Costain have won extensive work across the water sector this year to support the AMP 8 investment cycle.

We have been appointed by United Utilities as one of 7 partners to the Enterprise, delivering £5.5bn of projects in the Asset Management Period 8 (AMP8) between 2025 – 2030, and AMP 9 (2030 – 2035). Our scope is to provide project management, design, construction and commissioning services on design and build schemes throughout the North West and Cumbria region covered by United Utilities. Projects vary in value, covering both infrastructure and non-infrastructure assets on water and wastewater sites with wider Enterprise partners.

Reporting to the Planning Lead, the Senior Planner will be responsible for ensuring the projects are kept on track by updating and maintaining the project programme. Initially the role will be in the pre-construction phase, monitoring the design programme and developing the delivery programme with the design information as it becomes available. The programme would continue to be maintained through the delivery phase through to handover and closedown.

This role is based on our Sale project and site presence required 3 days a week minimum

Prepare robust tender and contract programmes using the designated planning tool, that link design, procurement, construction, installation, commissioning and handover, in line with the project life cycle.
Display and analyse the project Critical Path and advise the project team (Inc. client) of the results and any appropriate corrective action
Produce/maintain project baselines and execute change control process as appropriate.
Correctly record project progress in the programme, reschedule programme to take effect of the progress data and communicate the results to the project team and advise of any appropriate corrective action
Produce programmes that satisfy contractual requirements.
All programmes and documentation to be produced to company practices and procedures.
Manage several programmes and support Planning Engineers/Junior Planning Engineers including supervision and checking of work to ensure that all work complies with company standards and procedures.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Essential

Extensive experience in the use of Primavera P6
Construction / Engineering Experience
Ability to engage and build strong relationships with stakeholders, striving for mutual success
Able to actively administer and manage NEC forms of contract
Able to work and learn quickly in a fast paced, fun and dynamic environment
Care about doing a great job and exceeding expectations with the quality of what you do
Flexibility and adaptability to be able to respond rapidly to unexpected events, having the ability to shape our responses appropriately
Excellent written and oral presentation skills to present complex interdependencies simply and clearly

Desirable

Water industry experience
Enterprise working

HNC/HND, degree qualified or experience in a planning related discipline
CSCS
Full UK Driving Licence
Proficient in Microsoft office
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Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

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