Job summary
Our Water contractor client is looking to strengthen their Planning team with a Planning Manager for their Southern Water region based out Testwood, Southampton.
Key skills required for this role
Water, Wastewater, NEC, Project planning, Primavera p6, Leadership
Important
Water experience desirable
Job description
Our Water contractor client is looking to strengthen their Planning team with a Planning Manager for their Southern Water region based out Testwood, Southampton.
You will provide services to ensure that project plans have achievable timescales and are accurately monitored and updated.
Directly reporting to the Head of Planning, your responsibility is to manage 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 Planning Manager 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.
Candidate will need to be commutable to Falmer offices 2/3 days a week minimum.
Responsibilities
1. Work with the estimating team to prepare programmes from tender documentation. Ensuring that they are compliant & realistic
2. Prepare programmes in accordance with contract requirements, update them & submit them for acceptance as contractually required
3. Assist with the delivery of collaborative planning workshops
4. Lead the development of Construction phase 4D Planning
5. Maintain a baseline programme & measure progress against it
6. Liaise with project teams to ensure consistency of key assumptions on methodology & outputs
7. Identify opportunity & key risks during the planning process
8. Gather, collate & distribute progress information & the reasons for deviations/delays
9. Monitor & analyse changes to scope & revise programmes accordingly.
10. Attend progress/project meetings & present programmes for review.
11. Attend site meetings to gather progress information
12. Report programme issues to the Senior Planning Manager & site management team
13. Distribute regular look ahead programmes
14. Ensure an As Built programme is available at project closedown
15. Maintain knowledge of site processes & costs
16. Record the effects of changes on site & the effects on the contract programme
17. Assist with the monthly progress report in line with customer requirements
18. Build & maintain relationships with the Senior Planning Manager, Project Manager, Commercial team & client representatives
19. Assist with the administration of Primavera P6 planning software
20. Deliver planning software training to new users when required
Skills/experience/qualifications
21. Experience in planning of civil, M&E projects
22. Knowledge of current HSE practices & CSCS card holder
23. Experience of working with NEC3/4 contracts
24. Competent in the use of Microsoft software & application
25. Proficient in use of Primavera P6 planning software
26. Excellent communication skills
27. Ability to identify risks & opportunities
28. Able to work in a fast-paced environment
29. Comfortable working to tight deadlines
30. Able to focus on deliverables
31. A proactive attitude
32. Ability to identify & solve problems
33. Able to manage own workload to meet deadlines
Desirable:
34. Water Industry experience
35. Site based engineering background
36. Professional qualification
37. Current Water Hygiene card holder
38. Familiar with contract management software such as CEMAR & Aconnex
Benefits
39. A competitive salary - circa 70-80k guide only - dependant on experience
40. Hybrid Working (Jobs needs dependent)
41. Car/car allowance (Jobs needs dependent)
42. 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
43. Contribution Pension scheme
44. Life Assurance
45. Health Insurance
46. Private Medical Insurance
47. Share
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