Planning Manager

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Morgan Sindall Construction
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63022
Vacancy title
Planning Manager
Function(s)
Pre-construction
Contract type
Full time permanent
Region
Home Counties
Location(s)
Slough
Description

Planning Manager

Location: Slough

Talented people are the key to our success

About us:

Would you like to work for a progressive and ambitious company which is also one of the most successful within the UK construction and infrastructure industry? 

Morgan Sindall provides national construction and infrastructure services to private and public sector customers across a comprehensive range of markets. We aim to create great results for our customers, partners and ourselves.

 

Opportunity:

We have a fantastic opportunity within our Construction business for an ambitious and talented Planning Manager.

The successful candidate will be joining the existing team of passionate and dedicated pre construction professionals.

We are looking for managers who have a wealth of knowledge in the main contracting market.

Experience of working on Educational, Healthcare, Leisure or Defence schemes between £5 and £20 million is an advantage.

We are looking for people who share our passion for the project at hand whilst also being able to work within a fun and hard working team environment.

 

Responsibilities:

As a planning manager, you will: 

Tender stage:

  • Provide planning management and support to both the pre-contract and contract operations for the business.
  • Produce tender programmes compliant with tender sum, design (where appropriate) and methodology.
  • Produce tender deliverables as required (agreed at initial tender meeting with planning manager / bid manager).

Construction / delivery stage:

  • Produce, manage and update the construction programme and its communication to internal and external customers and major stakeholders.
  • Manage and incorporate change events into the construction programme and jointly with the commercial team, secure full entitlement under the contract.

Already experienced as a planning manager, you will be competent in project management software preferably Primavera Version 6+ and you will have extensive experience in programme and project management, project planning, including programme controls, project review, and cost and risk analysis.  You will have an understanding of the impact that commercial events and activities have on the baseline programme and will have experience of working on multi-discipline civil engineering or construction projects.

 

About the Slough Team :

The Slough office is a newly formed division created to capitalise on our partnership arrangement with Slough Council, by creating a new Thames Valley, Surrey, and West London business unit. The team has grown in 2016 from 7 to almost 50 people, and is focused on early stage project management to create efficient solutions for customers. see http://www.slough-thinkingforward.co.uk/ for more information.

 

Morgan Sindall is an equal opportunities employer and has been accredited with the Positive About Disabled People ‘Two Ticks’ accreditation.  We are also an Investors in People company.

Morgan Sindall is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK.

In the recruitment process all applicants are required to provide the necessary right to work information and documentation.


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