Senior Planning Manager - Construction

Position: Senior Planning Manager

Location: Derby, West Midlands or Warwickshire with an element of remote working

Salary: �75-85k (Neg DOE), car/allowance, bonus and excellent benefits package

Our Client: Is an integrated design and build solution provider operating in the water sector. They have over 1,000 staff working across eight regional centres, primarily supporting eight long term water sector frameworks operating both on their own and increasingly in joint ventures and alliances.

The Role: Our client is looking to strengthen their Programme Management team with a Senior Planning Manager based in the Severn Trent region with hybrid working available.

Responsibilities: You will work independently to provide planning services for the Severn Trent Framework (portfolio of projects) to ensure that programme plans and project plans have achievable but challenging timescales, are accurately monitored and updated and be the driving force in continuous improvement and development of planning activity. In addition, provide planning co-ordination and leadership for the region.

You will report directly to the Programme Manager and duties/responsibilities of the role will include;

Managing the planning services function across the business unit programme of work

Understanding of the multi-disciplined roles involved within an integrated programme. (design, construction, commissioning, interface with 3rd party others and framework partners)

Knowledge of planning systems. (Primavera - Essential), (Microsoft Project - preferable)

Providing programme management oversight across individual and batched projects combined to form a portfolio of work. Optimisation of the programme to determine the best fit for projects within the programme for the cost/revenue/time, identifying and evaluating any potential efficiency within the programme of work such as geographical, process type or repeatability.

Providing programme management control, identifying and producing integrated programmes of work, monitoring performance against plans, tracking critical path delivery and leading metrics, and identifying problem areas and other effects

Provide resource planning and levelling by appropriate resource analysis of activity to ensure the best fit for the projects within the overall portfolio or batch (people, subcontractors, suppliers).

Detailed knowledge of NEC contract and programme requirements

Line management leadership, supervision and development of the Planning team

Collaboration with digital teams to develop 4D plans and rehearsals for more effective delivery

Appreciation of planning input into Key Performance Indictors and bench marking.

Experience: Experience in the Water/Wastewater Industry (preferred)

Civil Engineering, M&E or Process Industry experience.

Possess a sound understanding of planning skills and programming across a portfolio of projects

Leadership and line management skills.

Commercial awareness.

Package includes: A competitive salary

Car/car allowance (subject to role and level of position)

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)

Contribution Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Health Insurance

Private medical Insurance

And many more benefits including - cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, kids pass etc

Key Words:

Planning Manager

Head of Planning

Planning Lead

Lead Planner

Principal Planner

Senior Planner

Senior Planning Engineer

Senior Project Planner

Project Controls Manager

Construction

Water Industry

Water Sector

Water Treatment

Clean Water

Sewage

Wastewater

Waste Water

Utilities

Highways

Power

Rail

Infrastructure

Programme Manager

Programme Management

Primavera

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