Civils Senior Planner

About The Role

Job Title:

Civils Planner

Location:

Scotland Wide – role and location will be based on Planner skill‑set and home location, although some roles may require working away from home.

Company:
Balfour Beatty

Shape Scotland’s Infrastructure Future.

Shape something special as you progress a high‑profile engineering career with an industry leader. If you have an ambition to match ours, this is your chance to make a lasting impact on large‑scale projects as a Civils Senior Planner within the Regional Scotland Business. Joining a growing business, you'll have scope to build your skills, explore new sectors and take ownership of some of the UK’s most iconic projects across Scotland.

Opportunities exist within both project‑based and tender‑planning roles at our Maxim Eurocentral Head Office and at various locations throughout Scotland. Role and location will be based on Planner skill‑set and home location, although some roles may require working away from home.

• Ensuring that the Contract Programme is produced, managed and maintained in accordance with the Contract Requirements.
• Preparing monthly progress updates and communicating the revised Contract Programme, including monthly progress reporting.
• Establishing and agreeing with the Operations Team, key methods of construction, sequencing and programme logic.
• Developing Stage Programmes and supporting information in accordance with the project requirements and issuing to all parties for review.
• Implementing recommendations, innovation and best practice as applicable.
• Reconciling direct and subcontract plant & labour along with major materials and supporting Project Controls.
• Assisting the Project Team to deliver projects on time and improve productivity, performance and safety.

• Work with the Planning Lead & Bid Manager to provide the planning function for a wide range of civils tenders throughout the project planning life cycle.
• Identifying scope, constraints, risk and contract requirements.
• Establishing and agreeing key methods of construction, temporary works requirements, sequencing and programme logic.
• Interfacing with third parties and supply chain to develop proposals.
• Identifying major quantities and factors affecting the programme.
• Establishing and agreeing construction outputs and working hours with appropriate Estimator.
• Reviewing and implementing recommendations, innovation and best practice as applicable.
• Communicating the plan to senior management at Tender Settlement Meetings.
• Producing and documenting the planning deliverables including tender programmes, planning philosophy, presentations and reports.
• Supporting the Project Based planning requirements on live projects.

• Operational experience (typically section engineer to site agent) together with significant experience of planning services in small to medium sized projects within the construction industry.
• An understanding of the construction market, methods of construction, plant, equipment and labour requirements.
• Proficiency in the use of planning techniques and the required planning toolsets.
• Experience of using planning software such as Primavera P6, Elecosoft Asta and/or Microsoft Project. Appropriate training will be given where required.
• Understanding of various methods of planning, programming and progress monitoring.
• Understanding of risk and opportunity management with particular reference to planning programming.
• Understanding of the events that initiate, and of the methods used to demonstrate, delay or change entitlement.
• Good understanding of various forms of tender & contract documents, preferably with some NEC4 experience.
• Effective communication, engagement, motivation & leadership skills to drive change and positively impact the business.

• Degree, HND or relevant experience based skills.
• Relevant CSCS Card.
• Team player.

The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career. We encourage and empower our employees to take control of…