Project Planner

Job Title: Project Planner

Location: Manchester

Salary: GBP40,000 - GBP60,000 (Negotiable)

The Client

Our client are a highly respected national full building envelope contractor, they are looking to add an experienced Project Planner to their team.

The Role of Project Planner

This role requires individuals with aspirations to develop/further enhance their career in planning, programming and project management working on all aspects of initial planning, phasing, coordination and sequencing for our clients project tender programmes.

A driven individual with a can-do attitude and will use their experience, enthusiasm and skills to help the department drive efficiency and performance.

• Working with the tender, pre-construction and delivery teams on a range of opportunities and live projects by collaboratively developing and maintaining robust detailed project plans.
• Preparing project specific programmes for inclusion within the Tender submission.
• Establishing optimal construction methodologies, logic sequences & working outputs by producing programmes for review and preparing logistics proposal.
• Pro-actively ensuring that planning standards are maintained across all projects and planning & control procedures are adhered to.
• Assisting the Operations teams with tracking changes and progress on live projects where required to take into account delays, site progression and commercial impact.
• Visit sites, attend progress meetings, monitor progress and assist to update short term plans and construction programmes.
• Learn to communicate and quantify the effects of progress on key dates.
• To promote a partnership ethos within the Pre-Construction department of Estimating and Planning as well as Operations teams by developing and maintaining close working relationships both internally and with external client's team.

To Succeed the Project Planner will need:

• Knowledge / Experience of project planning systems and software such as Microsoft Project (desirable) and Asta Powerproject.
• Experience within the construction industry or related industry (preferable).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good standard of general IT literacy; proficient in use of Word and Excel.
• Good basic standard of general literacy and numeracy.
• Able to communicate with team members and departments to either relay or gather information, and to assist with preparing reports and updating information on site.

What's On Offer

• Salary of GBP40,00 - GBP60,000
• Car/Car Allowance
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• Pension - 8%