Senior Planner - Construction

Position: Senior Planner
Location: Chelmsford with hybrid working available
Salary Guide: £65-75k (neg DOE), car/allowance, and excellent benefits
Our client is a Tier 1 D&B Contractor operating predominately in the water industry, who are delivering a number of water infrastructure projects across Essex & Suffolk.
The Role: Directly reporting to the Senior Planning 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 fully briefed on the critical activities & risks of their projects at all times.
You 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. 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.Wants top end of Senior:
You will be the only planner for the first 6-12 months whilst the framework is built
When the work picks up an additional Senior Planner will be recruited
The original Senior will elevate to Planning Manager for the region and will be responsible for implementing the planning processes for the region
Good opportunity for someone to develop into a Planning Manager
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 teams.
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
Main contractor experience
Knowledge of current HSE practices & CSCS card holder
Experience of working with NEC3/4 contracts
Competent in the use of Microsoft software & applications
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
5-10 years experience
Prefer Mechanical bias but would consider MEICA or Civil but must have heavy engineering and site experience
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 (subject to role and level of position)
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
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Project Planner
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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
Anglian Water
Thames Water
South East Water
Veolia
AMP 7
AMP 8
NEC