Construction Planner

Job title: Project Planner

Location: Galemire Court, Westlakes Science & Technology Park, Ingwell Drive, Moor Row, Cumbria, CA24 3HY

Contract length: 6 months contract

Pay Rate: 50-57/hour PAYE

Work Hour: Mon-Friday Day Shift

Randstad Sourceright, a leading provider of RPO & MSP Recruitment Services are currently recruiting a Planner working on behalf of a leading Asset & Technology Solutions services company.

Responsible at tender stage to the Planning Lead or Bid Manager for the range of activities involved in the project planning life cycle,:

• Ensuring that the programme content is functionally compliant with the planning standards,

procedures and guidance.

• Identifying planning scope, major constraints and contract requirements

• Identifying major quantities and factors affecting the programme

• Establishing and agreeing with Operations construction outputs and agree working hours

with appropriate Estimator

• Establishing and agreeing with Operations and Bid Team key methods of construction,

sequencing, installation and commissioning

• Producing and documenting the planning deliverables including programmes, planning

philosophy, presentations and reports

• Producing the Tender Programme and supporting information in accordance with the

tender requirements

• Establish Earned Value Management

• Developing overall programmes, issuing to all parties for review and implementing

recommendations, innovation and best practice as applicable

• Reconciling company and subcontract plant/labour and major materials elements in

conjunction where appropriate Applying resource levelling techniques as necessary

• Interfacing with third parties to identify and resolve issues

Experience

Previous experience working in a similar role within a corporate environment.

Requirements/Skills

• 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

• Proficiency in Earned Value Management reporting techniques

• 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 risk and opportunity management with reference to planning programming

• An understanding of the events that initiate, and of the methods used to demonstrate, delay or change entitlement.

• A good understanding of various forms of tender documents, contract documents and specifications

• An understanding of various methods of planning, programming and progress monitoring.