Job Summary
The Planner will operate across all stages of the project process, beyond early pioneering stages, across projects up to the value of approximately £50m. At London Gatwick, you will provide a full planning service, manage schedule development, maintenance, monitoring and recovery plans, and deliver technical support in Work Breakdown Structure, Cost Breakdown Structure and Resource Loading.
The role follows a hybrid approach: three days a week in the office and two days remote, supporting the airport’s construction department across multiple programmes and strategic growth projects.
Responsibilities
* Develop and maintain a robust delivery schedule for work activities with clear milestones and monitoring activities to support the project schedule, including interdisciplinary constraints or interfaces that define activity sequences.
* Work with the delivery team to coordinate work sequences with the total project plan (programme integrated schedule).
* Perform schedule monitoring, including identifying critical activities and updating functions for specific applications, disciplines, or specialities.
* Assist with the development and implementation of requirements for updating and monitoring the schedule.
* Develop and apply installation rates to quantity take‑offs and developed quantities for assigned projects.
* Review and analyse the contractor’s schedules submitted for acceptance and provide the required recommendation to the project team.
* Evaluate quantities, job hours/staffing, and schedule logic for a specific discipline or speciality; prepare schedule, staffing, and quantity progress and performance reports for assigned disciplines or specialities.
* Manage contract programme assessment and acceptance/rejection, assessing compensation events and performing delay analysis.
* Review quantity logs to ensure total quantities are represented for assigned projects; assist in the development of the required job hour expenditure for assigned projects.
* Review and analyse the contractor’s schedules against the GAL baseline, identifying critical‑path activities and performance variance.
Qualifications
* Educated to a Degree/Post‑Grad level or equivalent in a construction or business‑related field.
* Three years of experience as a planner on projects with values typically over £10m.
* Significant experience with Primavera software (P6) and MS Excel.
* Desirable background in planning infrastructure projects within live operational environments.
* Skilled in quantity take‑offs, data analysis, and computer‑based operations.
* Knowledge of engineering, procurement, contracting, construction, and start‑up procedures.
* Proficient in interpreting mathematical data and financial reports.
* Familiarity with NEC contract types.
* Good oral and written communication skills.
* Awareness of the airport environment is desirable.
* Personal resilience and the ability to operate within ambiguity.
Compensation & Benefits
Circa £66,000 + 5 % Welcome Bonus + £1,000 Flex Allowance + up to 15 % bonus plus benefits.
* 5% Welcome Bonus
* Performance‑based bonus scheme
* High street shops and restaurant discounts
* Healthcare scheme
* Life and disability insurance
* Professional training and development
* Professional subscriptions
* Discounted travel
* Volunteer days
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