SENIOR PLANNER - STORY SCOTLAND

Are you a customer focused team player with the ability to engage and build relationships?
Can you deliver exceptional results on a wide range of infrastructure projects?
Do want to make a difference in a growing region?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Planner to join our Scotland division, based from our office in Blantyre - and there has never been a better time to join!

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE / SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Advanced user of Primavera P6 with a minimum 5 years of demonstrable experience
• Minimum HND in Civil Engineering (or Equivalent)
• Advanced knowledge of Project Planning within Construction & Infrastructure industries
• Advanced knowledge of Schedule Management & Reporting
• Advanced in Change Control, Baseline Management, Risk Management and Cost Control
• Experience of working NEC4 contracts
• Understanding of Operational Planning
• Experience in Cost/Resource loading of programmes and producing of histograms
• Willing to guide and mentor junior members of the team
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Advanced user of Microsoft Excel, Word & PowerPoint
• Full UK Driving license with the ability to travel to site offices

THE ROLE

As a Senior Planner you will be able to pro-actively deliver project planning from tender to successful completion by working collaboratively with our established project management teams and our clients. You will have comprehensive knowledge of planning systems including Primavera P6 and delivering project planning activities within NEC3/4 contract terms. You will have experience of delivering projects in the rail, highways or energy sectors and be highly literate in using IT solutions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage a portfolio of existing project programmes across a number of frameworks in development, design, delivery and completion stages.
• Create and manage new project programmes from tender drawings, challenging project team proposed outputs and sequences, with a high degree of accuracy and in line with contract terms.
• Add value to project delivery by proactively identifying and managing schedule risk, validating progress and identifying opportunities for programme acceleration, carrying out variance analysis and developing recovery schedules.
• Provide internal cyclic reporting data to inform management review and facilitate workbank/workforce planning.
• Support the development of the project planning function and provide guidance to less experienced members of the team.
• Production of Hour-by-Hour programmes in line with client requirements
• Assist the Planning Manager in producing reports.
• Production of high-quality outputs inclusive of visual dashboards to convey the current project progress.
• Produce and maintain work scope trackers.