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Assistant Planner – Main Construction Contractor - up to £55k + Competitive Package
The Company
A great opportunity for a Junior Planner to join a large main contractor in London, who specialise in large residential and mix use developments. This Main Contractor has grown to £500million and have a strong portfolio of projects and great pipeline of work .
They are looking for 2 Junior Planners, who will be looking after 3 projects in London and reporting to Senior Planner.
This main contractor values their staff and has a close knit team, with great community and family feel. They work on a prestigious projects and due to growth in the business are seeking to build their planning team.
Responsibilities
Provide planning support to both the pre-contract and delivery teams in accordance with Company policy, procedures and quality standards.
Tender Stage:
- Assist the planner / senior planner with production of the tender programme
- Assist the planner / senior planner with production of the tender deliverables as required
Construction / Delivery Stage:
- Capture and input ‘actual data’ to the current programme of site works, as directed by senior
- planner / planner / project manager
- Assist with production of the monthly and period updated programme, progress reports and revised forecasts and its communication to the site team, client and all major stakeholders
Requirements
- Educated to professional level with a relevant degree or equivalent in Construction
- Business and commercial awareness to actively measure and monitor performance with the ability to present results in a logical manner to support continuous improvement
- Site experience on projects
- Numerical and analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and information and produce it in a clear and logical format
- Competent user of Asta Power Project and other MS packages
- Ability to work in a team environment with minimum supervision
- Logical whilst creative approach to problem solving
- Organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload and meet tight deadlines
- Oral communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to take a confident but diplomatic approach with colleagues and other internal and external customers
