Senior Planner (Award winning Main Contractor) | Permanent | West London

One of the UK’s leading Main Contractors have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Planner to join them on a permanent basis, based in their offices in West London.

The company have been operating for over a century, working on a wide range of projects including mixed use, commercial, residential and residential schemes.

Reporting to the Head of Planning, the Senior Planner will provide a complete construction planning service at pre-qualification, pre-construction and construction stages, and will essentially promote a structured, flexible and realistic approach to the companies planning strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide outline plans and methodologies at pre-qualification stage and submit/present to clients and client representatives
• Provide detailed tender programmes and method statements for inclusion in tender submissions
• Provide a contract planning service including provision of target programmes and procurement schedules, monitor progress, attend progress meetings, issue progress reports, and reprogramming as required by the planning brief
• Promote the company at pre-qualification, tender and contract interviews, presentations and meetings
• Carry out a continuous programme of research into new and innovative building techniques and advise the Head of Planning and tender/contract teams of any application showing the possibility of positive benefits
• Visit sites to ascertain conditions and constraints to be taken into account in preparing tender programmes and method statements
• Assess requirements and provide comprehensive scaffold and crane schedules to be used in obtaining competitive and realistic quotations
• Provide to the contract team information release schedules
• Compile comparative programmes for use in substantiation of claims or in disputes

Experience and Qualifications:

• Able to develop optimum economic and realistic programming solutions and to effectively communicate these to internal and external contacts
• Extensive experience working on large mixed use, commercial and residential schemes for a reputable Main Contractor
• Proficiency in Asta Power Project, Microsoft Project, and MS Office
• Up-to-date knowledge of Local Authority Regulations
• Excellent communication skills

If you are a Senior Planner and you are interested in this role, please apply with an updated CV or call Rob on: 07733 529 573