Senior Planner

Description

• Review projects that have deviated from plan and provide advice on plans and strategy, subsequent cause and effect and contribute to decisions as to the best way forward.
• Provide planning services as a key part of the project team ensuring the teams are delivering on project time objectives.
• Summarise projects status upstream to senior management, highlighting any unresolved major risks and potential overruns.
• Providing detailed an accurate regular progress reporting to the project team and client as required.
• Lead programme meetings and react quickly to any client-led changes, ensuring that there are auditable trails.
• Communicating with other disciplines within production teams to ensure they are aware of their roles in meeting the programme.
• Build strong internal and external relationship with the Planning department and broader project and client teams.
• Review processes to enhance planning best practice that can aid and improve performance and consistency, across the project teams and wider planning community.
• Understand for each project the level of planning service and anticipated time allocation to provide that service.
• Form robust links with all key stakeholders by working closely with senior managers and directors.
• Ensure compliance with company procedures and planning standards.
• Identifying, communicating and managing project risks. Collaborating with the team to solve any issues or problems.
• Manage time and workload to ensure deadlines are met. Highlight any potential work overload/slackening to Line Manager as soon as it is apparent.

Requirements

• Excellent communication skills; ability to quickly and clearly articulate key issues and to listen and capture concerns of others.
• Knowledge of the key features of common forms of contract entered into in UK.
• Excellent knowledge of Excel for use in dashboard reporting.
• Demonstrate knowledge of all aspects of a project lifecycle: design, procurement, construction (structure, architecture, M&E services, process) and commissioning.
• Ability to manage multiple project programmes running in parallel.
• Experience of construction projects across a broad range of sectors (bias towards Data Center and the Pharmaceutical (Cleanrooms/laboratories) industries).
• Planning software expertise, preferably in P6 and Asta Powerproject.

Benefits

• Access to our growing employee networks including AccessAbility (representing those with physical and mental disabilities), Encompass (representing the LGBTQ+ community), RISE (representing people from ethnic backgrounds), WOMEN TOGETHER (representing women in Equans), Working Parents, and Young Professionals
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app
• Life Cover equivalent to 4 times annual salary
• 25 days annual leave (+ public holidays)
• Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalised support programmes
• Attractive Employee Referral Rewards Scheme
• Company Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• 2 corporate social responsibility days per year
• Private Medical Insurance (Family Cover)

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance