Junior Planner- Project Controls- Bristol - Turner & Townsend

Turner & Townsend
Turner & Townsend
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Bristol, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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At Turner & Townsend we're passionate about making the difference. That means transforming performance for a green, inclusive and productive world that is safe.

We are a global, independent, professional services company with 75 years' experience operating across the real estate, infrastructure, defence and natural resources sectors.


We specialise in Project Management, Cost and Commercial Management, Procurement, Controls and Performance, Safety, Health, and Quality and are looking to deepen our expertise.


At Turner & Townsend, we are committed to creating a diverse workplace and an inclusive culture where everyone can reach their full potential.

We will support, encourage, and empower you to take opportunities to gain breadth and depth experience by moving between sectors within a wide range of industries such as Defence, Power, Transport, and Utilities.


We encourage flexible working with time spent between home, client, and the T&T office, whilst balancing the needs of T&T and our clients.

Fellow T&T colleagues will support you throughout your career journey providing reach-back into T&T's wider network and its breadth of expertise.


Our infrastructure team is in high demand and experiencing success in delivering major project and programmes across South West and Wales region.

We are transforming performance for a green, inclusive, and productive world. This is your opportunity to join us. Are you ready to make the difference?


Job Description:

As a Junior Planner, you will have a passion to provide services as required by our clients, which may include:

  • Creation and maintenance of project schedules that assist and align with project requirements in a low complexity low risk project.
  • Adherence to NEC or FIDIC contract processes for management of schedule data and submissions.
  • Assist project team to develop status reports to keep management informed on project progress.
  • Development of the project schedules in conjunction with the project manager and project team.
  • Reducing uncertainty, understand objectives and improve efficiency.
  • Interacting with the project team to define scope of work to develop and update detailed schedules, cost information and identification of variances from original plan.
  • Interacting with and assisting the project managers to schedule work and coordinate assignments.
- luation of project schedule progress and performance and identify developing problem areas.

  • Breakdown of the critical path and constraints to understand the effect of changes to schedule and recommend a workaround.
  • Assisting project managers to maintain timely and effective change management processes and procedures.
  • Conducting analysis to understand alternative courses of action or recovery on slipped schedules.
  • Undertaking of project reviews.
  • Monitoring and consolidating of overall project plans.
  • Monitoring the project managers reporting system summarising the progress status of all projects.
  • Monitor and advise on status of project KPIs.

Qualifications:


You have professional Project Controls experience specialising in Planning and Scheduling in one or more sectors across multiple stages of the Project lifecycle.

You are able to coordinate and work with other teams and have basic multi-disciplinary knowledge. You have knowledge and proficiency with Primavera (P6) and other planning and resourcing software.

You also;
- _ Have a degree in a relevant technical or management field or suitable equivalent qualifications and experience._
- _ Are working towards membership of a relevant professional body e.g. Association for Project Management, Project Management Institute._
- _ Have good verbal and written communication skills._
- _ Have good research and analytical skills._
- _ Have a desire to work within various sectors and with a range of clients._


If you meet most, but not all, of the above, do still apply We are keen to take on and develop bright and motivated individuals that share our values and find a role that is right for you.

You may have the personal attributes, skills, and knowledge that we never knew we needed

Additional Information

  • Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change._
  • We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects worklife balance._
SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
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