Competitive Salary + Car Allowance + Healthcare
London – Hybrid working available
Lead Planners with management experience working within the Contracting Environment will enjoy working for a Tier 1 contractor within their Data Centre team as they expand due to an influx of large projects across the UK and Europe. This is a fantastic opportunity to take on a leadership role within the business for a well-known name in the construction industry, becoming an industry recognised specialist within this field.
A very well-known name in the construction industry, this major Tier 1 contractor are leaders in their field, excelling in complex engineering environments. With fantastic career progression opportunities available and a number of the current leaders in the business products of that progression, the route to Senior Management from this level of role is a well-trodden path. Take the next step in your career with this employer.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide planning services to projects and proposals
- Liaise with the commercial function for cost, change and risk analysis pre-contract and on projects.
- Facilitate the project team’s setup of the proper project controls structures, systems and tools
- Development of pre-contract and project schedules.
- Ensuring quality & consistency of work being performed or produced.
- Ensure adherence to company practices, processes and policies.
- Ensure integration of all stakeholder schedule, progress, reporting and forecasting methods
- Develop and manage the assigned Project Controls team to be efficient and effective.
- Assist in developing plans to mitigate the risk and manage optimizations
- Assist in developing claims/change management.
- Ensure timely preparation of regular project and corporate reports
- Ensure project planning data is integrated with other project systems.
- Be prepared to work on the projects located abroad should the project require.
- Liaise with clients and external planning consultants
Experience & Skills
- BSc degree in relevant subject or equivalent experience
- P6 and Asta experience as well as other planning tools will be useful
- Background in the UK building industry or equivalent
- Communicate difficult problems in a simple manner.
- Proven knowledge of construction and commissioning processes
- Ability to facilitate small and large teams to alignment for results.
- Hands on experience with project setup to control projects.