Project Planner

An opportunity for an experienced Project Planner has become available on a contract basis working for a Tier1 civil engineering and infrastructure contractor in London.
The Project Planner, you will be part of the Capital Delivery Team, working for the Project Planning & Programme Controls Manager to deliver a programme of capital schemes across London and Thames Valley. These are design and build projects working with above and below ground infrastructure on the waste and clean water networks.
The Planner will need to be flexible and adaptable as they will be working fairly autonomously on a small portfolio of projects, providing full planning and reporting services.
The Role
The Planner will be responsible for programme creation in consultation with the Planning Team, Design Team and site teams.
Having created the programme within the Planning Team guidelines and procedures you will; maintain, administer and progress the programme; liaise with estimators, subcontractors, suppliers, site staff and engineers to discuss the progress of the project; understand and identify programme risk and communicate this to the team; provide weekly and monthly reports and attend weekly and monthly meetings.
You will be required to collate, analyse and present cost and scheduling data in support of the management and the reporting needs of the project management office. You will need to maintain baseline information and produce variance reports for performance management. You will be liaising with the Project Manager and Quantity Surveyor to assess the impact of design or construction changes and schedule slippages and capture approved project changes (through change control) and updating programme baseline and ensure BMS Change Management procedures and processes are adhered to.
This is a hybrid working role with a mixture of site based, office and home working.
Experience Required
•A minimum of five years experience working on civil engineering schemes and or water infrastructure projects.
•Proficient in Primavera 6 including resource loading and profiling.
•Knowledge of basic engineering and construction principles
•Effective communication skills including writing reports and presenting.
•Experienced enough to work independently and confident enough to hold and chair meetings as needed.
•Able to produce gang and labour profiles.
•Prepared attend weekly and or monthly meetings across South London and the Thames Valley as required.