Assistant Planner

Assistant Planner required for an award winning contractor operating across the construction sector. As an Assistant Planner you’ll join an established well regarded planning team and work on live projects and tenders. Due to more work wins, to an already strong order book, they are looking to recruit a high calibre Assistant Planner to work out of their Manchester office. This is an excellent opportunity for anyone who is working as a site manager, assistant site manager or PM to move into planning to learn and develop as an assistant planner with a very well regarded company. Ideally you will be familiar with using ASTA.
The Role
Assist in the production of schedules as well as obtain and analyse quotes for all time-related preliminaries.
Monitor and record progress on site
Evaluate scope changes, cost trends, additional work orders and other elements
Prepare and review analytical programmes for a given project to be used within the tender submission
Develop project schedules and or preliminary cost estimates
Evaluate scope changes, cost trends, additional work orders and other elements.
About you.
Be able to use ASTA to update programmes
Have a demonstrable background in construction within trades, site management or project management ideally with some experience in planning though not essential.
Have a strong understand of construction methods
Be competent in understanding the planning process
Be looking to grow as a planner