Senior Planner (Highways) South Midlands

SENIOR PLANNER

Midlands & South (Solihull, Oxford, Aylesbury)

As Senior Planner you will develop, update and manage the construction programme to ensure on time delivery.

OUR HIGHWAYS BUSINESS

There has never been a better time to join our family, in particular our Highways business where we have seen impressive growth over the last few years achieving tremendous success under the CDF Framework and Midlands Highway Alliance (MHA) amongst other local authority frameworks. Right now, we are poised for continued growth successfully retendering for the MHA strengthened with additional success on the Regional Delivery Partnership with Highways England in the South West and the Eastern regions. We’ve secured a strong pipeline of work over the next few years and in a really strong position to capitalise further so now is the time to update that CV and come and join us, exciting times are ahead!

YOUR ROLE

As Senior Planner you will develop, update and manage the construction programme to support on time delivery.

You will;

• Participate in creating a knowingly safe working environment.
• Updating the Cl32 Programme along with the different delivery functions in assurance of providing a robust and realistic schedule that reflects the risk and opportunity that could impact key project milestones
• Review and develop the preferred construction sequence considering project wide constraints to confirm the duration in the overall scheme schedule
• Facilitate construction readiness planning
• Arrange, facilitate and provide output from client and supply chain collaborative planning sessions
• Cost load the schedule
• Generate Earned Value Analysis from the cost loaded schedule
• Monthly updating of the schedule and reports
• Update and analyse the schedule based on the effects of Compensation events or other events which may affect the programme.
• Liaise with subcontractors and assess their programme submissions for acceptance

YOU

We are looking for passion and a commitment for delivering excellence. If you have a solid track record of planning major civils projects in a highways setting then be sure to get in touch as I want to hear from you. You’ll need experience of working in the contracting environment with the ability to build programmes from scratch and report using P6. The ideal candidate will have progressed from a site engineering background so understands first hand how jobs are built. If this sounds like you and you are ready to strive for exceptional levels of performance, call me today!

IN RETURN

In return we offer an opportunity to work on some of the UKs most exciting construction projects, in a fast-paced environment where each day brings new challenges as well as a competitive salary and benefits package including car or car allowance, pension, healthcare, discretionary bonus and 28 days holiday plus bank holidays. We will always consider flexible working hours and arrangements.

For more information on this Senior Planner role or to enquire about other positions available within our highways business please contact adam.wright@galllifordtry.co.uk

Additional Information:

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, part-time and / or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage you and would be grateful if you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Galliford Try is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community

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