Project Planner (Mechanical & Electrical) – Birmingham – Permanent – circa £60,000 per annum

AndersElite are recruiting for Mechanical and Electrical Project Planner for a national building services contractor based out of their Midlands office near Birmingham.

This is a permanent position (available September 2024 onwards) and will offer a salary, depending on experience, of approximately £60,000 per annum plus standard company benefits.

Our client develop and deliver a wide range of offsite-prefabricated, innovative, and sustainable building service solutions throughout the UK & Europe. They also offer turnkey design, build, and operational solutions for commercial energy centres and large-scale district heating plant schemes. They are also now one of the leading manufacturers in the delivery of De-Carbonisation projects.

Core Responsibilities of role:

• Planning works from Design & Construction Phase.
• Monitoring Progress during construction and coordinating updates and revisions.
• Attending internal and external project meetings, presenting project information and updates on areas of responsibility.
• Preparation of Construction programmes outlining design and production performance for the senior management team on monthly reports.
• Accurately identifying and forecasting the work timescales and resource requirements for projects labour.
• Support the company by developing methodologies to control and forecast work timescales and resource requirements.
• Preparing and presenting programme dates to influence programme decision making.
• Co-ordinate with the project team to accelerate tasks and resolve issues.
• Monitor Actual v programme progress, produce S curves and dropline programmes whilst indicating areas for improvement.
• Provide support to site, delivery, and project teams, highlighting issues and tabling potential actions.

Essential Criteria:

• A minimum of 2-3 years’ experience of working in a similar role.
• Good understanding of the construction industry and processes, from the design stage through to completion of the projects
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Project, Asta, Primavera P6 and Microsoft Office packages
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to undertake work related travel, as required.

This position is available from September 2024, with applications welcome from candidates who are either immediately available or serving a notice period with their current employer.

This role offers a competitive salary and is largely dependent on experience so candidate led, however it is expected that basic salary range would be circa £60,000 per year with additional company benefits. This being said for candidates with less experience in a relevant planning role their application will still be considered at a lesser pay grade.

Additional benefits include full in-house training and career development path, competitive pension scheme, Life assurance scheme, Free annual health check during working hours, 30 days annual leave increasing in line with length of service and company social events.

If you are interested in this role, please send your Current CV urgently to richard.bradley@anderselite.com