Planner - Civil Engineering

at  Balfour Beatty

About the role
We currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Planner with civils experience to join our construction teams on the Argyll Multi-Substation project. Amazing infrastructure isn’t the only thing that gets built here. Incredible careers do too. Join our UKCS team as a Planner in Scotland and you can build something to be proud of.
What you’ll be doing

Responsible at tender stage to the Planning Lead or Bid Manager for the range of activities involved in the project planning life cycle, which includes:

• Ensuring that the programme content is functionally compliant with the planning standards, 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 subcontract 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

In addition to the above, at contract stage the Planner is accountable to the Planning/Project Lead for:

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

Who we’re looking for
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
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.
A good 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. Experience of enterprise wide cultural and performance change in complex technical organisations
An understanding of the events that initiate, and of the methods used to demonstrate, compensation event entitlement. Demonstrated effective leadership of both direct reports and indirect reports (dotted) teams to drive change to positively impact business results
An understanding of the construction market, methods of construction, plant, equipment and labour requirements. Articulate communicator with the capability to engage and motivate at all levels of the business
Relevant CSCS Card
Why work for us
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life.

Here are some of our key benefits:

• Competitive base salary relevant to your role
• Defined contribution pension scheme
• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times
• Life cover
• 25 days annual holiday leave (plus bank holidays)
• Company car / car allowance
• Private healthcare
• Access to company share incentive scheme
• 16 hours / two days fully paid volunteer time
• Plus a wide range of voluntary benefits, customised to your preference

About us
In UK Construction Services business, our aim is to be the partner of choice; the go-to in our sector, trusted to deliver for our customers. We work across a huge and exciting range of sectors, including aviation, building, civils, defence and energy.
From ground investigations and flood defence to complex roads and bridges; primary schools to world class universities; ground-breaking hospitals to city centre living; the depth of our experience and quality of our projects is something we are proud of.
At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence ‘Employer Recognition Scheme’ and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.
Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
Job Reference: BBUK0915

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