Senior Planner

Who is Turner & Townsend?

All over the world people are using buildings, infrastructure, and assets we helped to deliver. It could be the hospital they work in, the railway they travel on every day, the fuel that powers their car or the data centre they depend on at work. For more than 75 years we’ve been helping to deliver transformational programmes across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors, making a difference to people’s lives and ensuring a return on investment for our clients and their investors.

Our purpose:

Transforming performance for a green, inclusive, and productive world.

The world is changing and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it. Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us. We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. It’s how we’ve made the difference for more than 75 years.

Our values:

Love a challenge: We love a challenge and we work hard to make change happen and see things through. We don’t stand still, challenging ourselves and others to do better every day. And we are trusted to do the right thing, raising standards all the time.

Stronger together: We’re stronger together by connecting people in diverse teams, so that we can all collaborate to deliver our best work. We focus on what matters and use our influence to build a better world for everyone.

Bring out the best in everyone: We bring out the best in everyone. We help each other to make the most of our potential, always learning from our experience. We treat each other with care and respect and make time to give everyone a voice.

The Senior Planner will operate in a collaborative supporting team environment, ensuring that client objectives are met. We are looking for an enthusiastic self-motivated individual who has excellent written and verbal communication skills and who wants to make a difference to the Project Management division.

Key responsibilities

• Provide support to the project team for all planning functions ensuring that issues within the programme are highlighted and understood.
• Give appropriate planning advice and direction to project team members & all relevant Stakeholders and produce programme assurance reports on our Client commissions.
• Produce progress reports showing variance against the baselines.
• Deliver Period Programme Updates and input to project reports.
• Coordinate between Clients and their Partners’, consultants’ and contractors’ programmes of works and compliance with the Project Programme. Reporting areas of ‘non-compliance’ for resolution.
• As appropriate and required, provide planning support to the bidding team to do all the activities necessary to submit the bidding documentations in time.
  
  

• BSc Degree in the relevant field is preferred.
• Minimum 5 - 15 years’ post graduate experience is required.
• Regional experience with professional consultancy is necessary.
• Advanced Knowledge and Proficiency with multiple discipline specific software applications such as Primavera (P6) and/or other planning and resourcing software.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Professional working knowledge of project management and Planning software and tools.
• Industry experience within utilities and water.
  
  

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment.
• Exposure to a wide range of challenging projects.

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/

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