Planner

Bringing together the skills and expertise of **Octavius Regional Civil Engineering (ORCE)** and **Octavius Highways**, we are building a portfolio of work in the Eastern region covering Herts, Beds, Bucks, Essex and Norfolk. Works include infrastructure projects encompassing roads, highways and structures.

As a result we are looking to recruit a Planner or Planning Engineer to help us in the execution of this work and continue delivering safe, sustainable, and efficient transport solutions across the UK.

This is a hybrid role where you'll have autonomy to manage your own time visiting sites, and project offices on a regular basis and working from home to suit both you and keep up with demands of the programme of works.

**You'll be working on. (what your role and responsibility is)**
- Develop, produce and update programmes for multiple projects across a range of disciplines.
- Work with the estimators and delivery team to produce programmes that are commercially attractive to the client.
- Help the team to identify and evaluate the risks within the project, not only with regards to planning, but the project as a whole.
- Ensure that legislative, Octavius' and customers' mandatory policies and procedures are delivered appropriately within the governance framework.
- Develop relationships with other teams to ensure that we share resources, innovation, and process to deliver efficiently as one.
- Identify better and/or more efficient ways of achieving the current outcomes.
- Put safety, health and wellbeing at the heart of decision making.
- Put the Environment and Sustainability at the heart of decision making.
- Actively participate in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) events.

**You'll work with(because relationships are important)**

Our pre-delivery managers, customers, stakeholders, our main design partner, other designers, supplier partners, and our delivery teams to plan a package of works and create solutions that delight our customers.

**You'll receive. (because we value you)**

We offer a competitive rewards package, including a Company Car scheme, Private Healthcare, Pension, Life Assurance cover, 25 days Annual Leave (and a day off for your birthday). You'll also have access to Hybrid working where possible, an enhanced Paternity & Maternity package and the opportunity to develop yourself personally and professionally.

**About you. (what you are skilled at)**
- Engineering knowledge with relevant experience in suitable disciplines (such as Structures, Buildings, Geotechnical, earthworks, highways)
- The ability to plan from first principles.
- Working knowledge of planning software (such as MS-Project, Asta Powerproject or P6 Primavera).
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Good level of NEC3 knowledge, and knowledge of how it should be applied to the contract programme.
- Understanding of construction design.

**You'll bring(your wealth of experience & qualifications)**
- A related degree, diploma, or vocational qualification, or equivalent demonstrable experience in Civil Engineering.
- Completion of courses relevant to a career in planning.
- Previous experience with a tier one contracting group operating in civil engineering, highways or earthworks.