Job title: Project Planner Location: Galemire Court, Westlakes Science & Technology Park, Ingwell Drive, Moor Row, Cumbria, CA24 3HY Contract length: 6 months contract Pay Rate: £50-57/hour PAYE Work Hour: Mon-Friday Day Shift Randstad Sourceright, a leading provider of RPO & MSP Recruitment Services are currently recruiting a Planner working on behalf of a leading Asset & Technology Solutions services company. Responsible at tender stage to the Planning Lead or Bid Manager for the range of activities involved in the project planning life cycle,: * Ensuring that the programme content is functionally compliant with the planning standards, procedures and guidance. * Identifying planning scope, major constraints and contract requirements * Identifying major quantities and factors affecting the programme * Establishing and agreeing with Operations construction outputs and agree working hours with appropriate Estimator * Establishing and agreeing with Operations and Bid Team key methods of construction, sequencing, installation and commissioning * Producing and documenting the planning deliverables including programmes, planning philosophy, presentations and reports * Producing the Tender Programme and supporting information in accordance with the tender requirements * Establish Earned Value Management * Developing overall programmes, issuing to all parties for review and implementing recommendations, innovation and best practice as applicable * Reconciling company and subcontract plant/labour and major materials elements in conjunction where appropriate Applying resource levelling techniques as necessary * Interfacing with third parties to identify and resolve issues Experience Previous experience working in a similar role within a corporate environment. Requirements/Skills * Operational experience (ie site engineer/site agent) together with previous significant experience of planning services in small to medium sized projects within the construction and engineering industry * Proficiency in the use of planning techniques and the required planning toolsets * Proficiency in Earned Value Management reporting techniques * An understanding of various forms of tender documents, contract documents and specifications. * An understanding of various methods of planning, programming and progress monitoring * An understanding of risk and opportunity management with reference to planning programming * An understanding of the events that initiate, and of the methods used to demonstrate, delay or change entitlement. * A good understanding of various forms of tender documents, contract documents and specifications * An understanding of various methods of planning, programming and progress monitoring