Location: Christchurch with hybrid working available
Salary: £65-75k (Neg DOE), car/allowance and excellent benefits package
Rate: £(Apply online only) per day (Neg DOE, inside IR35). 12 months + duration
Our Client: Is an integrated design and build solution provider operating in the water sector. They have over 1,000 staff working across eight regional centres, primarily supporting eight long term water sector frameworks operating both on their own and increasingly in joint ventures and alliances.
The Project: A water treatment works near Christchurch is undergoing a major £85m upgrade. This involves implementing advanced modular ceramic membrane technology and ozone dosing to provide a cleaner, more efficient, and reliable drinking water supply for the region.
The upgrade uses a Design for Modular Assembly (DfMA) approach, with 70 modular units being fabricated and tested off-site before being delivered to the site for installation.
The modular approach is expected to deliver the project at twice the speed of traditional methods.
The Role: You will provide services to ensure that project plans have achievable timescales and are accurately monitored and updated.
Reporting directly to the Senior Project Manager, your 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 always briefed on the critical activities & risks of their projects.
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. Lead, coach & guide 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.
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
Experience: Essential
Experience in planning of civil, M&E projects
Knowledge of current HSE practices & CSCS card holder
Experience of working with NEC3/4 contracts
Competent in the use of Microsoft software & application
Proficient in use of Primavera P6 planning software
Excellent communication skills
Ability to identify risks & opportunities
Able to work in a fast-paced environment
Comfortable working to tight deadlines
Able to focus on deliverables
A proactive attitude
Ability to identify & solve problems
Able to manage own workload to meet deadlines
Desirable
Water Industry experience
Site based engineering background
Professional qualification
Current Water Hygiene card holder
Familiar with contract management software such as CEMAR & Aconnex
Package includes: A competitive salary, car/car allowance (level dependent)
25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
Contribution Pension scheme, Life Assurance, Health Insurance
Private Medical Insurance and many more benefits including - cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, kids pass etc.
Key Words:
Planning Engineer
Planner
Project Planner
Senior Planner
Senior Planning Engineer
Senior Project Planner
Construction
Project Programmes
P6 Programmes
Project Delivery
Project Plans
Water Industry
Water Sector
Water Treatment
Clean Water
Sewage
Wastewater
Waste Water
Utilities
Highways
Power
Energy
Nuclear
Energy from Waste
Rail
Infrastructure
Primavera
P6
Southern Water
Thames Water
Veolia
AMP 7
AMP 8
NEC
Salary description
£65000.00 - £75000.00 per year