Role: Senior Planning Manager - Associate Director
Location: Surrey (hybrid min 3 days on site per week)
Role Type: Permanent contract
Industry: Construction Consultancy - Laboratories
My client, a leading global construction consultancy is looking to expand their team by hiring a Senior Planning Manager or Associate Director level Planner with experience of working on major construction or infrastructure programmes.
The project: Our client is looking to transform their campus and how they operate while maintaining a world-class science and research capability, retaining and developing specialist expertise, in a collaborative and health and safety conscious way.
This is a 10 to 15-year, multi-billion-pound programme to redevelop their science campus in Surrey working collaboratively with the client and other partners for technical, cost assurance and technical assurance responsibilities. Delivery accountabilities span the full lifecycle of projects within the overall programme which encompasses sub-programmes for enabling infrastructure (both temporary and permanent) and new science capability in a live environment on a site of national importance, maintaining logistics and operations at all times.
You’ll be responsible for:
* You will manage the delivery of key assignments and defined business areas, providing strategic direction and monitoring delivery aligned with overall vision and objectives.
* You will support the long-term success of planning performance, and the overall contribution to the broader company goals.
* You will support the planning function in ensuring projects and tenders are effectively planned, scheduled, and monitored.
* Leads application of specific planning/scheduling methods, techniques and tools
* Good working knowledge of planning/scheduling, Earned Value Management (EVM), project controls methodologies
* Communicate effectively with the client, project team and stakeholders.
* Influence on complex requirements and communicate analysis and corrective measures effectively.
* Leads and manages a team of professionals delivering planning/schedule management services and responsible for team/individual development.
* Influences client to accept proposals and recommendations
* Undertakes task/s required to fulfil the requirements of the project/assignment.
* Works collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition, and share responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work.
You’ll need to have:
* Membership of APM, RICS, CIOB, ICE, AACE, IRM, IEMA or equivalent demonstrable professional or personal development.
* SC clearance (either current, past or the ability to pass SC clearance)
* Advanced experience with P6
* Deep property or infrastructure project management expertise.
* Strong commercial and financial acumen.
* Leadership and management experience of large, diverse teams.
* Experience of managing relationships with key senior stakeholders.
* Knowledge of how carbon and sustainability considerations will shape the outlook of the projects you are working on.
Please apply with CV, or arrange a call to discuss with jennifer.mcbride@peoplegroup.com