Junior Project Planning Engineer

Role Purpose:

• Under supervision of the Senior Operations Planner the Planner is responsible for implementing the requirements of the project planning procedures, ensuring compliance with the business management system.

• To establish and maintain positive and effective relationships with customers and project team members.

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What you'll be doing

You will have the following accountabilities:

• Responsible to the Senior Operations Planner for the range of activities involved in the project planning life cycle,

• Ensuring that the programme content is functionally compliant with the planning procedures and guidance.

• Identifying planning scope, major constraints and contract requirements

• Identifying major quantities and factors affecting the programme

• Establishing and agreeing with Operations construction outputs and agree working hours with appropriate Estimator

• Establishing and agreeing with Operations and Bid Team key methods of construction, sequencing, installation and commissioning

• Producing and documenting the planning deliverables including programmes, planning philosophy, presentations and reports.

• ­Producing the Tender Programme and supporting information in accordance with the tender requirements

• Developing overall programmes, issuing to all parties for review and implementing recommendations, innovation and best practice as applicable

• Reconciling company and sub-contract plant/labour and major materials elements in conjunction where appropriate Applying resource levelling techniques as necessary

• Interfacing with third parties to identify and resolve issues

• Ensuring that the Contract Programme is produced, managed and maintained in accordance with the planning procedures.

• The overall planning strategy and the timing & sequence of the Contract Programme activities

• The issue and communication of the Contract Programme to the Project Lead for onward issue to Client and Project Team

• Ensuring that all other project planning and programming necessary for the execution of the contract is properly undertaken.

• Provide support, as required to the BIM Co-ordinators to meet the project requirements or tender submission deliverables

• Set up appropriate lean visual programme to assist the Project Team to timely deliver projects and improve productivity, performance and safety of projects

• Live the SB3 values

• Ensure a relentless focus on Zero Harm

• Support the delivery of CSUK's Sustainability activities

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Who we're looking for

You will have the following qualities and experience:

• Operational experience (i.e. site engineer/site agent) together with previous significant experience of planning services in small to medium sized projects within the construction and engineering industry

• Proficiency in the use of planning techniques and the required planning toolsets e.g. Project, Primavera 6

• An understanding of various forms of tender documents, contract documents and specifications.

• An understanding of various methods of planning, programming and progress monitoring.

• An understanding of risk and opportunity management with particular reference to planning programming.

• An understanding of the events that initiate, and of the methods used to demonstrate, delay or change entitlement.

• An understanding of various forms of tender documents, contract documents and specifications.

• An understanding of various methods of planning, programming and progress monitoring.

• Good understanding of risk and opportunity management with particular reference to planning/programming.

• An understanding of the events that initiate, and of the methods used to demonstrate, compensation event entitlement.

• An understanding of the construction market, methods of construction, plant, equipment and labour requirements.

• Relevant CSCS Card

• An OND/HND in a relevant subject is desirable.