About The Role
Currie & Brown is currently looking for a senior project planner role based out of our London infrastructure team. The successful candidate will support project leaders in generating a high standard of project planning service delivery, achieving successful outcomes for our client, capturing and sharing knowledge across projects, enhancing our culture of innovation and reinforcing our reputation as a preferred consultant and service provider. The successful candidate will be a key contributor in the project management team assisting in the successful implementation and delivery of large and complex projects. You will be working onsite in Surrey 3 days per week.
Responsibilities for the successful candidates will include:
Providing a planning and programming service to both external and internal clients, from feasibility stages through to C&Q post completion and occupation, ensuring that all time-related issues are effectively considered and can be controlled or addressed
Providing consultancy advice on all programming and monitoring issues
Preparing high-level strategic programmes to identify and assess the impact of key sequence, responsibilities and key strategies
Monitoring and reporting against programmes at all stages of pre-construction and construction, including the use of S-curves, trend analysis, baselines, critical path analysis, rescheduling, etc
Undertaking analysis of tender and contract programmes from contractors
Preparing critical path analysis
Establishing sequence, durations, and options for all stages of projects including design and procurement, legal, financial, gateways, construction, commissioning and qualification
Development of ambitious What-if scenario planning, in close association with Works Contractors and Construction Management, with acceleration of outcomes in mind
Monitoring and advising the Construction Management effort on multi-faceted key Trigger points, obtained from liaising closely with Contractors
Accurate and independent appreciation and reporting of current Works status
Co-ordinating with project teams including clients, project managers, cost consultants, design and other consultants and contractors, to negotiate and co-ordinate project programme issues
Providing consultancy advice on delay mitigation and undertake comprehensive delay and forensic analysis activities
Developing site logistic and phasing management plans
Creating resource programmes to demonstrate key inputs and outputs
Assisting with business development and maintaining client relations
General requirements
Good communicator both verbal and written
Minimum 5 years’ experience as a planner
Able to extract/compare/analyse data
Evidence of ability to develop scenario (what if) schedules
Evidence of issue identification - resolution and mitigation
Appropriate sustained experience over project lifecycle
General understanding of Project Controls and the link between Schedule, Cost & Risk
Knowledge of NEC (Preferred) Specific requirements
Minimum 10 years MEH experience working on large scale infrastructure/ industrial projects
Qualification in Engineering or construction (Preferred)
Experience in CAD/ 4D planning (Preferred)
About The Company
Our programme services form part of the project management department. We aim to forge long-term, successful relationships with all stakeholders in the property and infrastructure industry. Our experienced and professional team can deliver specialist services across pre-contract management services, development management, programme management, employer’s agent, contract administration and due diligence and fund monitoring.
Currie & Brown is one of the world’s leading physical assets management and construction consultancies, dedicated to advising clients in respect of the management and utilisation of their physical assets, and is differentiated by innovation, expertise and experience.
With principal offices in Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York and Shanghai, we operate throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, India and the Middle East.
Currie & Brown is an equal opportunity employer. As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. Currie & Brown UK is also proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant, which represents a promise by the company that those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly