Project Planner

Our client is a main civil engineering and infrastructure contractor, they currently have a new job opportunity for a Project Planner to join their team in Leeds.  

You will be responsible for supporting estimators and delivery teams to ensure compliance in planning and commitment to the company objectives.  

Key Responsibilities:  

General  

• Proactively support the estimating and delivery teams to ensure that planning standards are maintained across all projects and planning & control procedures are adhered to  

• Assisting with the tender, pre-construction, and delivery of a range of opportunities and live projects by collaboratively developing and maintaining robust detailed project plans  

• Assisting with establishing optimal construction methodologies, logic sequences and work outputs  

• Appreciating and upholding the Health & Safety standards in all planning processes  

Win Work  

• Developing animations of the project plan to aid digital rehearsal of the project construction  

• Supporting the review of tender programmes and their compliance  

Do Work  

• Fostering the planning culture with a great focus on weekly planning updates and reviews of performance  

• Monitoring the critical path and key milestones, advising the delivery team on any potential changes and leading challenge and mitigation actions  

• Supporting the preparation of reports and update of information displayed on sites in line with the reporting cycles  

Get Paid  

• Ensuring that claimable delays are captured and quantified  

• Supporting the development of programmes to demonstrate the impact of change in compliance with the contractual and project-specific requirements  

• Advising Operations and Commercial of project risks, float uptake and impacts on the contractual delivery dates  

The successful candidate is likely to meet all the following criteria:  

Essential  

• CSCS Card  

• Good understanding of construction sequencing and how a project comes together, gained in a site-level role for a contractor in the UK construction industry  

• Good knowledge of NEC and other relevant forms of contract  

• Experience in leading collaborative planning processes  

• Proficient in Primavera P6 and competent in MS Project  

• Good communication skills, both verbal and written  

• Ability to communicate complex information to a wide range of audiences  

• Innovative and supportive of other team members to enhance the effectiveness of planning across the business  

Desirable  

• Degree in Civil Engineering / Construction is preferred