Senior Planner - Reading, United Kingdom - Balfour Beatty

Balfour Beatty

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Reading, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About the role

Balfour Beatty are recruiting for a Senior Planner to join the regional construction business working on projects including a defence development in the South of England.

Initially based on a secure site close to Reading, you will work on a large new build research facility. We offer a hybrid working so time can be split between site, office and home. Our Southern offices are based in Langley (close to Slough) and Canary Wharf.

What you'll be doing What you'll be doing**- Ensuring that the Contract Programme is produced, managed and maintained in
accordance with the project planning procedures.

The overall planning strategy and the timing & sequence of the Contract Programme activities
The issue and communication of the Contract Programme to the Project Lead for onward issue to Client and Project Team
Ensuring that all other project planning and programming necessary for the execution of the contract is properly undertaken
Provide support, as required to the BIM Coordinators to meet the project requirements or tender submission deliverables
Set up appropriate lean visual programme to assist the Project Team to timely deliver projects and improve productivity, performance and safety of projects
Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm.

Who we're looking for

Operational experience (ie site engineer/site agent) together with previous significant experience of planning services in small to medium sized projects ;; within the construction and engineering industry
Proficiency in the use of planning techniques and the required planning toolsets
An understanding of various forms of tender documents, contract documents and specifications
An understanding of various methods of planning, programming and progress monitoring
An understanding of the events that initiate, and of the methods used to demonstrate, delay or change entitlement
Good understanding of risk and opportunity management with particular reference to planning/programming

Job Reference:
BBUK05257