Planner

Carmichael are seeking an experienced Planner with all round civils experience to join the team in Walsall.

Key Responsibilities

General

Proactively support the estimating and delivery teams to ensure that planning standards are maintained across all projects and planning & control procedures are adhered to

Assisting with the tender, pre-construction, and delivery of a range of opportunities and live projects by collaboratively developing and maintaining robust, detailed project plans

Assisting with establishing optimal construction methodologies, logic sequences and work outputs

Appreciating and upholding the Health & Safety standards in all planning processed

Developing animations of the project plan to aid in the digital rehearsal of the project construction

Supporting the review of tender programmes and their compliance

Fostering the planning culture with a great focus on weekly planning updates and reviews of performance

Monitoring the critical path and key milestones, advising the delivery team on any potential changes and leading challenge and mitigation actions

Supporting the preparation of reports and updates of information displayed on sites in line with the reporting cycles

Ensuring that claimable delays are captured and quantified

Supporting the development of programmes to demonstrate the impact of change in compliance with the contractual and project-specific requirements

Advising Operations and Commercial of project risks, float uptake and impacts on the

Essential: 

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Good understanding of construction sequencing and how a project comes together, gained in a site-level role for a contractor in the UK construction industry

Good knowledge of NEC and other relevant forms of contract

Experience in leading collaborative planning processes

Proficient in Primavera P6/Primavera Cloud and competent in MS Project

Good communication skills, both verbal and written

Ability to communicate complex information to a wide range of audiences