Position
Senior Planner
Location
Christchurch with hybrid working available
Salary
£65-75k (Neg DOE), car/allowance and excellent benefits package
Rate & Duration
£(Apply online only) per day (Neg DOE, inside IR35). 12 months + duration
Our Client
Integrated design and build solution provider operating in the water sector. The client has 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, implementing advanced modular ceramic membrane technology and ozone dosing to provide a cleaner, more efficient, and reliable drinking water supply for the region. The project uses a Design for Modular Assembly (DfMA) approach with 70 modular units fabricated and tested off‑site before delivery for installation, 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, ensuring that both the operational & commercial members of the team are 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, becoming an approachable planning expert keen to share experience and knowledge to develop others and improve performance.
Responsibilities
- Work with the estimating team to prepare programmes from tender documentation, ensuring 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
Essential Experience
- 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 & 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
Desirable Experience
- 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
- 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
- Cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, kids pass etc.
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