Senior Planner

We have a new opportunity for a Senior Planner based in Whitehaven, Cumbria.

This can be worked on a hybrid basis with 2 or 3 days per week in the office.

The successful Candidate will provide planning services to an integrated DSA team including individual schedules and the coordination and integration of all project schedules.

We are looking for a self-directed individual capable of communicating key issues to the project & project control team.

You will prepare, monitor, and forecast resourcing requirements in line with the ‘live’ integrated schedule of works.

Must communicate effectively in verbal and written format at all levels, including project documentation for clients, project reporting and day to day discussion of tasks with engineers and others.

You will be responsible for identifying and tracking all changes or potential changes to the project baseline and subsequent underpinning of change control mechanisms. Providing project outturns against baseline for LFE and Knowledge Management.

Must be able to draw on significant experience to suggest improvements and best practices which can applied to the portfolio.

Fully partake in estimating process to ensure consistency across all estimates produced for new work packages.

Understand EV principles and be able to explain variances within the project and discuss potential mitigation options / recovery scenarios with stakeholders.

Ability to apply change control measures and a thorough understanding of the NEC contract model.

The successful candidate can commence work with BPSS security clearance whilst SC clearance and Site Passes are in process.