Overview
MWH Treatment is looking to strengthen their Planning team with a Senior Planner for our Northern Ireland region. You will provide services to ensure that project plans have achievable timescales and are accurately monitored and updated. Directly reporting to the Framework Lead, their responsibility is to assist 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 Senior Planner 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.
Key Responsibilities
* Work with the estimating team to prepare programmes from tender documentation. Ensuring that they are compliant & realistic
* Prepare programmes in accordance with contract requirements, update them & submit them for acceptance as contractually required
* Assist with the delivery of collaborative planning workshops
* Lead the development of Construction phase 4D Planning
* Maintain a baseline programme & measure progress against it
* Liaise with project teams to ensure consistency of key assumptions on methodology & outputs
* Identify opportunity & key risks during the planning process
* Gather, collate & distribute progress information & the reasons for deviations/delays
* Monitor & analyse changes to scope & revise programmes accordingly.
* Attend progress/project meetings & present programmes for review.
* Attend site meetings to gather progress information
* Report programme issues to the Project Delivery Team & site management team
* Distribute regular look ahead programmes
* Ensure an As Built programme is available at project closedown
* Maintain knowledge of site processes & costs
* Record the effects of changes on site & the effects on the contract programme
* Assist with the monthly progress report in line with customer requirements
* Build & maintain relationships with the Regional Leadership Team, Divisional Planning Team, Project Managers, Commercial team & client representatives
* Assist with the administration of Primavera P6 planning software
* Deliver planning software training to new users when required
Essential
Experience in planning of civil, M&E projects
Knowledge of current HSE practices & CSCS card holder
Experience of working with NEC3/4 contracts
Competent in the use of Microsoft software & application
Proficient in use of Primavera P6 planning software
Excellent communication skills
Ability to identify risks & opportunities
Able to work in a fast-paced environment
Comfortable working to tight deadlines
Able to focus on deliverables
A proactive attitude
Ability to identify & solve problems
Able to manage own workload to meet deadlines
Desirable
Water Industry experience
Site based engineering background
Professional qualification
Current Water Hygiene card holder
Familiar with contract management software such as CEMAR & Aconnex
Experience working on NI Water projects
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