Senior Planner

Skilled Careers

Senior Planner – London

Location: London (South East London)

Employment Type: Full-time

Salary: Competetive 

I’m partnering with a highly successful, fast-growing organisation with an impressive £200m+ annual turnover to support their search for top talent. This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established, industry-leading business that combines strong commercial performance with a forward-thinking, people-focused culture. If you’re looking to take the next step in your career within a company that offers stability, progression, and the chance to make a real impact,

JOB DESCRIPTION: SENIOR PLANNER

Duties & Responsibilities:

Pre-Construction

Review and comment on client programme

Review team programme to include:

Confirmation of logic / sequence

Crane usage

Labour resourcing

Cashflow

Critical path analysis

Identify float within overall programme

Review TES

Review design programme

Sign off and approve programme suite

Review and comment on client stated programme duration, phasing and sequencing

Input / advice on sequence and durations, inc. hook / cycle times – programme produced and owned by PM

Ensure that logic works and critical path is present and understood

Ensure float is identified and we are presented with a true “nett” programme at tender settlement

Sign off construction and design programmes ahead of tender settlement

NOTE: Production and ownership of programmes remains the responsibility of the Project Manager / Operations Director

Operational

Review team dropline on programme

Dropline

Critical path analysis

Resource levels

Forecast impact

Audit of project programme reporting to include

TES

Design Program

Offsite manufacture and works

Construction works

Support teams with

Preparation of sub-contractor contract programmes for procurement / orders

Impact of change

Sequence review to mitigate delays / changes

Commercial / Contract

Review and support in

Development of as built programme

Sub-contractor claims and EOT applications

EOT

Prepare EOT programme for issue to Client teams

Reporting

Prepare monthly summary programme to include

Project position and performance against contract programme

Difference between audit position and team position

Trend analysis

Key package performance and issues

Resource review planned -v- actual

Monthly programme audit for each live contract. To be coordinated with CVR dates

To include:

Construction – current position and forecast

Design – with input from Design Director / Design Manager / Tech Servs Dir.

Sub-Contract Design and Installation programmes – with input from Des Dir. / Tech Servs. Dir.

Advise on programme impacts for change control, including alternative programme proposals / solutions. advice to client before / after change

Advise Ops Dir / PM on programme for EOT process

Advise / comment on key supply chain programmes, as required, ahead of placement of key orders (Facades, MEP, Structural Steelwork, Sub-structures and so on)

Reporting

Produce summary reports for monthly board meeting on programme performance for each live contract including short / long term forecast

Process

Develop and agree appropriate processes and procedures with Operational Board to standardise across business:

Programme templates / borders

Programme Resources / calendars etc. to be used

Reporting formats

Appropriate levels of programme governance