The Senior Planner will take ownership of the project plan, drive the project team to deliver to the plan and challenge any delay and deviation. Leading, coaching and guiding a small team of more junior Planners, you will be viewed as an approachable Planning expert who is keen to pass on experience and knowledge to develop others and drive outperformance amongst the team.

Key responsibilities:

• Collaboratively develop and maintain robust detailed project plans for the Delivery Team in accordance with requirements ensuring methodology is consistently followed
• Ensure project plans capture the full project scope and resources are considered and loaded as required
• Pro-actively identify opportunities and risks in the plan and monitor the critical path and key milestones, advising the delivery team on any potential changes
• Develop 4D animations of the project plan to aid digital rehearsal of the project construction
• Design and implement effective and value- added communication plans ensuring relevant teams and individuals are clear and buy into the strategy and approach
• Ensure planning standards are maintained and published processes are adhered to
• Appreciate and uphold the Health & Safety standards in all planning processes with the mantra of 'Nothing is so important that we cannot take the time to do it safely' at the heart of all activities

Skills/Experience

• Demonstrable experience of working on relevant projects within the Civil engineering sector, preferably in the Water Industry.
• P6 experience.
• Experience of leading collaborative planning processes,
• Ability to interrogate / take information from drawings to implement an efficient planning service to the business
• Ability to communicate complex information to a wide range of audiences whilst working in a pressurised situations to tight deadlines
• Able to adapt as required to meet project objectives
• Innovative and supportive to other member of the teams to enhance the reputation of the Planning team amongst the business.

Matchtech acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers and is part of Gattaca Plc.

Gattaca Plc provides support services to Matchtech and may assist with processing your application.