Overview
A regional civil contractor, Midlands based is currently seeking an experienced Planner to work on the HS2 scheme.
Responsibilities
* Prepare and/or develop from tender programme, well-engineered contract programmes.
* Support the Project Director with the production, management and updating of the construction programmes and their communication to internal and external customers and major stakeholders.
* Produce programmes, reports and/or extract filters as required by the project team, including indication of deviation from the baseline programme in Primavera P6 format.
* Provide support and assistance to the project in order to enable the team to update progress against baseline schedules, monitor pinch-points on the critical path and test and change logic where previously agreed to either improve upon the baseline programme or to mitigate potential delays.
* Manage and incorporate change events into the construction programme in a timely manner, jointly with the project commercial team and collaboratively agree entitlement under the contract.
* Prepare monthly progress reports for submission and present at monthly progress meetings with Client.
* Prepare compensation event programmes and narratives, which facilitate successful compensation event resolution.
* Attend progress meetings with internal and external customers and support presentations on project progress.
* Liaise with designers and other suppliers to ensure their programmes or sequence of works are integrated into the project programme.
* Prepare short-term programmes in conjunction with the project team where required.
* Introducing improvements and innovations where appropriate.
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
* Competent in use of Primavera P6 software (essential).
* Experienced in the use of the NEC 3 form of contracts
* Competent in updating progress in accordance with NEC 3 contracts and producing progress reports.
* Working knowledge of Asta Powerproject and MS Project
* General awareness of commercial issues relating to construction contracts.
* Good attention to detail with the ability to work towards challenging deadlines.
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