Project Planner

The Role

The Project Planner for VINCI Building is responsible for developing, monitoring, and updating project schedules to ensure the timely and efficient delivery of construction projects. You will act as the key link between the project management team, site teams, and stakeholders, translating scope and engineering logic into a robust, buildable construction programme.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare Tender/Project Programme with minimal guidance and identify critical path, float, risk, and opportunity
• Identify project critical success factors for the programme and make other team members aware of these
• Collaborate with other company staff to ensure that works are planned and organized accordingly
• Challenge and verify suppliers and sub-contractors programme and methodology
• Develop with guidance Pre-construction, design, and procurement programmes
• Undertake what-if scenarios and report their projected outcomes
• Independently prepare phasing, logistics, and timeslices along with associated methodology/narratives as required by the tender deliverables
• Identify requirements for temporary works and liaise with temporary works coordinator
• Compile prelim books for adjudication
• Prepare (with guidance) Scaffold, temporary services, and crane enquiries
• Analyse (with guidance) Scaffold, temporary services, and crane enquiries
• Liaise with Estimating Team at tender stage to ensure all attendances are priced (not duplicated) and checks are made to ensure s/c's have included for MEWP's, craneage, lifting plant etc.
• Independently assess progress against programmes and report findings.
• Meet Client reporting requirements
• Assist with the PM Report and populate the planning and controls sections
• Develop the programme and associated documents in line with the form of Contract
• Update Project Programme in line with the Contract
• Identify change and assess impact on the Programme
• Use the document control system to optimise distribution of information
• Work with the supply chain to establish effective relationships and ensure planning requirements are understood and being acted upon
• Actively target opportunities to exceed customer expectations
• Actively participate in knowledge share events
• Contribute to the planning input into the PEP documentation, client specific documents etc.
• Work with the commercial team to ensure effective management of Total Costs
• Understand business need for positive cash flow and plan works accordingly