Planner - Dungeness
Aureos · Other
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Aureos are seeking a Planner to lead the planning function of a major nuclear decommissioning and demolition project in Dungeness.
The role requires development, agreement, update and maintenance of the Clause 31 programme under an NEC4 contract.
The successful candidate will bring strong, technical understanding of planning requirements in NEC Contracts, including required reporting cycles.
The candidate will lead collaborative planning reviews and ensure the schedule is in line with agreements made.
They will collaborate with commercial and project controls functions to maintain reporting structures, SPI’s EVM and forecasting.
Primary tasks and duties:
Financial control
- Programme analysis and summating into written reports with recommendations.
- Reviewing outputs and ensuring that programmes are submitted in line with contractual requirements.
- Programme schedule management of complex and inter-related projects and programmes of work, including resource scheduling and cost loaded programmes.
- Provide the Snr Planner with the appropriate information and insights needed to inform business decision making.
- Ensure scheme compliance with contractual requirements, process is followed for risk management and control measures in place and monitored.
- Review with the commercial team to allow detailed cost to complete models to be built and monitored.
Programme Management
- Thorough review of Tender/Cl31/Cl32 programme, ensure submission to Client in line with contractual requirement.
- Review with commercial team to understand and capture any delay entitlement. Ensure process is consistent across the business by delivering succinct reports on such matters to the planning manager.
- Review sufficiency and efficiency of resources required to deliver the work.
- Participate in the delivery of CP sessions as necessary and required by the operational delivery teams.
- Coordinate with design manager to ensure that the design activities are visible and that all activities are aligned to support the programme.
Build and maintain client relationships
- Attend start up and progress meetings with the client/site team
- Promotion of collaborative approach to programme management
Secondary tasks and duties:
We operate a team ethos across the Business Unit, and strive to assist colleagues in the execution of their duties where this is appropriate and brings added value. The planner/senior planner is responsible for the following in this respect:
- Review overall project status with the Project Management team and recommend corrective action where necessary.
- Ensure that planning outputs/reports are prepared and issued in accordance with Divisional/Project Policy.
- Ensure adherence with planning and commercial strategies to maximize entitlements on delays to the contract programme.
Behaviours
Aureos expects all employees to conduct themselves in a safe professional manner, applying the following key behaviours across all aspects of their work.
1. Trust and Respect
We act with integrity and treat everyone with respect.
- We have an open and honest working environment in which everyone contributes effectively
- We deliver on our commitments and support others across our team to deliver on theirs
2. Accountability and decision making
We ensure responsibilities are clearly defined and fulfilled, and that performance is managed fairly.
- Everyone knows what is expected of them and how their job fits into the bigger picture
- We include the right people in the right conversations, making decisions in an effective and timely manner; we take accountability for our actions and ownership of the outcomes
3. Communication and Engagement
We are a high performing, collaborative team of effective communicators.
- We willingly share information across the team to the benefit of all
- When communicating, we provide clarity and seek feedback to ensure understanding
4. Constructive Challenge
We are open to challenge and welcome diversity of opinion.
- We welcome the opinions of others, even when they differ from our own
- We challenge in a constructive and professional manner to promote success
5. Improvement and Innovation
We challenge the status quo to find better ways of working.
- Everyone in the team proactively shares ideas without fear
- We learn from successes and mistakes to promote continual improvement
Expectations summary
- Through application of the responsibilities and key behaviours listed above, Planners/Senior Planners are expected to drive the following outcomes:
- Manage tender and contract programmes in line with budget expectations and fulfil client and business requirements.
- Identify, develop, and implement target delivery programmes to capture all works and best practices.
- Assist the site team in development and delivery of regular collaborative planning workshops on a site-by-site basis.
Qualifications and Training
Essential:
- Degree qualified or similar in a relevant discipline, including civil engineering, demolition, construction
- Knowledge of industrial or nuclear regulated environments
- IT competence; Expert knowledge of Primaverra P6; integration of project controls, commercial and planning functions
Desirable:
- Recognised planning practitioner
- Knowledge or experience of demolition, decommissioning, radiologically controlled areas, asbestos regulation
- Knowledge of software and collaborative planning and digital production control tools
In return you will receive
- Generous Salary
- 25 days Holiday with the option to buy more
- Pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Employee benefits portal.
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Referral Scheme
Whether you are looking for progression in your new role or for your forever job, we will happily welcome your application.
Equal Opportunities
Aureos are an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.