Our client, an award winning and forward-thinking business is looking to add a planning manager to its team.  As a planning manager, you will be responsible for a small team, overseeing several projects running concurrently.

The successful planning manager will have a background across building and civil engineering and will be used to administering JCT and NEC contracts including clause 32.  Having experience across Asta and Primavera P6, you will have looked at projects to £50m.

As a planning manager, you will be part of the senior team, meaning communication with internal and external consultants and clients is a must, together with the ability to business develop and see future opportunities.  This is a role that will provide variety as well as the option to work at home for a minimum of 1 day per week,

Key Responsibilities

• Review, development and optimisation of construction methodology and site logistics.
• Lead on the schedule review of contractor claims or disputes (as required)
• Review the detailed work schedules produced by contractors and ensure that they comply with strategic programmes the work breakdown structure.
• Monitor the progress of the works on site against key milestones and report progress in accordance with the monthly cycle and Earned value rules and processes.
• Resource and cost loading input of data to produce earned value reports for packages of the works.
• Report on adequacy of time risk allowances and any erosion due to events.
• Support the Project Manager, Planning Lead & Project Controls Manager regarding all issues relating to schedule.
• Produce programmes necessary to coordinate works between packages
• Establish Programme level commissioning and testing schedules taking account of project interfaces and planned completion schedules.
• Support collation of Project Data, best practice and project benchmark information.
• Liaise with the Planning Director to ensure that an accurate assessment of project progress is always available.
• Liaise continuously with members of the team to ensure that all activities are co-ordinated and that interface issues are identified at the earliest possible time and co-ordinated within the overall programme

This is an opportunity for a planning manager who likes variety and would like to see their own role evolve, together with further developing and growing the team.