Senior Planner

BCS are recruiting for a Senior Planner for a well-established Interior Fit-out Contractor to work on a 1 year contract based in Aldermaston. Responsibilities & Main Tasks • Lead and liaise with other Space Planner(s) and all members of project(s) teams to ensure all project(s) are delivered within time and budget. • Lead planning management and support to both pre-contract and contract operations. • Produce, manage and update programmes for acceptance in line with NEC contract requirements and communicate programmes to both internal and external stakeholders. • Manage and incorporate change events into construction programmes and liaise with the project(s) commercial team to secure full entitlement under the contract. • Measure, forecast and control against agreed programme baseline including monitoring of performance and providing input to coordination of operations to project teams. • Provide robust, accurate forecast information to internal stakeholders including detailed information for each period. • Produce programme outputs as required by the projects(s) including Critical Path, short term lookaheads, sub-contractor inputs etc. • Provide support to corrective action and develop recovery plans when required. • Support opportunity and risk management process including ensuring time risk allowance is included within programmes. • Support sub-contractor programme information and maintain excellent working relationships with all stakeholders. Requirements: • Project controls / Project management qualification. • Degree / HNC in an engineering / construction discipline. • Minimum of 5 years’ experience of project planning within civil / construction sector (Ideally with some Leadership Experience) • Proven Detailed knowledge of planning techniques including critical path analysis and ability to produce fully logic-linked, resource loaded programmes. • Advanced user of Oracle Primavera P6 • Detailed understanding of programme reporting requirements including the implementation and use of Earned Value Management (EVM) techniques. • Extensive knowledge of programme requirements under NEC Contracts including the assessment and implementation of compensation events • Ability in the use of CEMAR in managing NEC Contracts • Independently manage own time accurately to meet strict deadlines. • Security Clearance (SC) - UKSV (Vetting Service) – Previous security clearance would be advantageous