As a Lead Planner, your role will involve working on multiple projects during both the Tenders and Pre-construction phases, covering a wide spectrum of projects, such as Civils, Utilities, and Infrastructure Projects.
Key Role Deliverables:
- Collaborating closely with the preconstruction team to formulate winning work programme strategies for tender submissions, ensuring comprehensive assessment of all risks and opportunities within the programme.
- Foster collaborative efforts with internal and external teams.
- Assist in building a Tender Planning Team through selection, mentoring, and development.
- Ensure the availability of an effective and professional planning and programming service for pre-contract and project teams, maintaining consistency across all divisions of the business.
- Lead programme meetings, whether internal or when presenting to clients, including Tenders and Live Projects.
- Ensure functional compliance of the programme content with planning procedures and guidance.
- Establish and agree with Operational Teams on construction outputs, key methods of construction, sequencing, installation, and commissioning.
- Produce and document planning deliverables, including programmes, planning philosophy, presentations, and reports.
- Possess a relevant degree qualification in engineering/construction or equivalent.
- Operational experience (e.g., site engineer/agent) along with significant planning services experience in medium to large projects in the UK.
- Prior tender planning experience.
- Proficient working knowledge of planning and scheduling systems such as Primavera P6, Asta, and MS Project.
- Effective communication skills, coupled with commercial and financial awareness.
- Strong team player.
- Solid knowledge of the design process, procurement routes, and comprehensive construction understanding.
- Familiarity with various performance measurement techniques, such as critical path/progress analysis.