• Deliver planning software training to new users when required

Essential:

Experience in planning of civil, M&E projectsExperience in production control and celebrative planning.Knowledge of current HSE practices & CSCS card holderExperience of working with NEC3/4 contractsCompetent in the use of Microsoft software & applicationProficient in use of Primavera P6 planning softwareExcellent communication skillsAbility to identify risks & opportunitiesAble to work in a fast-paced environmentComfortable working to tight deadlinesAble to focus on deliverablesA proactive attitudeAbility to identify & solve problemsAble to manage own workload to meet deadlines

Desirable:

Water Industry experienceSite based engineering backgroundProfessional qualificationCurrent Water Hygiene card holderFamiliar with contract management software such as CEMAR & Aconnex