Planner – Civil Engineering

Job Description

About the role

Job Title: Civils Planner

Location: Central Belt Scotland / Eurocentral

Company: Balfour Beatty

Shape something special as you progress a high profile engineering career with an industry leader. If you have the ambition to match ours, this is your chance to make a lasting impact on large scale projects as a Civils Planner within the Regional Scotland Business.

Joining a growing business, you will have scope to build your skills, explore new sectors and put your name to some of the UK’s most iconic projects. You will be joining a thriving Business Unit with an impressive portfolio of civil engineering projects in various locations throughout Scotland.

Opportunities currently exist within both project based and tender planning roles at our Maxim Eurocentral Head Office and at various locations throughout Scotland.

What you’ll be doing

Project Based

• Preparing monthly progress updates and communicating the revised Contract Programme including monthly progress reporting to Planning Lead and Site Team.
• Developing methods of construction, sequencing and programme logic.
• Preparing Stage Programmes and supporting information in accordance with the project requirements and issuing for review.
• Reconciling direct and subcontract plant & labour along with major materials and supporting Project Controls.
• Assist the Project Team to timely deliver projects and improve productivity, performance and safety.

Win Business Based

• You will work with the Planning Lead & Bid Manager to provide the planning function for a wide range of civils tenders and throughout the project planning life cycle.
• Assist with identifying scope, constraints, risk and contract requirements.
• Developing key methods of construction, temporary works requirements, sequencing and programme logic.
• Interfacing with third parties and supply chain to develop proposals.
• Identifying major quantities and factors affecting the programme.
• Establishing and agreeing construction outputs and working hours with appropriate Estimator.
• Communicate the plan to Lead Planner and senior management at Tender Settlement Meetings.
• Producing and documenting the planning deliverables including tender programmes, planning philosophy, presentations and reports.
• In addition, supporting the Project Based planning requirements on live projects.

Who we’re looking for

• Operational experience (typically site engineer to sub agent) together with previous significant experience of planning services in small to medium sized projects within the construction industry.
• The role would also suit someone wishing to transition from an operations role into a planning role where appropriate training will be given.
• An understanding of construction methods, plant, equipment and labour requirements.
• Use of planning techniques with experience of using planning software such as Primavera P6, Elecosoft Asta and / or Microsoft Project. Appropriate training will be given where required.
• An understanding of various methods of planning, programming and progress monitoring.
• An understanding of delay, risk and opportunity management with particular reference to planning programming.
• An understanding of various forms of tender & contract documents, preferably with some NEC4 experience.
• Effective communication, engagement, motivation & leadership skills to drive change and positively impact the business.

Qualifications

• Degree, HND or relevant experience based skills
• Relevant CSCS Card
• Team player

Professional and personal development

The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.

We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.

We’re proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10 approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.

70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.

Benefits

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave.
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more