Planner

Location: Kent

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Our Planners all come from a site background as this role involves using your site experience to provide support to sites teams in, finding solutions to engineering problems, ensuring that project programmes are current, consistent and accurate by regular interface with the project site management and relevant regional management team. The primary role is to prepare and communicate project programmes and to manage change on the programmes in accordance with the NEC contract requirements

Key Responsibilities

At least monthly, forensically review each project programmes, ensuring change is being captured and appropriately recorded.
Ensure that programmes are regularly updated to meet contractual requirements, as built records, and progress. Review two-weekly look-ahead programmes.
Review site records including contractual notices and communications in relation to programme matters. Ensure programme submissions and acceptance is contractually compliant.
Review project change register in parallel with the works delivered and the contract.
Review / facilitate entitlement not previously captured by site team and review the project risk & opportunities register.
Assist the site team to contractually protect programme entitlement and facilitate EOT claims.
Work as a team player and work closely with the Contracts’ Managers to ensure delivery targets are met.
Provide advice and assistance on planning, programming, methods of construction and solutions to engineering problems.
Where necessary, support project teams and communicate with client to recover change
Support the Regional Manager/Director in the strategic development of processes and systems as required.

Equal Opportunities

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

We also place high importance on our inclusive recruitment policy and will do our very best to support those applicants who may need adjustments in order to take part in the recruitment process.

Please do let us know if you require any additional assistance on 01473 238300.

Skills Required

We’re after someone with good communication skills who has experienced with MS Project, Asta Powerproject or Primavera P6. The successful candidate will also have experience managing construction programmes using the NEC for of contract.
This is a site based and/or regional office-based role focusing on our work in Kent and Sussex, with a requirement to travel to sites in the southeast region
You must have a full UK driving licence and eligible to work in the UK.
The ideal candidate will have a wide experience of working on civil engineering sites with an engineering or site management background.
The role may suit someone who has reached Senior Engineer / Sub Agent level who possesses planning expertise and wants to focus more on this technical role moving forward

Benefits Package

Company car or car allowance
Life assurance cover (4x annual salary)
Company pension scheme (we match up to 8%)
25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with an option of buying more holiday)
Extensive training programmes
Cycle-to-work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Employee benefits platform
A supportive business that genuinely wants to help you progress in your career.
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  • 01473 238300
  • enquiries@jackson-civils.co.uk
  • 30 White House Road, Ipswich IP1 5LT