Description
Berkeley Capital is the largest division in Berkeley Group, focuses on large-scale brownfield regeneration projects in London, stitching these vast and isolated spaces back into the local fabric, bringing them to life with the right mix of homes, amenities, natural landscapes and open spaces.
Our award-winning developments include some of the country’s best-known long-term regeneration projects, such as Woodberry Down, Kidbrooke Village and Royal Arsenal Riverside.
Our sustainable, mixed-use neighbourhoods are designed in partnership with local communities, delivering the amenities and opportunities they value most, and ensuring they benefit first from regeneration.
As a business we are committed to fostering a positive working environment, where our people feel valued, empowered and able to grow.
The role
The Construction Project Planner supports the project team in developing and maintaining an achievable project plan. Coordinating with the Production Team to make sure all parts of the plan align, highlighting any risk and opportunities ahead of time to enable the project to achieve its goal. The Planner will also monitor and report on the current project status and future forecast.
This is an exciting role, which provides an opportunity for someone who is highly collaborative, self-motivated and with a desire to learn and progress their career whilst making a significant contribution to a crucial part of the business.
* Collaborate with the senior leadership team to develop and regularly review the project programme.
* Walk the site, providing an independent monitor of progress and evidence-based droplines.
* Produce weekly and monthly progress reports, providing project leads and senior management with status against master and project level programmes, including the use of Critical Path Analysis to support flagging concerns.
* Collating information from key project programmes for the Commercial, Build and Technical teams.
* Lead collaborative meetings to progress and report on events through preconstruction activities.
* Collaborate with Project teams on resolutions to programme / logistical challenges, assisting. production teams with creating ‘What ifs’ and short-term programmes to visualise and establish options.
* Engage with the supply chain, assisting the Project team with subcontractor programme analysis and monitoring, both through tender phase and whilst in contract.
Experience required
* Construction build knowledge and experience.
* Ability to read construction drawings.
* Demonstratable understanding of sequence and logic.
* Microsoft 365 (Good understanding of Excel- formulas, graphs).
* Asta Power Project or similar.
Why join us?
* 25 days annual leave, increasing with service to 33 days.
* Health and wellbeing benefits including Private Medical Insurance.
* Lifestyle benefits including access to an online discount platform.
* Berkeley Foundation volunteer day.
* Private pension plan.
* Group life assurance.
The standard default full-time working hours in the office are 8am-5pm with core working hours 9am-4pm.
Internal applicants:
If you’re an internal applicant, please ensure you’ve informed your line manager of your intention to apply for this position.
Berkeley Group builds homes and neighbourhoods across London, Birmingham and the South of England. We revive underused land, creating welcoming, sustainable and nature-rich places where communities thrive and where people of all ages and backgrounds enjoy a great quality of life.
We specialise in long-term brownfield regeneration, focusing on challenging and complex sites that are beyond the scope of conventional homebuilders. We are highly collaborative, working with councils and communities to create a shared vision and to unlock a mix of social, environmental, economic and commercial value that benefits all of our stakeholders.
Our passion for quality and design underpins everything we do. All Berkeley homes are created with care, expertise and relentless attention to detail.
We have a diverse workforce and culture rooted in attention to detail, effective communication, a sense of fun and a huge feeling of ownership and pride. With a commitment to innovation, sustainability, and customer satisfaction, we have become synonymous with exceptional design and meticulous attention to detail.