Associate Planner in London

Overview

As Planning Manager you will support the Programme Manager to deliver strategic aims through effective planning and assurance across a multi-project programme. You’ll lead planning across projects typically valued at 100-150m, ensuring targets are met and schedules stay current. You will develop and mentor the planning team, maintain accurate schedules, and integrate planning with cost, risk, and safety objectives. This is a chance to shape planning processes in a global, digitally-led firm that values excellence and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the programme planning team across multiple projects to achieve business outcomes
• Develop and maintain schedules throughout the project lifecycle
• Assess contract programmes and delay events; perform time impact analyses
• Coordinate schedule reporting and classification for tender and actual durations in the estimating database
• Support cost reviews and alignment of cost plan with programme
• Assist Monthly Cost Forecasts using cost plans and schedules
• Manage Programme/Project Risk and Opportunity Register to identify efficiencies
• Promote world-class health, safety and environmental standards across the programme

Key requirements

• Degree or equivalent in construction or business-related field (or higher)
• Membership of a professional body such as RICS
• Typically 10 years’ experience as a senior planner on multi-year programmes (>50m)
• 3–5 years’ experience leading small teams (2–3 people)
• Significant experience with Primavera P6
• Experience planning multiple interfacing, concurrent projects
• Commercial and financial awareness; knowledge of NEC contracts desirable
• Strong leadership, influencing, and communication skills
• Ability to articulate complex ideas to senior stakeholders
• Knowledge of airport environments desirable
• Personal resilience and ability to manage ambiguity

• leadership
• communication
• mentoring and coaching
• Primavera P6
• contract programme assessment
• delay analysis

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