Project Planner

The Company:

We are working with a leading, national, building contractor whose Manchester Office has created a great reputation for delivering varied and interesting projects for clients based in the North West of England.

Of the 30+ people we have placed in roles with this company most are still with the business, many have progressed in to new roles and the vast majority of people we send for interview with this business want to work for them.

They have a very approachable and successful senior management team, secure the overwhelming majority of their projects through negotiation (they are good at what they do and tend to leave their clients pleased with their projects) and are also members of a number of key public sector, procurement frameworks. Although they are one of the Top 20 Construction Groups in the UK they have the feel of a smaller family business where employees are valued and supported.

They are cash rich, make good margins on their projects, have an excellent supply chain who they pay promptly and treat with respect (we know this from personal experience!), staff turnover is low and their Glassdoor rating is among the best in the industry.

The Role:

They are now in a position to add to their North West Planning team due to growth.

Projects are constructed for both Public and Private Sector clients and are generally either commercial, education, leisure, education, multi storey residential or industrial in nature valued to £100 Million.

The initial focus is to oversee the progress of 2 projects, 1 is a mixed use office and leisure development, the other a large apartment development – both are on site and progressing well.

Reporting in to the Regional Planner you'll generally be involved in both tender and contract planning with typical duties including;

Analyse construction methodologies looking for areas of improvement.

Liaise with the Client and their representatives on planning matters.

Prepare tender programmes.

Attend client interviews and meetings where you will explain programmes and methodology.

Prepare master programmes, updating progress and forecasting completions.

Identify and mitigate risk whilst ensuring Health, Safety and Environmental considerations are taken in to account.

Work with the Planning team to identify and champion Best Practice.

You:

To be successful in this role you will need to have worked in a Planning role previously for a building contractor on significant projects similar to those described above.

You will be based in or be able to commute to the North West of England.

IT literate with experience using specialist planning software – they use ASTA.

Rewards:

You will get the chance to work on significant, high profile projects in the North West.

You will receive a good salary package with extensive benefits including a bonus that has been paid in 14 of the last 15 yrs.

The opportunity to work with an award winning, forward thinking organisation that have an excellent order book, varied and high profile schemes who provide an exciting environment to work in