Senior Planner - South London

MWH Treatment; Hampton; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

MWH Treatment is seeking a Senior Planner to join the Thames Water region with a minimum of three onsite days per week. You will develop, monitor and report on tender and contractual programmes, ensuring achievable timescales and up-to-date progress information for project teams.

You will work closely with the commercial and project teams, drive the delivery of construction programmes, lead junior planners, and use Primavera P6 to maintain baseline schedules and look-ahead plans.

Qualifications

• Experience in planning civil and M+E projects.
• Knowledge of NEC3/4 contract frameworks.
• Strong communication and coordination with project teams.

Responsibilities

• Work with tender documentation to prepare compliant and realistic programmes.
• Prepare programmes and update them for acceptance as contract requirements.
• Assist with collaborative planning workshops and lead 4D planning development.
• Maintain baseline programmes and measure progress against them.
• Liaise with project teams to ensure consistent assumptions and outputs.
• Identify risks and opportunities during the planning process.
• Gather, collate and distribute progress information and explanations for deviations.
• Monitor changes to scope and revise programmes accordingly.
• Attend progress and site meetings to present programmes for review.
• Ensure an As Built programme is available at project closeout.
• Record effects of changes on site and contract programme.

Skills

Planning experience

Civil & M&E projects

NEC3/4 contracts

Strong communication

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Office

Job description

MWH Treatment is looking to strengthen their Planning team with a Senior Planner for our Thames Water region with a minimum 3 day a week onsite requirement. 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 projectsKnowledge 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