Planner
East Midlands
An opportunity has arisen for a Planner to join the team at Galliford Try.
This is a full time, permanent role that for projects across the East Midlands and Northern Home Counties. The Regional Office is located in Leicester and GT operate an Agile Working policy. All Planners work on multiple tender, pre-construction and live projects.
What you will be doing:
* Provide a complete construction planning service at pre-qualification, pre-construction and construction stages, in line with Galliford Try’s Planning Processes and Procedures.
* Provide full life-cycle planning support to multiple projects; tenders, pre-construction and live projects.
* Review documents, specifications and scopes, identifying contract requirements and major constraints.
* Provide detailed tender programmes, method statements and logistics proposals for inclusion in tender submissions.
* Provide outline plans and methodologies at tender stage.
* Visit sites to ascertain conditions and constraints to be taken into account when preparing tender programmes and method statements.
* Promote the company at tender and contract interviews, presentations and meetings.
* Produce detailed fully integrated design, procurement and construction stage Contract Programmes.
* Identify alternative methodologies/sequences that improve project completion date(s).
* Liaise with internal and external key stakeholders and third parties to establish optimum, compliant programmes.
* Ascertain and report progress on pre-construction and live projects, foreseeing potential delays and advising of mitigation measures.
* Develop Construction, Completion and Mitigation Programmes at relevant stages of the projects, whilst maintaining Contract integrity as required.
* Update contract programmes to demonstrate entitlement to EOT, where applicable.
* Support the Business in claims and/or disputes.
* Support and develop Junior team members where required.
* Ensure that the programme content and functionality is compliant with Galliford Try’s Planning Processes and Procedures.
About You:
* Main Contractor Planning experience (essential).
* Strong written and verbal communication skills (essential).
* Full UK driving licence (essential).
* Proficiency in Power Project (formerly Asta) – essential.
* Defence/Custodial/Healthcare/Education experience (desirable).
* Working knowledge of both NEC and JCT Contracts (desirable).
What We Can Offer in Return:
With an impressive order book of over £3.2 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment.
Our benefits:
* Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays.
* A wide range of corporate discounts.
* Cycle to Work schemes.
* Comprehensive pension plan.
* Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme.
* Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it.
* Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role.
About us:
Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction businesses with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our values to deliver lasting change for our stakeholders and the communities we work in.
For more information on this role or to enquire about other positions available within our East Midlands business please contact Laura Mitchell on Laura.Mitchell@Gallifordtry.co.uk.
Additional Information:
Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, part-time and/or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.
We encourage you and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.
A full job description for this role is available upon request.
Closing Date:
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