Senior Planner

About Barhale

Barhale is a business founded on family values, established in 1980. We are one of the largest privately owned civil engineering and infrastructure specialists in the UK, with over 40 years of experience in providing design, civil engineering and maintenance services across multiple sectors including Water, Transport, Built environment and Energy. We operate as a tier one partner for blue chip, regulated and private clients, working on frameworks, joint ventures and alliances, as well as standalone projects, delivering to Barhale values that have been integral since 1985.

Our direct delivery model places people at the center of what we do; we robustly source, train and retain our own frontline delivery teams as well as management and support services. We employ over 1,200 employees nationwide. We possess specialist skills to support our civil engineering and infrastructure activities, including: tunnelling, MEICA, temporary and permanent design, steel fabrication, signs (design and fabrication), and health & safety equipment and PPE.

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Why join Barhale?

• As Gold Investors in People, we are committed to a high standard of people practices, creating an inclusive environment and ensuring cultural alignment to business strategy, ethos and philosophies.
• Job security and long-term secured work through various frameworks and large infrastructure schemes.
• A broad range of civil engineering, mechanical and electrical schemes across some of the UK’s largest infrastructure projects and clients.
• Strong career progression demonstrated by a track record of promoting from within.

The Role

Here within the Anglian Water @one Alliance, we are a collaborative organisation made up of eight partner companies (Anglian Water, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska and SWECO) and our extended supply chain, delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme. We are gearing up for AMP8, delivering a programme larger than ever before, and focusing on nature-based solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes.

We are driving change and building an environment with opportunities for growth and development. We are looking for aspiring, driven talent to help us achieve ambitious targets and join us as we prepare to deliver the most creative and innovative AMP yet.

What will you be doing as our new Senior Planner?

As a Senior Planner with @one Alliance, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring successful project delivery through meticulous planning and coordination. You will work within an integrated project delivery team, collaborating with stakeholders to develop and maintain accurate and robust project plans. Your expertise will help identify, manage and mitigate risks while maximizing opportunities for project success.

Key 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 @one and AW 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 the digital rehearsal of construction.
  
  Gather progress information and communicate effects on key dates, challenging the team to deliver on time.
• Communication of Plans:
  Attend the 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 across @one and adhere to published processes. Ensure the integrity of project plans and actively participate in driving best practices. Ensure alignment between plans and cost forecasts.

Essential

• Experience in large-scale projects within the Civil Engineering sector, preferably in the Water Industry.
• Essential experience with P6 (Primavera).
• 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.

Caring and investing in you

Our values have been embedded at Barhale for over 40 years and guide how we care for and invest in people. As a Gold Investors in People company and a Sunday Times 100 Best Company to Work For, we are committed to investing in people and creating a working environment where well-being and career aspirations are supported.

Competitive salary
Company Pension
Life Assurance
Private Medical
25 days of annual leave in addition to 8 public bank holidays and loyalty days
8 hours volunteering
Employee Assistance Programme to support mental, physiological and financial wellbeing.
Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice
Company car/green car…