Senior Planner

Position: Senior Planner

Location: Peterborough with hybrid working available

Salary Guide: 65-75k (neg DOE), car/allowance, and excellent benefits

Our client is a Tier 1 D&B Contractor operating predominately in the water industry, who are delivering a number of water and wastewater non-infrastructure projects for Anglian Water through Alliance.

The Role: Our client is looking to strengthen their Planning team with a Senior Planner for the Anglian Water Region. Whilst leading and developing a team towards planning excellence, you'll ensure the project plan and programme are kept on track with any mitigating circumstances successfully overcome. By using your knowledge and expertise in planning, you'll build the trust and confidence of key stakeholder by delivering project updates backed up by value- added data which can contribute to delivery improvements as they progress.

Responsibilities: Prepare and Monitor Plans:

Lead collaborative digital planning and production meetings to ensure clarity of requirements and expectations.

Develop and maintain detailed project plans in accordance with framework and Anglian Water requirements.

Liaise with delivery teams to ensure consistency in methodology and outputs.

Proactively identify opportunities and risks and explore mitigation strategies.

Develop 4D animations of project plans to aid in digital rehearsal of construction.

Gather progress information and communicate effects on key dates, challenging the team to deliver on time.

Communication of Plans:

Attend site regularly to gather program update information.

Communicate critical paths and key activities in team meetings.

Advise the team on priorities to prevent activities from becoming critical.

Attend meetings as required and provide project-specific reports as needed.

Quality of Plans:

Maintain planning standards and adhere to published processes.

Ensure integrity of project plans and actively participate in driving best practices.

Ensure alignment between plans and cost forecasts.

Experience: Minimum five years of experience in planning large-scale projects within the Civil Engineering or Construction sector, preferably in the Water Industry.

Essential experience with Primavera P6 and collaborative planning processes.

Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Proven ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

Attention to detail and ability to manage complex project plans effectively.

Commitment to health and safety principles.

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 Engineer

Planner

Project Planner

Senior Planner

Senior Planning Engineer

Senior Project Planner

Planning Manager

Construction

Project Programmes

P6 Programmes

Project Delivery

Project Plans

Water Industry

Water Sector

Water Treatment

Clean Water

Sewage

Wastewater

Waste Water

Utilities

Highways

Power

Energy

Nuclear

Energy from Waste

Rail

Infrastructure

Primavera

P6

Severn Trent Water

Thames Water

South East Water

Veolia

AMP 7

AMP 8

NEC