Salary: £120,000 - £140,000 + Car Allowance + Travel Expenses + Matched Pension + Private Healthcare + Discretionary Bonus
THE CLIENT:
Our client is one the UK’s leading M&E Contractors specialising in delivering high-quality services across a range of sectors, including commercial, industrial, healthcare, education projects and many more. They are committed to excellence, innovation, and sustainability in all their projects and due to consistent growth and project wins, they are looking for two Planning Managers to join their teams. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a business which is a part of a large Group, they offer longevity, stability and steady progression routes throughout your career development with them.
ABOUT THE ROLES
Internal Department:
This position will take on the responsibilities of overseeing the joint ventures between the main contractor and our client (they are a group, which means there will need to be communication across the parties to ensure a smooth project overall). This is an opportunity to work closely with both the M&E Subcontractor and Main Contractor to ensure the M&E deliverables and programmes are set in stone. This position is looking for someone to hold their ground whilst in communication with the Main Contractor on project specifications & deadlines. Values range anywhere from £70m+.
External Department:
This position will take on the responsibilities of managing their external clients and projects coming through to our client directly. This position offers the opportunity to work across the board on various sectors, clients and types of projects. This position will cover planning from a national perspective with their individual turnover sitting at £350m – this planning manager will be looking after project values anywhere from £40m - £70m on a mix of newbuild, refurb & fitout projects.
RESPONSIBILTIES
This role will encompass ensuring adequacy of the planning and programming of projects. Whilst providing functional leadership and following company procedures and project requirements to allow proper management and commercial protection to be achieved.
As a Planning Manager you will:
* Ensure an effective and professional planning service is in place within the strategic project teams involved within.
* Produce planning reports for projects involved in to identify risk early and suggestive action for mitigation in delay situations and support the function head with business planning reports.
* Work with the functional head and functional heads of other disciplines to ensure the business’ planning practices are kept up to date and to share knowledge.
* Manage the individuals within the planning team (8+ people) on the projects involved in to ensure quality of planning output is suitable and support individual with personal development.
* Produce summary business reports, based on audits and Monthly Reports, and suggest corrective action to manage risks and provide mitigation for delays on audit findings.
* M&E planning, monitoring and reporting on large complex projects or a number of smaller projects within a leading management position.
* Liaising with internal/external stakeholders and client regarding project progress and any arising issues within the ongoing projects.
* Review and integrate specialist sub-contractors’ programmes to ensure project specifications have been met.
* Take responsibility for the management of the programme through preconstruction and construction stages in line with company procedures, alongside organising and chairing programme meetings with the project and sub-contractor teams.
IDEAL CANDIDATE
* A background within M&E building contracting - you will have a strong knowledge of construction processes and sequences together with a strong commercial understanding of contracts, procurement routes and risk management.
* Experience in M&E Planning & Management in a senior position.
* A strong working knowledge of mechanical and electrical building services techniques, methods, processes and standards with the ability to work within an integrated multi-disciplined team.
* Multiple sectors & major project experience