Senior Construction Planner

My client, a leading NI based main contractor with offices in Co Derry and Belfast who requires an experienced and talented Senior Planner to provide programme and project management, project planning, including programme controls, project review, cost and risk analysis across their projects in Northern Ireland. You will be working on projects valued between £10m & £50m.

This position can be based in either of the clients offices along with some limited travel to site- no UK travel.

About the role:

• Plan construction works from first principles
• Assist project managers with onsite planning and reporting requirements
• Produce fully logic linked design, procure and construct tender programmes
• Produce and assist in the production of tender logistics plans, method statements, and temporary works (TW) schedules
• Engage with supply chain and team members to discuss and achieve optimum programme and method solutions
• Produce robust fully logic linked design, procurement, construction and commission tender programmes compliant with tender sum, design (where appropriate) and methodology without assistance for small to medium sized projects
• Produce tender deliverables as required (agreed at tender kick off meeting)
• Work with allocated operations support in the production of method statement and scaffold schedule etc and ensure that programme reflects agreed methods
• Ensure all deliverables are produced to the agreed Tender Activity Programme (TAP) timescales to ensure they are available to other members of the tender team in good time
• Engage with supply chain and team members to discuss and achieve optimum programme and method solutions

Ideally you will have:

Asta Power Projects or Primavera experience

Significant experience in the main contracting market with experience of working on multiple project schemes between £10 and £40 million.

What are we looking for?

As an experienced Senior Planner, you will have a good understanding of programme and programme management, project planning including programme controls, project review, and cost and risk analysis. HNC (or equivalent) in Building Studies or other equivalent related subject. Competent in using project management software.