Assistant Planner

Glasgow

Provide planning support to both the pre-contract and delivery teams in accordance with Company policy, procedures and quality standards.

About the role:

Tender Stage:

• Assist the planner / senior planner with production of the tender programme
• Assist the planner / senior planner with production of the tender deliverables as required

Construction / Delivery Stage:

• Capture and input ‘actual data’ to the current programme of site works, as directed by senior planner / planner / project manager
• Assist with production of the monthly and period updated programme, progress reports and revised forecasts and its communication to the site team, client and all major stakeholders
• Provide planning support to assist the project in order to enable the team to monitor pinch-points on the critical path and test logic where previously agreed to either improve upon the baseline programme or to mitigate potential delays
• Assist in the production of reports and programme commentary
• Produce reports and / or extract filters as required by the project team, including indication of deviation from the baseline programme
• Attend progress meetings with internal customers
• Ensure planning processes are followed on all projects
• Assist with the production of tender deliverables as required (agreed at initial tender kick off meeting)
• Assist and support operations staff in the production of tender method statements and ensure that tender programme reflects agreed methods
• Attend all tender meetings as required and assist in the preparation of bid submission documents

Qualifications, Skills And Experience.

• Educated to professional level with a relevant degree or equivalent in a core business discipline
• Business and commercial awareness to actively measure and monitor performance with the ability to present results in a logical manner to support continuous improvement
• Some site experience on business related projects in a management or supervisory capacity
• Numerical and analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and information and produce it in a clear and logical format
• Some supervision skills
• Ability to manage a given list of tasks
• Ability to work well either alone or as part of a team
• Some knowledge of construction practices and standards within their subject
• Good writing, analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions
• Ability to handle situations and problems
• Know when to ask for help and guidance