Senior P6 Project Planner

Department: Water

Location: Delamere

Description

As a Senior Planner, you are responsible for developing and managing project programmes across all phases, from inception, feasibility, tender, and bid through to completion, covering Design, Procurement, Construction, Installation, and Commissioning activities. You liaise closely with construction and site teams to update programmes, monitor progress, and provide management insights and reporting. Working on water schemes for both United Utilities and Yorkshire Water

Key Responsibilities

• The analysis and evaluation of project tender and bid documents to build detailed programmes specifying cost, time, and resource requirements (NEC or other contract types).
• Liaise with members of tender and bid teams during the tender process as required and coordinate their input into planning activities.
• Development of tender and bid programmes into construction programmes (1st principals).
• Production and updating programmes throughout the duration and life cycle of Projects.
• Implement change control processes: including early warnings, compensation events, and construction/project managers' instructions as and when required, and supply chain inputs/outputs. Detail the effects of the change events - early warnings and project managers’ instructions to the approved programme and report back to the business areas.
• Co-ordination of inputs and outputs into/form the programme from the construction team and take the ‘lead’ on programme development and timely updating, analysis, and critique.
• Review construction progress with input from the construction team, including the supply chain, update programmes, and produce reports as necessary.
• Create earned value/project reporting encompassing resource & cost loading with associated reporting.
• Highlight areas of concern about construction progress and review risks and mitigation measures with the construction and delivery teams.
• Assist the Project Manager as directed with planning-related matters.
• Attend meetings as required with Project Teams and Clients.
• Liaise with Client’s Planners, Construction Managers, and Project Managers as required.
• Attend site regularly (if not based on site) to assist teams with planning matters.
• Collation of progress information & production of progress reporting as required.
• Ensure planning techniques across the Company are complied with and adhered to.
• Management and supervision of other Planners as directed by the Planning Manager.