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Senior Planner (Water)

  • Location: West Midlands
  • Salary: £60k - 75k per year + Package
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted about 10 hours ago

  • Sector: Water, Civil Engineering
  • Contact: Nathaniel Drew
  • Contact Email: Nathaniel.Drew@anderselite.com
  • Contact Phone: 0121 200 5526
  • Expiry Date: 04 December 2024
  • Job Ref: 409386NDR

The Senior Planner is responsible for the tender and project programming on assigned proposals and projects and advising the Project Delivery Lead/Project Managers on system and labour requirements to effectively satisfy company and contractual planning and cost obligations.

Supervision
Exercised: Guidance to Trainee Planners or other members of the department as requested.

Received: Direction from the Project Delivery Director (Line Management)
When assigned to a project, direction from the relevant Project Delivery Lead or Project Manager.

Main Duties & Responsibilities
• To ensure allocated tenders and projects are planned to meet milestones and cost targets.
• To attend tender and project meetings as required, leading on planning issues.
• To support the Project Managers, Project Delivery Lead and Commissioning Manager in
development of programmes to meet their objectives.
• To maintain effective liaison between site operations and office planning activities, attending sites
as and when required.
• To ensure a quality standard of schedule reporting and forecasting for individual projects for both
Company and Client Management.
• To use effectively all software, techniques and equipment as assigned to individual proposals and
projects.
• To identify opportunity and risk during the programming process, and to ensure early warning
systems exist on individual projects for schedule deviations to be notified at the earliest possible
time for remedial action by Project Management.
• To assist in developing and modifying project planning techniques, with the objective of improving the Project Managers’ ability to control the project programme costs and to manage resources to meet contractual deadlines.
• To provide guidance and support to Trainee Planners or other members of the department as may be requested from time to time.
• To comply with all Health and Safety responsibilities commensurate with the role, as outlined in the Health and Safety policy.
• Any other duties commensurate with the position as may be assigned from time to time. Performance Measures
• The successful and effective implementation of company planning and project control systems.
• The effective use made by Project Managers and the project team of schedule and early warning systems.
• The effectiveness of communication between site and office-based planning activities.