Skanska Costain STRABAG Joint Venture
Planning Engineer
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Job Introduction
Assist the Senior Planning Engineer/Planning Manager to develop and monitor the construction programme, ensuring compliance with the SCS planning standards and HS2 requirements to provide a safe, efficient and cost-effective programme meeting all required access dates, milestones, and key dates. Reporting to the Planning Manager.
Flexible working: We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need. This might be part-time, remote working, or compressed hours, for example. Anyone who applies for a role can ask about flexibility at interview. In return, we will explore what is possible for the role.
Job Responsibilities
- Assist the Senior Planning Engineer/Planning Manager in the development of the Asset Structure, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), calendars, and dates to be used by SCS, aligned with the Cost Break Down Structure (CBS) and Employer's Data Dictionary.
- Help to develop cost and resource-loaded construction programmes during ECI Stage One with submission in accordance with the required delivery milestones.
- Ensuring the Construction programme meets all required access dates, milestones, and key dates in compliance with the Employer’s Planning requirements, contract data, and works information.
- Contribute to the assessment of programme risks and programme risk analysis, including the development and implementation of mitigation measures.
- Interfacing with other functional teams including, but not limited to: BIM Team, design team, estimation, and construction execution.
- Adhering to BIM team requirements and integration of the construction programme into the BIM model.
- Progress monitoring and regular updating of the construction programme during Stage Two, including forecasting of potential problem areas and proposing mitigation measures to the Project Manager.
- Cooperation with the Project Controls Manager, Reporting Manager, and Change Management in all related construction programme matters.
- Helping to liaise with the client’s construction planning team, stakeholders, and with other works packages to communicate the SCS Construction Planning approach and to ensure sharing of best practice, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Pursuing excellence and continuous improvement of the SCS construction planning approach, modification of standard processes and procedures for effective and continuous improvement.
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- Degree (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering or an appropriate professional qualification.
- Prior experience in the planning function in civil engineering projects.
- Knowledge of the development and implementation of Asset structures, Planning Standards, WBS, and Planning processes in a BIM environment.
- Competence in Primavera P6 and Tilos.
- Knowledge of Safety, Environment, and Risk Management.
- Strong communication skills.
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