Planning Team Leader - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Kier Group

Kier Group

Verified Company

Birmingham, United Kingdom

5 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We're looking for a Planning Team Leader to join our Highways team based in Birmingham.

Within this role, you can enjoy a fantastic, matched pension scheme, 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family, a competitive annual holiday entitlement, with opportunities to buy/sell leave and even more.

Can you imagine a world without roads or bridges? Nor can we Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Highways and make a difference.

Connecting roads, connecting people.

Location:
Birmingham

Contract:
Fixed term contract - 12 months

Salary:
Up to £32k per annum + Benefits

Responsibilities

As Planning Team Leader you'll be working within the planning team, supporting the with planning and management of the work and workforce of both internal and external operations and ensuring we are complying with all corporate procedures.

Your day to day will include:

Managing performance, training, competency and developing the highways planning team, supporting the Planning Manager and providing regular reports as required
Producing detailed works handovers
Communicating between highways planning and delivery teams to ensure jobs are planned correctly first time and costing effectively
Liaising with third parties, members of the public, key stakeholders and promoting collaborative working so the team are optimising network occupancy
Assessing plant and material needs for works, ordering any special materials required, undertaking risk assessments & safety checks, toolbox talks and audits, reviewing daily productivity targets to ensure wea re managing budgets effectively

Who are we looking for?
This role of Planning Team Leader is great for you if you can:

Show industry knowledge in highways
Demonstrate current or previous experience leading and motivating a team successfully
Communicate with a range of stakeholders comfortably

Benefits at Kier

We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs.

Some of our favourites include:

New and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
Share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our sharesave and share incentive plans
Kier's Green Car Scheme
A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands

Who is Kier?

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress.

We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more.

Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

Closing date: 30 March 2023