Planning Manager

Anderselite are currently recruiting for a Planning Manager, on behalf of a tier one contractor in Southampton, working on Southern Water. You will provide services to ensure that project plans have achievable timescales and are accurately monitored and updated.

Directly reporting to the Head of Planning, Their responsibility is to manage other members of the project teams to develop, monitor, progress andamp; report on tender andamp; contractual programmes. This includes ensuring that both the operational andamp; commercial members of the team are fully briefed on the critical activities andamp; risks of their projects at all times.

The Planning Manager will be required to work closely with the commercial department to monitor costs, take ownership of several project plans, drive the project team to deliver to the plan andamp; challenge any delay andamp; deviation. Leading, coaching andamp; guiding junior Planners, you''ll be viewed as an approachable planning expert who is keen to pass on experience andamp; knowledge to develop others andamp; drive performance improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

Work with the estimating team to prepare programmes from tender documentation. Ensuring that they are compliant andamp; realistic
Prepare programmes in accordance with contract requirements, update them andamp; submit them for acceptance as contractually required
Assist with the delivery of collaborative planning workshops
Lead the development of Construction phase 4D Planning
Maintain a baseline programme andamp; measure progress against it
Liaise with project teams to ensure consistency of key assumptions on methodology andamp; outputs
Identify opportunity andamp; key risks during the planning process
Gather, collate andamp; distribute progress information andamp; the reasons for deviations/delays
Monitor andamp; analyse changes to scope andamp; revise programmes accordingly.
Attend progress/project meetings andamp; present programmes for review.
Attend site meetings to gather progress information
Report programme issues to the Senior Planning Manager andamp; site management team
Distribute regular look ahead programmes
Ensure an As Built programme is available at project closedown
Maintain knowledge of site processes andamp; costs
Record the effects of changes on site andamp; the effects on the contract programme
Assist with the monthly progress report in line with customer requirements
Build andamp; maintain relationships with the Senior Planning Manager, Project Manager, Commercial team andamp; client representatives
Assist with the administration of Primavera P6 planning software
Deliver planning software training to new users when required

About The Candidate:

Essential:

Experience in planning of civil, Mandamp;E projects
Knowledge of current HSE practices andamp; CSCS card holder
Experience of working with NEC3/4 contracts
Competent in the use of Microsoft software andamp; application
Proficient in use of Primavera P6 planning software
Excellent communication skills
Ability to identify risks andamp; opportunities
Able to work in a fast-paced environment
Comfortable working to tight deadlines
Able to focus on deliverables
A proactive attitude
Ability to identify andamp; solve problems
Able to manage own workload to meet deadlines

Desirable:

Water Industry experience
Site based engineering background
Professional qualifi