Senior Planner - London, London, E15 2RN

Senior Planner - London, London, E15 2RN

Senior Planner

The Role

As we look to increase our efficiency whilst outperforming against project and customer expectations, we must plan in the most innovative, robust, and accurate fashion.

Barhale’s civil engineering and infrastructure projects are varied in value, complexity, and duration, from established frameworks to individual bespoke projects and unplanned emergency works. With projects varying from £200k to £10m+, you will be essential in driving efficiencies within the scope of work, driving cost efficiency and providing a high standard of planning.

This is an opportunity for an experienced planner to join the team and play a key role in the delivery of high-profile projects within the civil engineering sector.

Key Responsibilities

• To ensure that planning standards – at both organisation and project level – are exceeded across all projects and planning & control procedures are adhered to
• Assist with the tender, pre-construction, and delivery of a range of opportunities and live projects by collaboratively developing and maintaining robust, detailed project plans
• Ensure project plans capture the full project scope, resources are considered and loaded as required, and contractual & programme-specific requirements are met
• Collaboratively develop and establish optimal construction methodologies, logic sequences & work outputs by drafting programmes for review and preparing logistics diagrams
• Proactively identify opportunities and risks in the plan
• Monitor the critical path and key milestones, advising the delivery team on any potential changes and leading challenge and mitigation actions
• Thoroughly develop programmes to demonstrate the impact of change in compliance with the contractual and project-specific requirements
• Visit sites and attend progress meetings
• Monitor progress and update short-term plans, progress reports and construction programmes
• Develop 4D animations of the project plan to aid digital rehearsal of the project construction
• Manage all project reporting requirements, including but not limited to monthly programme submission, weekly lookahead submission, weekly dashboard and volumetric analysis
• Manage and coordinate all impact demonstration and analysis programmes in line with NEC contract requirements
• Review, interrogate and integrate subcontract programmes into to project programme

About you

Essential

• Advanced (Primavera) P6 experience and knowledge of NEC
• Previous experience of leading collaborative planning processes, you’ll have the ability to interrogate/take information from drawings to implement an efficient planning service for the business
• Your ability to communicate complex information to a wide range of audiences whilst working in pressurised situations to tight deadlines will be crucial
• Able to adapt as required to meet project objectives, you will be innovative and supportive of other members of the team to enhance the reputation of the planning team across the business

Desirable

• Previous experience with Oracle Primavera Cloud (OPC)
• Experience in working on-site with an understanding of how a project works from inception to completion
• Degree within Civil Engineering/Construction or equivalent

Caring and investing in you

Our values have been embedded at Barhale for over 40 years, and they are our guiding principles regarding how we care and invest in people. Our values are our commitment to being a people-centric company.

As a Gold Investors in People company and a Sunday Times 100 Best Company to Work For, we are committed to investing in people. We are passionate about creating a working environment where people are supported throughout their careers, where people can enjoy security and be part of a company that cares about them.

From the moment you join us, your well-being and career aspirations will be supported by.

• Competitive salary
• Company Pension
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical
• 25 days of annual leave in addition to 8 public bank holidays and loyalty days
• 8 hours volunteering
• Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental, physiological and financial wellbeing
• Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice
• Company car/green car scheme/car allowance/Van (dependent on position)
• Leadership & management training and coaching
• Regular line management engagement and appraisal to support your career progression
• Development supported by internal and externally delivered training
• Continuous service awards

Would you like to know more?

Please contact our Recruitment team via [email protected]