Senior Planner

Overview

Opportunity for a Senior Planner to join our Life Science Team in Oxford.

The Senior Planner is responsible for developing the baseline contract programme which includes design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover.

John Sisk & Son have been building excellence as a family-owned international construction company by offering trust, certainty, and value to our clients whilst being at the heart of change.

Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation of a construction (target) programme highlighting areas of improvement against the contract programme.
• Develop tendering programmes and validate these with the supply chain including preparation of settlement information.
• Ensure all programmes are fully logic linked to generate a robust critical path and subsequent float paths, and be able to analyze these.
• Plan from first principles by developing own logic, assessing quantum of work, calculating periods, and resource loading.
• Prepare sequence sketches and 'mark ups' for logistics, including planning workbooks to support the 'bases' of the programme.
• Support the development of 4D programmes (desirable).
• Engage with the supply chain to develop/validate the project programme regarding design, lead-ins, construction periods, plant & labour requirements.
• Document programme risks related to H&S, commercial, quality, and time risks.
• Include appropriate hold points for inspections and quality sign-offs.
• Identify opportunities and create conditions to capitalize on these.
• Familiarity with different forms of contract including NEC and make clear provisions for Time Risk Allowance (TRA) and Terminal Float.
• Maintain electronic files and administration of planning and programme documents to facilitate retrieval as required, using the common data environment (CDE).
• Produce contract and tender programme files to a high standard that can pass a (CIOB or DCMA quality check).

Experience

• Successful record of working with clients, contractors, and other stakeholders on live construction projects.
• Experience working within a team.
• Extensive knowledge of the UK and EU legal framework, particularly contract management.
• Experience managing & developing junior planners.
• Experience in laboratory constructions and high-tech manufacturing facilities (desirable).
• Effective communication and people skills required.
• Excellent IT skills.
• Experience in Asta Power Project & Primavera P6.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree or diploma.
• Qualifications in construction management.
• Certification for use of planning and programme software (desirable).
• Membership of a relevant professional body, where applicable (desirable).
• Advanced Asta Powerproject Training - Progress Analysis & S-curve reporting.
• Advanced Primavera P6 Training - Managing costs & resource management.
• Advanced contract awareness - Understanding JCT and NEC forms of contract.
• Basic BIM training and understanding of the common data environment.

Additional Information

• 26 days holiday (option to purchase 5 more).
• Company car or car allowance.
• Employer pension.
• Competitive mileage rate.
• Travel expenses.
• Flexible and remote working.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Professional and educational development.

Our people are at the heart of our success and our proposition to them is to work with purpose, have time for life, build a career with no limits, and surround yourself with great people.

The full job specification is available on request.

Our Internal Recruitment Team fulfills all vacancies on a direct basis. Unsolicited contact by unapproved agencies (sharing speculative CVs) will not be accepted and introductory fees will not apply.

At Sisk, we are committed to attracting and hiring diverse talent into our organization. We know the confidence gap and imposter phenomenon can get in the way of meeting remarkable candidates. We also know that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don't apply for roles if they don't feel they meet all the criteria. Give your transferable skills the chance to tell the full story. It's not all about your technical expertise. Don't hold back, we'd love to hear from you.