Assistant Planner - Bridgend, United Kingdom - Parker Jones Group

Parker Jones Group

Verified Company

Bridgend, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

I am looking for an Assistant / Junior Planner for on of my clients who specialise in Construction and Civil works.

They are offering progression opportunities and support within the role.

Spec below, please let me know if this is of interest or if you know of anyone who maybe?

Assistant/Junior planner to join a growing team.

This is a full time role based in the office and on site.

You will be required to assist in reviewing the buildability of each project and production of contractually compliant tender & construction programmes based on budget, work scope and available resources.

Monitor progress on site and update the programme in accordance with contract conditions. Monitor and record achieved outputs on site to provide feedback to preconstruction teams. This role supports multiple sites and pre-construction.

Duties:

Assist in ensuring contract programmes are resourced and cost loaded if appropriate.
Develop an understanding of project requirements (tender, form of contract, deliverables, drawings, specifications, etc), review buildability.
Prepare phasing drawings and takeoff construction drawings to enable the development of planning notes detailing outputs and resources used in the tender/construction programme.
Prepare labour resource histogram when applicable.
Attend meetings with customers, designers, and quantity surveyors to provide planning support.
Develop 4 weekly construction programmes to review actual programme operations against the tender programme and provide feedback to the site & work winning teams, developing an 'as built' programme in the process.
Assist in the review of compensation events/variations to assess delay and produce effective reports to assist in extension of time requests. Provide support for contractual claims as well as defence of claims from subcontractors.

Develop and seek to maintain a good relationship with the customer's planning team.

If a programme is rejected, understand why, and assist in addressing the comments and resubmit the programme.
Learn to analyse delays, review variations, produce change event programmes and provided robust narratives.
Assist in reviewing subcontract claims for extension of time and produce reports.
Represent and promote the company in a professional manner.
Understand our business strategy and your personal contribution to achieving our six point plans
Be clear on your responsibilities and strive to deliver what is expected, taking time to think, plan, and reflect on progress.
Actively contribute to improving our business through our Right Works programme.
Help others to succeed and acknowledge the success of others.
Understand your personal responsibilities to maintaining our HSQE standards.
Understand our company policies and procedures and recommend improvements.
Understand how your actions impact positively and negatively on our reputation.
Allow our guiding principles to guide you in your work.
Challenge how things are done to improve productivity.
Exploit opportunities to learn.
Challenge behaviours that do not create an inclusive environment.