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Planner
April 29, 2022 | Comments Off on Planner
Location: Flexible working available, where you will be initially based out of one of our offices in Stafford, Gloucester or Bristol with home working available and some travel to other offices and sites
Business area: Strategic Highways
Contract / Hours: Permanent, Full-Time
Salary: £competitive + Company Car + Private Healthcare + Benefits
We are Kier, one of the UK's leading construction and infrastructure services, working on projects such as Local and Strategic Highways. You can be who you want to be and achieve what you want to achieve with Kier Group. We're a team of teams, built on people from all backgrounds and experiences: giving you all you need to succeed and every chance to develop your potential to the full. That approach has seen us become one of the UK's leading names in Regional Build, Highways, Utilities and Infrastructure - and offers you a rewarding role in a company where 'you can'.
A great opportunity for a Planner (or Planning Engineer) to join the Highways team in West Midlands. The successful candidate will be working as a member of integrated planning and project controls team, under the direction and leadership of the project planning manager.
Key Responsibilities
The Planner's responsibilities include all aspects of planning, phasing, coordination and sequencing for tenders and live projects, including the incorporation of design, procurement and pre-construction activities into a fully integrated, logic linked programme. This will include timely and accurate progress updates, development and maintenance of the integrated schedule, and provision of time-related data and analysis.
What do we need from you?
This role will require somebody with experience gained on major projects with a main contractor or design consulting organisation and must be able to develop survey, design and construction programmes based on agreed methodology and to assist site teams in preparation of detailed look-ahead programmes, reviews of sub-contractor programmes, as well as providing key performance data for the production monitoring and management information system. Ability to understand and demonstrate knowledge of highways design and construction methodology. Good IT skills and experience of using professional planning tools such as Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project.
In return we offer an opportunity to work on some of the most exciting major infrastructure projects, in a fast-paced environment where each day brings new challenges as well as a competitive salary and benefits package.
Kier Benefits:
- A company car or allowance of £5,300p.a
- Private healthcare
- A matched pension scheme up to 7.5%, 26 days' annual leave + bank holidays
- Two employee Share Scheme options (Sharesave and Share Incentive Plan).
Kier is committed to creating supportive and inclusive opportunities for all our applicants and employees. We appreciate applicants from all backgrounds and we specifically encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. Visit our website to learn more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please let us know so we can discuss and arrange these by emailing .
Closing Date: Friday 27th May 2022
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.
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