Planner / Senior Planner (Scotland Wide) - South Yorkshire, United Kingdom - Gallifordtry

Gallifordtry

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South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Planner / Senior Planner - ESD

Location, Scotland, Flexible
An opportunity has arisen for Planning Professionals to join the team at Galliford Try.

The Senior Planner role supports the business unit by ensuring effective planning techniques are provided to support the planning, monitoring and reporting across a wide range of projects of varying scale and complexity.

What you will be doing:

Ensure that the programme content and functionality is compliant with the Planning Processes and Procedures
Provide full lifecycle planning support across multiple projects
Build NEC compliant programmes from first principles using relevant Scope, specifications & drawings. Identifying contract requirements and constraints.
Liaise with other functional staff (e.g design/procurement/commissioning) to ensure the programme incorporates all activities and detailed logic associated with those functions
Participate in Collaborative Planning workshops and events as part of the project team
Progress Monitoring, analysing, and trending schedule and cost information and providing summaries to project leads to allow proactive action to be timely implemented
Prepare progress data and produce relevant progress reports
Proactively Identify alternative methodologies/sequences that improve project completion date(s) or mitigate existing sequences
Provide planning support to commercial function to demonstrate cause and effect when submitting CE's and quotations
Work collaboratively as part of a regional team and share experience to support junior personnel

About You:

Experienced Primavera software user essential, further understanding of Microsoft Project & 4D Planning Software is advantageous
Degree in an engineering or project/construction management discipline although relevant experience or related qualification will be considered
Significant experience in creating design & construction programmes from first principles that are compliant with the NEC form of contract, preferably with experience in the water industry although not essential
Ability to update programmes and provide forward thinking planning support to the project teams including performance reporting & change management.
Able to communicate at all levels to ensure programme data is clear & concise to aid in informed decision making within the project team.
Knowledge & understanding of earned value principles & methodology
Good IT skills including software skills in MS Excel & Word. Further understanding of MS PowerBI and reporting software desirable.
Project management qualifications & professional memberships of a relevant institution are an advantage

What We Can Offer in Return:

With an impressive order book of over £3.2 billion we are one of the industry's leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK's most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals.

You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment.

With an ambitious strategy, we're poised for further growth and success, so if you're committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our 'Be Well' programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work.

Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Our benefits:

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
A wide range of corporate discounts
Childcare vouchers
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