Jobs, fresher vacancy - Project Planner • UK

Company: Turner & Townsend

UK

Job DescriptionWe are actively looking to engage with experienced planning professionals with experience delivering high-value, complex construction schemes to aid in the delivery of our busy pipeline of works. The ideal candidate should have an excellent understanding of a P6 software/data reporting, as a must, scheduling best practices, resource & cost loaded scheduling, as well as the interpersonal skills to be able to work closely with the internal stakeholders of the project team on a daily basis.The Planner will take responsibility for end to end service delivery ensuring that client objectives are met through the delivery of a value added service.Primary Responsibilities:Coordinate and lead planning sessions and workshops with clients and vendors to compile the master project/programme schedule, agreeing baselines and a critical path.Working with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to plan, develop and execute construction schedules.Regular travel to construction site is expected.Effectively work with Stakeholders, Clients, Contractors and Sub Contractors on a daily basis.Develop and maintain a detailed construction program schedule using Primavera P6 and Tableau for multi-project environments.Ensure that schedule related data from vendors, suppliers, engineering and construction contractors of actual projects is provided as feedback into the planning and scheduling systems.Implement Project Planning & Scheduling strategy, plans and procedures, reflecting both Company and contractor roles, responsibilities and expectations.Actively work with project managers, construction firms and subcontractor firms as necessary to maintain schedule integrity.Provide interface and quality assurance to Project functional groups and contractors regarding the tracking and reporting of schedule performance.Ability to coordinate & organize multiple sources of schedule inputs/performance data into a master schedule platform and deliver project/program status reports as required.Prepare and update progress reports as required by the client, including the Integrated Planning / Scheduling contribution to the monthly project report and specific reports / presentations.Produce high level and 1, 3, 6 month look ahead from P6 for reporting.Perform probabilistic analysis on integrated schedules and contractor schedules.Actively monitor and communicate any possible project issues that could delay the schedule.Conduct the required project schedule analysis, critical path analysis and schedule risk analysis for the project as a whole.Analyse deviations from the baseline in the Project Master schedule highlighting bottlenecks / delays and propose corrective actions, and highlight the overall schedule impact of any variance / change order.