Planner

Mott MacDonald Bentley is a fully integrated design and build business combining the design expertise of Mott MacDonald with the contracting experience of JN Bentley, operating across water, energy and environment sectors throughout the UK.

MMB has successfully extended its contract with Thames Water for an additional five years. As the largest water and wastewater provider in the UK, Thames Water serves 15 million customers throughout London and the Thames Valley. This extension will carry the current agreement through to the end of AMP8 in March 2030. MMB is delivering work on three frameworks in the region, which sees us undertake a varied programme of water and wastewater non-infrastructure and infrastructure projects to improve the network. With sites located across the Thames Valley region including; Aylesbury, Banbury, and Reading. 
 
As a planner, you will play an essential role in ensuring the successful delivery of projects that make a real difference to our environment and communities—ranging from improving flood defences and upgrading water treatment works to providing nature-based solutions that enhance biodiversity. 
 
The role of a planner includes: 

Ensuring projects are programmed in P6 to the necessary level of detail for operational teams to deliver and ensuring contract compliance.
Developing detailed project plans and continuously monitoring project progress, updating schedules and generating performance reports. 
Lead the Plan for Stage process including development of delivery plans and understand constraints and sequences and look ahead meeting/process to ensure it is robust and consistently applied across all projects
Production of required project reports including identification of project risks and opportunities
Working closely with project managers, engineers and other team members to gather necessary information to build programmes from scratch, facilitating planning sessions to produce detailed, logical plans
Reporting key project milestones and supporting the team in effective, on-time delivery while identifying opportunities for programme improvement.
 
What you’ll need: 

CSCS and SSSTS
Competency in the use of Primavera P6 and an interest in 4D planning
Understand civil engineering principles and practices
Have excellent communication, problem solving and teamwork skills
A valid driving licence and willingness to travel to sites across your operational region
 
What’s in it for you: 
 
Alongside our significant training and development investment, bespoke progression plan and support to achieve professional chartership, we offer a wide range of financial, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits that you can tailor to your needs.  
 
To view our full range of benefits, please see the Bentley benefits brochure attached. 

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