Planning Manager
Location: Blechley, Buckinghamshire
Lodging / accommodation available for candidates who don't live within commutable distance from site.
Job Summary
A leading player in the civil engineering and infrastructure sector, is looking for an experienced Planning Manager with an engineering bias to join their team who will be working on a brand new multi million pound railway depot upgrade project based in Milton Keynes
To be suitable for the position you must have;
- Experience as a Planning Manager or Senior Planning Engineer in the rail / civil infrastructure sector.
- Competent in project management software - Primavera Version 6+
- Extensive experience in programme and project management, project planning, including programme controls, project review, and cost and risk analysis
- Experience working on Railway Depot or Station upgrade projects would be desirable
- An excellent knowledge in applying planning software to create clear, comprehensible and realistic programmes.
- An Engineering bias and understanding
- Hold a degree in a relevent subject (civil / structural engineering)
As Planning Manager you will:
- Lead the Planning team to provide planning support for all aspects of the project planning Provide coordinated planning strategies for the project
- Provide programmes as required for pre-construction and construction activities
- Produce and monitor programme and planning activities
- Provide planning direction, training and support to key members of the project team
- Anticipate opportunities for risks in advance and advise on options to resolve
- Produce tender programmes compliant with ITT, tender sum, design (where appropriate), assurance, and methodology agreed with suppliers and bid teams
- Produce other programme tender deliverables as required by bid team
- Deliver presentation of tender programme to both Internal and external customers.
Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 per annum negotiable dependant on level plus
- Car Allowance / Car
- Company Pension Scheme
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Lodging Allowance where required.
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