Project Planner

Job Title - Project Planner

Location - Windsor

Project - £60m New Build / Refurb Project

Salary - £50,000 / £60,000+ Bonus + an excellent package

The Role

Cobalt are working with a global top tier main contractor that are looking for a Project Planner to help run and manager a £60m new build / refurb Project. The building is listed, so previous experience working within this market would be beneficial. The project is just about to go live and has about 2 years' worth of work. Our client have a pipeline of other projects around the Western Home Counties that include some schools, residential projects and large commercial schemes.

Responsibilities

• Reporting in to the Head of Planning / Leasing with the client
• Overseeing the overall project programmes for design, procurement and construction, decanting and commissioning.
• Assisting with value engineering.
• Providing a planning and logistics strategy.
• Providing expert critical analysis of the sequencing methodologies.
• Maintaining and updating the work package document, including the present and future procurement schedules, package content sheets and bar charts.
• Advising the project teams on programming issues and ways to improve in order to better the programme duration. - Incorporating package contract programmes in the main programme.
• Overseeing the progress of the site, reporting any deviations to the programme.
• Ensuring optimum efficiency by challenging the package proposals.
• Keeping up to date with advancements on the technical side.
• Creating planning meetings to identify any areas of the procurement, design and construction which could be improved on as well as getting all three disciplines are communicating
• Gathering information from the construction teams and prepare weekly, monthly and quarterly progress reports. - Keeping regular contact with the Site Managers to create and agree programme and implementation activities.
• Speaking to Site / Package Managers to develop short and long term plans.
• Creating and issuing the monthly report and weekly 'S' curves.

Experience required

• Degree qualified or similar.
• At least 6 years' experience working as a Project Planner for a leading Main Contractor. Ideally within the residential sector
• Proficient using ASTA Power Project.
• Experience working on a build project over £25m.
• Strong planning, excellent problem solving and good communication skills required.
• Professionally qualified (MCIOB, MRICS) would be advantageous.

If you feel that this is the role for you, please apply below with your latest CV.