Senior Planner

West Midlands

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Morgan Sindall Infrastructure
Ref
63322
Vacancy title
Senior Planner
Function(s)
Pre-construction
Contract type
Full time permanent
Region
West Midlands
Location(s)
M5 Oldbury
Description

Senior Planner

 

Location: Oldbury

 

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 Infrastructure business for an ambitious and talented Senior Planner within Highways team.

 

The successful candidate will be joining the existing team of passionate and dedicated Planners working together on this innovative project.

 

We are looking for Senior Planners who have a wealth of knowledge in the construction and infrastructure industries, they will play a major role in ensuring the project goals and objectives are delivered.

Previous experience in engineering with a civil engineering contractor is essential, as well as extensive experience in a Planning role. You will have widespread knowledge in programme and project management, project planning, (including programme controls) project review, and cost and risk analysis.  You will have the ability to plan construction works from first principles, preferably with experience in multi discipline major projects and you will have extensive site experience on business related projects in a management or supervisory capacity. Experience of working with Primavera P6 software is essential.

 

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

 

Responsibilities:

 

As a Senior Planner you will:

  • provide planning management and support to the pre-contract and contract operations
  • coordinate with bid and construction teams to manage and control the planning and programming aspects of bid proposals
  • produce, manage, and update the construction programme and its communication to customers and stakeholders
  • Produce tender deliverables as required
  • Produce reports and programme commentary to customers and the project team
  • Formally issue programme updates to the customer
  • Develop and produce fully logic linked and integrated tender programme
  • Manage the planning and programme process by closely monitoring development and implementation of the programme
  • Ensure planning and programming is produced on time
  • Ensure processes are followed on all projects
  • Attend all tender meetings as required
  • manage and incorporate change events into the construction programme
  • jointly with the commercial team, secure full entitlement under the contract

 

As an experienced senior planner you will be educated to professional level with a relevant degree or equivalent in a core business discipline

 

About the Highways Team:

Our projects encompass motorway widening, congestion relief, safety improvement and bypass schemes. Recent work includes M62 Smart Motorways, Lincolnshire’s new A1073 bypass, the A1 Improvement scheme from Dishforth to Barton in North Yorkshire, and the M74 Completion Project through central Glasgow, Scotland’s largest infrastructure scheme. Under Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) schemes, we engage with our customers as early as possible to maximise innovation, efficiency and cost savings.

 

 

 

 

 

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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