Senior Planner

Senior Planner needed in Exeter 🦺

Blue Water Recruitment are working with an established Construction company, looking for an experienced Planner to join their team.

Duties:

* Working as part of project team, but with dual role as independent assessor of progress.

* Capture of output rates to ensure company database remains current and competitive.

* Liaison with broader planning community.

* Agree with Project Team the level of planning service and anticipated time allocation.

* Establish a Contract Programme.

* Hands-on planning preparing, in conjunction with production team, optimum working programme to meet project objectives covering design, procurement, enabling, construction, commissioning, handover, client key dates.

* Contributing to the capturing of project risks and proposing mitigating actions.

* Communicating within production teams to ensure they are aware of their roles in meeting the programme.

* Meeting/ communicating with supply chain specialists to confirm suitable method and programme for scope given project specific constraints.

* Monitoring and reporting progress against programmes, suggesting mitigation actions.

* Summarise project status upstream to senior management, highlighting any unresolved major risks and potential overruns.

* Manage time and workload to ensure deadlines are met. Highlight any potential work overload to Line Manager.

About you:

* Significant experience of construction projects across a broad range of sectors.

* Ability to manage multiple project programmes running in parallel.

* Demonstrate knowledge of all aspects of development; design, procurement, construction (structure, architecture, services), commissioning.

* Excellent communication skills; ability to quickly and clearly articulate key issues and to listen and capture concerns of others.

* Use of specialist planning software (ideally Asta).

* Detailed knowledge of the key features of common forms of contract entered into in UK