Lead Planner

Elvet Recruitment are working with a National Tier One Contractor who are seeking a Planning Lead to work on Water projects across the North East. As a key member of the Delivery Team, the successful applicant will be aligned to the new AMP8 projects and will be able to demonstrate experience of integrating and managing schedules across large scale civil engineering programmes. You will also need to demonstrate experience of working across multi-disciplinary programme teams covering every aspect of project delivery from design through procurement, construction, and commissioning. The successful candidate is expected to develop a strategic overview of the programme and ownership of any cross-project integration, schedule change management, and gain an understanding of underlying risks and opportunities which might impact the delivery of programme outcomes. Responsibilities Set the planning strategy for complex projects and clearly communicate this through the wider team Support the planning, development, and maintenance of high-quality schedules against the agreed project scope to deliver the AMP8 programme outcomes Support the establishment of robust systems, processes, and procedures to support the AMP8 works across the programme and supply chain Report the current Programme/Project position in line with the governance, process and procedures to include Risk, EV, Change Management and Cost Maintain an overview of the AMP8 Programme to provide critical path analysis and ..... full job details .....