Senior Planning Engineer (Civils)

Job Title - Senior Planning Engineer

Salary - Up to £75,000 plus an excellent package

Projects - Civils / Infra / Earthworks / Roads / Bridges

Location - East Midlands

Cobalt are currently working with a well-known contractor that are looking for an enthusiastic Planner to join their successful team. Our client is a multi-disciplinary main contractor based in the Midlands that excels in the delivery of construction and civil engineering projects on a national scale.

Reporting to the Civils & Infrastructure Managing Planner, the successful candidate will be responsible for a varied workload of tender and live projects. Our projects vary in value from £10m to more than £100m and are across a range of disciplines including, Highways, Earthworks, Drainage, Structures, Rail for both Private and Public Clients.

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

• An industry applicable ONC/HNC B Eng, NVQ or equivalent experience.
• Demonstration of construction knowledge and the planning of construction activities on multiple projects of varying types.
• Computer literate with experience of planning software - preferably Asta Powerproject - and a good working knowledge of other software, such as Excel and PowerPoint.
• You will be an ambitious individual, take pride in what you produce, and have good attention to detail, communication, organisation and leadership skills, and strong customer focus and customer service skills.
• Ideally you will be located within a reasonable travel distance of our Midlands (Northampton) Head office.

EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

• An industry applicable ONC/HNC B Eng, NVQ or equivalent experience.
• Demonstration of construction knowledge and the planning of construction activities on multiple projects of varying types.
• Computer literate with experience of planning software - preferably Asta Powerproject - and a good working knowledge of other software, such as Excel and PowerPoint.
• You will be an ambitious individual, take pride in what you produce, and have good attention to detail, communication, organisation and leadership skills, and strong customer focus and customer service skills.
• Ideally you will be located within a reasonable travel distance of our Midlands (Northampton) Head office.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Liaising with the tender team to establish the build sequence and earthworks strategy for each tender. Then preparing tender programmes and graphics to suit, plus pricing preliminaries.
• Attending tender interviews as required including input into presentations.
• The development of Contract, Construction and Design & Procurement programme
• The preparation of sequence graphics for live projects, including detailed Sub-Contract information.
• Regular site visits to monitor progress against the Contract programme and attendance at meetings as necessary.
• Assessment of the programme impact of variations where necessary.
• The preparation of Completion Programmes.

If you feel that this is the role for you, then please apply below with your latest CV.