Project Planner

**About the role**
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a **Project Planner**to join our BB Kilpatrick team to work on the PPP Framework at **Sellafield, Seascale.**

**Role Purpose**:

- Under the supervision of the Project Lead and Planning Manager, to be responsible for implementing the requirements of the project planning procedures, ensuring compliance with the business management system.
- To establish and maintain positive and effective relationships with customers, project team and delivery partners.

**What you'll be doing**
As a **Project Planner**you will be:

- Ensuring that the programme content is functionally compliant with the planning procedures and guidance
- Identifying planning scope, major constraints and contract requirements
- Identifying major quantities and factors affecting the programme
- Establishing and agreeing key methods of construction, sequencing, installation and commissioning and reflecting within the schedule logic
- Producing and documenting the planning deliverables including programmes, planning philosophy, presentations and reports
- Developing and maintaining the overall programme, issue to all parties for review and implement recommendations, innovation and best practice as applicable
- Analysing schedule performance and producing detailed periodic reports for client submission and implementing change where applicable
- Analysing and Evaluating Integrated schedule movement, working alongside other delivery partners to produce a cohesive narrative

**Who we're looking for**
Personal Qualities and Experience:

- **3-5 years of hands-on experience in construction planning is essential**:

- the role requires**someone to take ownership of the project, tackle challenges independently, and make decisions confidently without needing close guidance
- Substantial experience of planning services within large complex environments within the construction and engineering industry
- Good experience in the use of planning techniques and the required planning toolsets
- Good understanding of various forms of contract documents and specifications
- Good understanding of various methods of planning, programming and progress monitoring
- Good understanding of risk and opportunity management with particular reference to planning/programming
- Good understanding of the events that initiate, and of the methods used to demonstrate, delay or change entitlement
- Good understanding of the construction market, methods of construction, plant, equipment and labour requirements
- Relevant CSCS Card

**Why work for us**
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key 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

**About us**
Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick is a leader in mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (ME&I) solutions.

We design, install and maintain the complex systems and technologies that underpin the UK’s national infrastructure and bring buildings to life.

**Diversity and inclusion**

Job Reference: BBUK13656