Planner

Planner

Fawkes & Reece are working with a prominent Civil Engineering contractor based in Preston that is looking for a Planner to become a permanent member of their Pre-construction team. This client of ours is driven by their values - creating a highly supportive work environment for their employees, ensuring they are able and encouraged to achieve their development goals.

About the role : Planner

As the Planner, you'll be a part of the Civil Engineering Pre-construction team, and report to the Head of Pre-construction. Working on Primarily Highways and structures projects across the North of England on various multi-Million Frameworks.

Project value range c.500,000 - 30mill.

Lead the development of the planning / programming activity within the pre-construction team to enhance our client's ability to secure works and to establish project controls and internal reporting from the tender stage. Ensure project delivery programmes are fully developed and contractually compliant.

Responsibilities for Planner

• Produce tender stage programmes working alongside the estimators, with a focus on ensuring we submit our most competitive offer
• Create, manage, update and maintain an internal report detailing progress of all live projects against baseline (as revised from time to time), which should be issued fortnightly to SMT.
• Liaise with Project Teams to update programmes based on progress to date to protect entitlement, mitigate delay and notify Client where necessary.
• Develop and manage project programmes such that they are contractually compliant and updated / issued in line with contract requirements. Hold and maintain 'master' copies where necessary
• Where Compensation Events / Variations are identified, liaise with Project Teams and Commercial to ensure that entitlement is demonstrated within any submission made; provide planning / programming input to do so.
• Provide high-level programme extracts to Project Teams for delivery and reporting purposes, including: two / four week look ahead; phased / sectional views; design / subcontractor / package-specific extracts; procurement of suppliers / subcontractors, and; third party interfaces, etc.

Remuneration for the Planner

• 65,000 - 75,000 p/a base salary
• 6450 car allowance
• Hybrid working 2 days per week
• 26 days holiday + Bank holidays
• Exceptional additional benefits package
• Fantastic Progression, support, and training opportunities

If you want to hear more about this Planner role, please apply with an up-to-date copy of your CV

Or contact Dan Morrison in our Bolton Office on (phone number removed)