Senior Planner

Chelmsford, Essex
Matchtech

Our tier 1 Water sector contractor are seeking a permanent Senior Planner to strengthen their planning team on their Essex and Suffolk (Northumbrian Water) framework based out of Chelmsford on a hybrid working basis.

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, 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.

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.

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

Skills/experience/qualifications

• 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
• Water Industry experience
• Site based engineering background
• Professional qualification
• Current Water Hygiene card holder
• Familiar with contract management software such as CEMAR & Aconnex

Benefits

• Salary in line with experience circa 65-75k
• Car Allowance/car provision
• Hybrid Working (Jobs needs dependent)
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
• Contribution Pension scheme
• Life Assurance
• Health Insurance
• Private Medical Insurance