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Planning Manager
Job Posted: 24 days ago
Salary: £ 85,000/Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Gatwick, Surrey
Expire in: 3 days
Job Description
ROLE: Planning Manager (Major Projects)
LOCATION: Gatwick, East Sussex - Hybrid
SALARY: Upto Circa upto £85,000 DOE + benefits
THE COMPANY
This company acts as a vital piece of UK national infrastructure and a major driver for regional and national economies. They offer you the perfect opportunity to diversify your career while prioritising what matters most to you. This is a place where innovation thrives, work-life balance is valued, and skills are nurtured.
THE JOB
The Planning Manager job will play a key role, supporting the Lead Planning Manager. You'll take a key role in leading the planning of projects across all stages of their lifecycle, from concept approval to delivery and closeout. Your mission is to make sure performance targets are not just met but surpassed consistently and on time. Your primary focus will be on developing, implementing, and delivering effective planning and assurance processes across a programme of projects typically valued in excess of £150m.
Your duties will include:
* Creating and maintaining schedules for the entire project journey, including internal and external interfaces. This will include managing the control programmes from project concept to closeout, managing contract program evaluations, assessing compensation events, conducting delay analysis and helping to drive schedule improvements through to our supply chain
* Playing a major role in leading and managing planning teams for the programme. You'll expertly apply your knowledge and skills across multiple projects, to help us achieve our strategic goals.
* Helping the planning team grow by contributing to the development of standards, managing, motivating, coaching and mentoring team members. You'll be excited about helping talented individuals reach their potential.
* Reviewing the Programme, assisting in trend and change processes, reporting, risk management and finding ways to be more efficient that might positively affect programme outcomes and your teams' performance.
* Continuously developing and upholding world-class health, safety, and environmental standards across the programme and its contractors. We aim to achieve health, safety and environmental excellence.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
* Previous experience planning infrastructure projects as a Senior Planner on multi-year programmes within the construction or infrastructure sectors working on projects/programmes typically more than £100 million.
* Previous experience leading small teams.
* Extensive experience of Primavera P6 and related commercial acumen
* Demonstrable experience in communicating with a wide range of stakeholders to explain complex or abstract ideas straightforwardly.
* Proven leadership and influencing skills, along with the ability to motivate, coach, facilitate, and create learning opportunities for others.
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