Project Planning Manager

JA1341 - Project Planning Manager (M&E)
Location - Macclesfield 
Type - Permanent 
Hours- Full time: 36.5 
Salary- £70k - £85k 

Overview: 
 
We are currently recruiting for a M,E & A Planner/Manager to join our client’s team. The successful candidate’s primary function is to support Project teams in providing planning and monitoring services on projects in order to establish, record and demonstrate programme activities, durations, risks and remedies. 
  
Key Responsibilities:  

• The primary function of the Project Planning and Project controls lead is to support Project teams in providing planning and monitoring services on projects in order to establish, record and demonstrate programme activities, durations, risks and remedies.
• Ensure that the programme content is functionally compliant with the planning procedures, identifying planning scope, major constraints and contract requirements. Establish and agree key methods of construction, sequencing, installation and commissioning. 
• Create, maintain and communicate robust plans by recording and managing project timescales and resources (people, budgets & projects) and reporting progress, productivity, cause and effect, and advising project teams of forthcoming risks. 
• Lead the project review meetings with the programme schedule driving the project. 
• Understand complex programmes, identify issues, and implement variations and testing proposal in line with business goals and objectives. 
• Engage with project teams, advise with regard to mitigating inefficiencies, whilst devising solutions for improvement taking account of contract operations in line with business goals and objectives. 
• Present forecasts of completion dates, and overall project programme, including costs to complete. 
• Ensure the requirements of the quality PDS system are effectively maintained, and improvements are identified. 
• Engagement with project teams to review performance levels of our direct workforce and subcontractors in terms of safety, quality, workmanship, productivity and compliance with completion schedules.
• Regular site attendance on projects to ensure accurate progress and see that project activities are monitored, ensuring the project team are maintaining progress in line with the latest programme. 
• Produce resource programmes throughout the project duration commencing at tender stage through to completion. Liaise with labour management to ensure the latest information available has been shared. 
• Ensure resource planning practices and standards are consistent across each project. 
• Provide robust challenge to the delivery team with regards to project delivery’ 
• Key Account Delivery Manager Operational 
• Planning & Project controls Regional Functionally 
• Assistant / Trainee Planner 
•  Provide support information to the Business Development Team on Expressions of interest and Pre-qualification submissions. 
• Attending interviews with the Business Development Team. 

Tender Bids: 

•  Providing advice on programming to support the estimating team on Tender Bids. 

Meetings: 

• Attending internal tender Meetings with the Estimating Team and agree planning input in the Estimating process. 
• Attendance at client programme meetings during the whole project life cycle. 
• Attendance at internal Contract Control meetings and contributing to setting financial targets and objectives. 
• Attendance at internal Contracts review meetings. 

 Visits to site: 

• Conduct site visits to verify and audit progress to ensure that installation is progressing in line with the latest programme. 

Skills & Experience:

• Knowledge · An overall knowledge and understanding of a wide variety of traditional construction methods and building services
• Knowledge of all Microsoft packages
• Commercial awareness
• Advanced user of Asta PowerProject software
• Advanced user of P6 Programme software
• Competent user of Excel data
• Detailed knowledge of Project dashboard data 
• Skills & Experience:  
• 5 years relevant project planning experience within a contracting environment (or demonstrate the necessary skill sets or experience to make the transition into this role.) 
• Understanding of earned value analysis and productivity measurement 
• Proficiency in the use of planning techniques and the required planning toolsets, 
• Experience of using all Microsoft packages 
• An understanding of various forms of tender documents, contract documents and specifications 
• An understanding of risk and opportunity management with particular reference to planning programming  

 
Essential 

• Electrical and Mechanical underpinning knowledge 
• NVQ Level 4 Construction Contracting Operations (planning) 
• Valid CSCS card 

Benefits: 

• Healthcare- Single 
• Life Assurance- x4 salary 
• Holidays- 25 Days + BH’s 

Location- This role will be based at Macclesfield four days a week with the option of working from Manchester or hybrid for the fifth day