Senior Planner
MWH Treatment
4d planning
primavera p6
progress reporting
scope change management
team leadership
programme development
MWH Treatment is looking to strengthen their Planning team with a Senior Planner for our North West region. You will provide services to ensure that project plans have achievable timescales and are accurately monitored and updated.
Lead the development of Construction phase 4D Planning
Directly reporting to the Senior Planning Manager, Their responsibility is to assist other members of the project teams to develop, monitor, progress & report on tender & contractual programmes. This includes ensuring that all parties including Design, Operational & Commercial members of the team are fully briefed on the critical activities & risks of their projects at all times.
The Senior Planner will be required to work closely with the commercial department to monitor costs, take ownership of several project plans, drive the project team to deliver to the plan & challenge any delay & deviation. Leading, coaching & guiding junior Planners, you’ll be viewed as an approachable planning expert who is keen to pass on experience & knowledge to develop others & drive performance improvement.
- Work with the estimating team to prepare programmes from tender documentation. Ensuring that they are compliant & realistic. Experience of developing design programme is beneficial.
- Attend progress/project meetings & present programmes for review.
- Lead the development of Construction phase 4D Planning
- Assist with the monthly progress report in line with customer requirements
- Attend site meetings to gather progress information
- Gather, collate & distribute progress information & the reasons for deviations/delays
- Assist with and / or deliver collaborative planning workshops
- Deliver planning software training to new users when required
- Assist with the administration of Primavera P6 planning software
- Identify opportunity & key risks during the planning process
- Report programme issues to the Senior Planning Manager & site management team
- Ensure an As Built programme is available at project closedown
- Maintain knowledge of site processes & costs
- Monitor & analyse changes to scope & revise programmes accordingly.
- Record the effects of changes on site & the effects on the contract programme
- Liaise with project teams to ensure consistency of key assumptions on methodology & outputs
- Maintain a baseline programme & measure progress against it
- Distribute regular look ahead programmes
- Prepare programmes in accordance with contract requirements, update them & submit them for acceptance as contractually required
- Build & maintain relationships with the Senior Planning Manager, Project Manager, Commercial team & client representatives
primavera p6
microsoft software
water industry
nec contracts
team management
problem solving
Able to manage own workload to meet deadlines
- Able to manage own workload to meet deadlines
- Competent in the use of Microsoft software & application
- Proficient in use of Primavera P6 planning software
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to identify & solve problems
- Ability to identify risks & opportunities
- Site based engineering background
- Comfortable working to tight deadlines
- Water Industry experience
- Experience in planning of civil, M&E design and delivery projects as contractor.
- Experience of working with NEC3/4 contracts
- Knowledge of current HSE practices & CSCS card holder
- Current Water Hygiene card holder
- Familiar with contract management software such as CEMAR & Aconnex
- Able to focus on deliverables
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment
At MWH Treatment we believe that people matter. We know to build successful, creative teams we need a diverse workforce that can deliver innovative ways of thinking. We provide an environment where you will have the freedom to develop and grow to your full potential, creating opportunity by inviting, embracing, and celebrating difference, our goal as an employer is to motivate, and develop our employees. By fostering a diverse range of talents and perspectives we ensure we have the breadth of viewpoints, experiences, and skills needed to succeed. Embracing diversity of all kinds enables us to provide a work environment and culture that plays a key role in attracting and retaining the right people with the right skills.
Private Medical Insurance
Car/car allowance (Jobs needs dependent)
Contribution Pension scheme
25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
And many more benefits including – cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, Kids Pass etc
A competitive salary
Hybrid Working (Jobs needs dependent)
Health Insurance
Life Assurance
- Professional qualification
- cscs card verification
- professional qualification verification (if applicable)
1820 heritage
Sector Heritage
The company has a long-standing industry presence dating back over two centuries.
Over 800 professionals
Workforce Strength
The company employs a large team of skilled professionals across the water industry sector.
£100m projects
Project Capacity
The company handles significant infrastructure projects, including major capital investments.
100 strong workforce
Direct Workforce
The company maintains a dedicated multi-trade team for specialized operations and asset management.
- Teams are co-located on six major Frameworks, including integrated Joint Ventures and Alliances.
- Offers a complete range of end-to-end services for water and wastewater solutions, from large-scale projects to minor maintenance activities.
- Was acquired by RSK Group in 2021.
- SAFE, WELL & SUSTAINABLE: Being safe, keeping each other safe and not walking by are our foundations for zero harm. We only work with clients and partners who share our safety excellence commitment. Focus on wellbeing and mental health, ensuring we support our people to maintain balance at work and away from work so they can bring their best always. Delivering affordable and sustainable low carbon solutions secures our long-term future with our Clients.
- TRUST, INTEGRITY & RESPECT: We build trust, providing transparent interactions, professional, resilient, high-quality solutions for our clients, that underpin our proud heritage. We are uncompromising in our ethical behaviour, acting with fairness, integrity and making the right decisions, even though they may be tough. We are one team; respecting and valuing strength from individual's diversity, experiences and ideas, rallying around a common purpose. Our people learn from each other and are supported to be the best they can be, because we trust them.
- CONNECTED & INNOVATIVE: Collaborating across our business and our supply chain, we leverage collective expertise for our clients, their customers and communities we serve. By continuously innovating, improving our delivery and solutions, because what we do together matters, we find solutions and commit to driven delivery, achieving results for our stakeholders. Technology will remain at the heart of our delivery, as a facilitator of connectivity and efficiency.
Net Zero Carbon by 2030
Sustainability Target
Aims to achieve net zero carbon emissions by the year 2030 as part of their commitment to sustainability and responsible business practices.
- Care of the environment is central to MWH Treatment and we are committed to sustainability and 'being a responsible business'.
- Waste strategy of eliminate, reduce, reuse and recycle is applied throughout the life cycle from solution development to design through to delivery, commissioning and operation.
- MWH Treatment is committed to creating and maintaining a positive working environment in which everyone is treated with dignity and respect.
