Junior Planner - Sheffield, United Kingdom - OCU Group

OCU Group

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Sheffield, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are currently looking for a Junior Planner to join our growing team.

This role represents a fantastic opportunity for a junior planner looking to make the next step in their career with a fast moving and growing company, at the forefront of the utilities industry.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Produce and monitor the weekly delivery of "live" tracker of works, monitoring and escalating backlogs to ensure priorities are met.
Contacting and updating customer and client throughout job progression.
Accurately updating all work management systems and trackers, progressing jobs through each stage of construction.
Planning work to requested dates.
Ascertaining required work elements.
Record work value.
Utilising available resource.
Dealing with affected stakeholders.
Producing jeopardy reports.
Manage and prioritise own workload taking into account your own objectives and those of the wider team.
Create, maintain, and enhance working relationships with key contacts across the project.
Actively contribute towards departmental plan as guided by manager. Report progress on performance at regular intervals.
Supporting the specification, development and implementation of interventions and enablers to address function relevant issues.
Carry out any other duties appropriate for this role.

Skills and Experience:

A willingness to take on new challenges and learn new skills.
Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
Confidence in presenting to and speaking to internal and external parties.
Commitment to continuous professional development.
Excellent Microsoft office knowledge.
Creating and presenting reports.

Company background:

Established in 1994, OCU Group is one of the fastest growing utility engineering contractors in the UK, with a long successful track record in delivering customer-focused civil engineering solutions.

Working directly with many of the country's leading blue-chip power, water, telecoms, and rail clients, we are looking for the very best talent to join our growing team.

We pride ourselves on empowering our employees and offering opportunities for them to take control of their own personal development and career progression in a supportive environment.

We believe that being successful is a choice.

We choose to be successful.

We are OCU, 'One Company United'.

We celebrate difference and appreciate diverse backgrounds. We encourage everyone who join us to be themselves at work and create inclusive teams in our workplace.

Job Type:
Permanent

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