Planner

Due to continued growth we’re looking for a Planner to join a large scale Energy project in Teesside. Reporting to the Planning Lead, the Planner will be responsible for ensuring the projects are kept on track by updating and maintaining the project programme. The role will be based initially on multiple live sites across County Durham, in the construction phase, monitoring the site delivery programme and updating the contractual submissions to Northumbrian Water. The programme will be maintained through the delivery phase to handover and then on to Completion.

• Prepare robust contract programmes using the designated planning tool, that link design, procurement, construction, installation, commissioning and handover, in line with the project life cycle.
• Display and analyse the project Critical Path and advise the project team (Inc. client) of the results and any appropriate corrective action.
• Produce/maintain project baselines and execute change control process as appropriate.
• Regularly update schedules to reflect progress, change events, risks and opportunities.
• Produce fully logic linked programmes, ensuring alignment with NEC contract requirements.
• Support the site delivery team in the production and maintenance of short term lookahead programmes.
• All programmes and documentation to be produced to company practices and procedures.
• Manage several programmes and support other Panning Engineers/Junior Planning Engineers including supervision and checking of work to ensure that all work complies with company standards and procedures.
• Support implementation of project controls, including earned value analysis, reporting dashboards and performance metrics.

Essential

• Proven experience in project planning within the Energy sector

• Construction / Engineering Experience.

• Understanding of NEC contract mechanisms and programme requirements.

• Ability to engage and build strong relationships with stakeholders, striving for mutual success.

• Able to work and learn quickly in a fast paced, fun and dynamic environment.

• Care about doing a great job and exceeding expectations with the quality of what you do.

• Flexibility and adaptability to be able to respond rapidly to unexpected events, having the ability to shape our responses appropriately.

• Excellent written and oral presentation skills to present complex interdependencies simply and clearly.

• Relevant engineering or project management qualification
• CSCS
• Full UK Driving licence

 

Desirable

• Water industry experience

• Enterprise working

• Proficiency in Primavera P6

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Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.