About the role
We currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Planner with civils experience to join our construction teams on the Argyll Multi-Substation project. Amazing infrastructure isn't the only thing that gets built here. Incredible careers do too. Join our UKCS team as a Planner in Scotland and you can build something to be proud of.
What you'll be doing
Responsible at tender stage to the Planning Lead or Bid Manager for the range of activities involved in the project planning life cycle, which includes:
1. Ensuring that the programme content is functionally compliant with the planning standards, procedures and guidance.
2. Identifying planning scope, major constraints and contract requirements
3. Identifying major quantities and factors affecting the programme
4. Establishing and agreeing with Operations construction outputs and agree working hours with appropriate Estimator
5. Establishing and agreeing with Operations and Bid Team key methods of construction, sequencing, installation and commissioning
6. Producing and documenting the planning deliverables including programmes, planning philosophy, presentations and reports
7. Producing the Tender Programme and supporting information in accordance with the tender requirements
8. Developing overall programmes, issuing to all parties for review and implementing recommendations, innovation and best practice as applicable
9. Reconciling company and subcontract plant/labour and major materials elements in conjunction where appropriate Applying resource levelling techniques as necessary
10. Interfacing with third parties to identify and resolve issues
In addition to the above, at contract stage the Planner is accountable to the Planning/Project Lead for:
11. Ensuring that the Contract Programme is produced, managed and maintained in accordance with the planning standards.
12. The overall planning strategy and the timing & sequence of the Contract Programme activities
13. The issue and communication of the Contract Programme to the Project Lead for onward issue to Client and Project Team
14. Ensuring that all other project planning and programming necessary for the execution of the contract is properly undertaken.
15. Provide support, as required to the BIM Co-ordinators to meet the project requirements or tender submission deliverables
16. Set up appropriate lean visual programme to assist the Project Team to timely deliver projects and improve productivity, performance and safety of projects
Who we're looking for
Operational experience (i.e. site engineer/site agent) together with previous significant experience of planning services in small to medium sized projects within the construction and engineering industry.
Proficiency in the use of planning techniques and the required planning toolsets
An understanding of various forms of tender documents, contract documents and specifications.
An understanding of various methods of planning, programming and progress monitoring
An understanding of risk and opportunity management with particular reference to planning programming
An understanding of the events that initiate, and of the methods used to demonstrate, delay or change entitlement.
A good understanding of various forms of tender documents, contract documents and specifications
n understanding of various methods of planning, programming and progress monitoring.
Good understanding of risk and opportunity management with particular reference to planning/programming. Experience of enterprise wide cultural and performance change in complex technical organisations
An understanding of the events that initiate, and of the methods used to demonstrate, compensation event entitlement. Demonstrated effective leadership of both direct reports and indirect reports (dotted) teams to drive change to positively impact business results
An understanding of the construction market, methods of construction, plant, equipment and labour requirements. Articulate communicator with the capability to engage and motivate at all levels of the business
Relevant CSCS Card
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.