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| Job Type | Permanent Full Time |
| Location | Wakefield, West Yorkshire |
| Area | Yorkshire and Humberside, England |
| Sector | ConstructionConstruction - Planner |
| Salary | car allow/benefits package |
| Start Date | ASAP |
| Advertiser | remoteapi |
| Job Ref | 895060_1649780957 |
| Job Views | 62 |
- Description
Role: Planner
Location: West Yorkshire
The Business
A well established Yorkshire based, family owned construction business operating nationally. The business works across most sectors, including Industrial, Retail, Commercial, Education, Leisure and Residential.
The Opportunity
Based in my client's West Yorkshire office, you'll manage the planning process of various construction projects nationally.
You'll be joining a business that thrives on it's long term relationships with clients and supply chain alike.
The Role:
The preparation and updating of project programmes for bid/tender and construction stages, and the regular monitoring and reporting of project progress against programme.
Duties:
- Assist the Business Development Managers in the preparation of bid stage programmes through the examination of site constraints, type and size of build, location, client cost and programme indicators, design details and any other available information
- Assist the team in the detailed development of Tender Programmes, liaising with key supply chain partners to achieve 80% supply chain 'buy-in', and produce fully logic linked programme prior to bid sign-off
- The development of tender programmes, in conjunction with the team to provide a full suite of contract programmes
- To ensure that the contract programmes reflect agreed supply chain requirements, including design, procurement, manufacture and installation together with any interface with other trades
- To assist in the update and revision of contract programmes due to client change/ variation or the requirement for recovery measures due to contract delay
- Regular monitoring and recording of project progress against critical path on both the client programme and DPC programme
- The preparation of progress reports, in conjunction with managers, for both external client reporting and internal contract review
- Any other reasonable task in line with business requirement
- Bid and construction stage planning, programme control and reporting
- Provide planning support to all bids, managing the appraisal and review process to identify programme constraints, statutory and contractual obligations, analyse and manage programme risk, and develop efficient programme and logistics solutions and material in support of bid submissions
- Support the bid team to achieve commercially attractive tender solutions
- Co-ordinate / assist in the preparation and delivery of Client presentations / interview
- Manage the transfer of programme intelligence from bid to contract stage, including programme assumptions, resource and output calculations, supply
- Ensure operational programme reporting follows Critical Path Analysis principles and provides analysis and commentary on consumption of programme float
- Undertake and prepare delay analysis and collation of reports in conjunction with Project Management Teams
- Ensure that the planning function is kept abreast of the latest changes in legal opinion and case law
Key experience:
- A minimum of 2-3 years experience in a Planning role or significant experience in front-end construction project management
- The ability to operate at a strategic level, reviewing and developing procedures to reflect industry best practice
- To be able to demonstrate a sound working knowledge of design, procurement and commercial processes, and the interdependencies and impact on planning and programming
- To be able to demonstrate a sound working knowledge of forms of contract, construction law, construction technology, modern construction techniques and time and resource management
Requirements:
- Understand and utilise the company management procedures for project programming and progress reporting
- Demonstrate good working knowledge of construction technology, modern construction techniques and time and resource management
- Demonstrate sound analytical and problem solving skills
- Communicate effectively with internal and external contacts, and work as a team member
- Demonstrate ability to solve problems in a customer focused manner
- Computer literate - ability to utilise Asta Power Project, Power Point, Excel, Word, Outlook and the internet as required
- Full driving licence
What's in it for you:
- A competitive salary plus car allowance and benefits package
- A people focussed culture, with an outstanding existing team
If you think this role is of interest and you have the required skills and experience, then please apply or call me direct for a confidential discussion.
