Assistant Planner

Provide planning support to both the pre-contract and delivery teams in accordance with Company policy, procedures and quality standards.

About the role:

Assist the planner / senior planner with production of the tender programme

Assist the planner / senior planner with production of the tender deliverables as required

Construction / Delivery Stage:

Capture and input ‘actual data’ to the current programme of site works, as directed by senior planner / planner / project manager

Assist with production of the monthly and period updated programme, progress reports and revised forecasts and its communication to the site team, client and all major stakeholders

Provide planning support to assist the project in order to enable the team to monitor pinch-points on the critical path and test logic where previously agreed to either improve upon the baseline programme or to mitigate potential delays

Assist in the production of reports and programme commentary

Produce reports and / or extract filters as required by the project team, including indication of deviation from the baseline programme

Attend progress meetings with internal customers

Ensure planning processes are followed on all projects

Assist with the production of tender deliverables as required (agreed at initial tender kick off meeting)

Assist and support operations staff in the production of tender method statements and ensure that tender programme reflects agreed methods

Attend all tender meetings as required and assist in the preparation of bid submission documents

Qualifications, skills and experience.

Educated to professional level with a relevant degree or equivalent in a core business discipline

Business and commercial awareness to actively measure and monitor performance with the ability to present results in a logical manner to support continuous improvement

Some site experience on business related projects in a management or supervisory capacity

Numerical and analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and information and produce it in a clear and logical format

Ability to manage a given list of tasks

Ability to work well either alone or as part of a team

Some knowledge of construction practices and standards within their subject

Good writing, analytical and problem solving skills

Ability to follow oral and written instructions

Ability to handle situations and problems