Senior Planner (Water)

Sweco UK Ltd; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension

Life Assurance

Private Medical Insurance

Annual Bonus

Subscriptions and memberships

25 days holiday

Cycle2Work

Job summary

Sweco UK Ltd. is seeking a Senior Planner for the @one Alliance to ensure successful delivery of large civil engineering projects in the UK. You will work within an integrated project delivery team, coordinating with multiple stakeholders to develop and maintain robust plans.

Role involves developing 4D animations, monitoring progress, and communicating critical paths while upholding planning standards and health and safety principles.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of experience in large-scale civil engineering projects, preferably in water.
• Essential experience with P6 (Primavera).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Attention to detail and ability to manage complex project plans effectively.
• Commitment to health and safety principles.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and monitor plans for projects; lead collaborative digital planning and meetings.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans and ensure consistency in outputs.
• Proactively identify opportunities and risks and explore mitigation strategies.
• Develop 4D animations of project plans to aid digital rehearsal of construction.
• Gather progress information and communicate effects on key dates.

Skills

P6 Primavera

Project planning

Stakeholder communication

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

About the @one Alliance

The Anglian Water @one Alliance is a totally collaborative organisation made up of nine partner companies (Anglian Water, SWECO, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, and Skanska) and an extended supply chain, delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.

We are gearing up for our most exciting and challenging Asset Management Period yet, known as AMP8, this will see us deliver a programme of work larger than we’ve ever delivered before. We’ll be embarking on a new kind of project delivery focusing on nature-based solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes.

We are driving change, empowering us to set global benchmarks and build a better environment, with the opportunity to offer enhanced growth and development to our workforce. We’re looking to build on our existing teams with an environment built for career progression.

With such an exciting portfolio of projects planned for AMP8 to keep the water flowing across the region, our ability to manage our work and outperform against our customer’s expectations will come under greater scrutiny.

We need aspiring driven talent to help us achieve our ambitious targets, are you ready to join us as we prepare to deliver the most creative and innovative AMP we have ever seen?

About Sweco

Transforming society together, we're planning and designing sustainable communities and cities of the future.

Solving the great societal challenges of our time is more relevant, demanding and inspiring than ever before. At Sweco, we bring together experts with different perspectives and skills to develop solutions that address the challenges of urbanisation, harness the positive power of digitalisation and make societies more sustainable.

We offer our clients a combination of global expertise and local presence, adapted to their business and reality. Our ambition is to be our clients’ most relevant partner, working together to help them solve their challenges, today and into the future.

To ensure we support our objectives of collaboration across the business whilst providing our workforce with the agility to achieve a healthy work/ life balance, we are asking our employees to have office or site presence on an average of three days a week.

What will you be doing as our new Senior Planner?

As a Senior Planner with @one Alliance, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the successful delivery of projects through meticulous planning and coordination. You will work within an integrated project delivery team, collaborating closely with various stakeholders to develop and maintain accurate and robust project plans. Your expertise will be instrumental in identifying, managing, and mitigating risks while maximizing opportunities for project success.

Key Responsibilities:

Prepare and Monitor Plans:

• Lead collaborative digital planning and production meetings to ensure clarity of requirements and expectations.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans in accordance with @one and AW requirements.
• Liaise with delivery teams to ensure consistency in methodology and outputs.
• Proactively identify opportunities and risks and explore mitigation strategies.
• Develop 4D animations of project plans to aid in digital rehearsal of construction.
• Gather progress information and communicate effects on key dates, challenging the team to deliver on time.

Communication of Plans:

• Attend site regularly to gather program update information.
• Communicate critical paths and key activities in team meetings.
• Advise the team on priorities to prevent activities from becoming critical.
• Attend meetings as required and provide project-specific reports as needed.

Quality of Plans:

• Maintain planning standards across @one and adhere to published processes.
• Ensure integrity of project plans and actively participate in driving best practices.
• Ensure alignment between plans and cost forecasts.

A little bit about your skills, experience and behaviours….

• Minimum five years of experience in large-scale projects within the Civil Engineering sector, preferably in the Water Industry.
• Essential experience with P6 (Primavera).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Attention to detail and ability to manage complex project plans effectively.
• Commitment to health and safety principles.

Employee Benefits

• Flexible and hybrid working (Flexworks Policy)
• Competitive pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Discretionary Annual Bonus Scheme
• Payment of two relevant professional subscriptions
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with the option to purchase up to 5 additional days per year)
• Cycle2Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (wellbeing, mental health, financial and work advice)
• Employee discounts via Sweco Benefit Select (Faircare)
• Salary Sacrifice Electric Vehicle Scheme
• We plant a tree for all new starters!

@OneAlliance vision

A collaborative alliance, driving change. Empowering us to set global benchmarks and building a better environment for our customers. We strive to:

Empower our people; Delight our Customers; Em