Assistant Planner – Main Construction Contractor - up to £55k + Competitive Package

The Company

A great opportunity for a Junior Planner to join a large main contractor in London, who specialise in large residential and mix use developments.  This Main Contractor has grown to £500million and have a strong portfolio of projects and great pipeline of work .

They are looking for 2 Junior Planners, who will be looking after 3 projects in London and reporting to Senior Planner.

This main contractor values their staff and has a close knit team, with great community and family feel. They work on a prestigious projects and due to growth in the business are seeking to build their planning team.

Responsibilities

Provide planning support to both the pre-contract and delivery teams in accordance with Company policy, procedures and quality standards.

Tender Stage:

• Assist the planner / senior planner with production of the tender programme
• Assist the planner / senior planner with production of the tender deliverables as required

Construction / Delivery Stage:

• Capture and input ‘actual data’ to the current programme of site works, as directed by senior
• planner / planner / project manager
• Assist with production of the monthly and period updated programme, progress reports and revised forecasts and its communication to the site team, client and all major stakeholders

Requirements

• Educated to professional level with a relevant degree or equivalent in Construction
• Business and commercial awareness to actively measure and monitor performance with the ability to present results in a logical manner to support continuous improvement
• Site experience on projects
• Numerical and analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and information and produce it in a clear and logical format
• Competent user of Asta Power Project and other MS packages
• Ability to work in a team environment with minimum supervision
• Logical whilst creative approach to problem solving
• Organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload and meet tight deadlines
• Oral communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to take a confident but diplomatic approach with colleagues and other internal and external customers