Planner, Construction, Civil Engineering

Job Description

We have a vacancy for a Planner, with one of our bigger construction clients.

Minimum requirements:

• Construction experience (preferably on site) in a supervisory role.

• BSC Construction Management / Civil Eng, BTech.

• Working knowledge of the software to be used for the project.

• At least 2 years’ experience with CCS and/or equal software for a planner.

• Hands on experience on the procedures required to construct the most common scope items on the project.

• Experience in formulating a logical chain of events or activities with relationships to produce a workable and achievable contractual deliverable.

• Experience on how to demonstrate time entitlement within the parameters of various contract types.

• Knowledge of the principles used to calculate and estimate the durations and interfaces of the activities required to produce the scope of work for the project.

• Knowledge of the measurement of “Earned Value” and the development of quantifiable activities in a schedule.

• Experience in MS Office applications such as Excel, Access, Word etc.

• Construction Planner should have extensive knowledge and experience of JBCC contract interpretations with regards to “Extension of Time Claims” and the methodologies for analysing and demonstrating impacts in the schedule and how to demonstrate it in the approved software.

Your responsibility will include:

• Analyse the tender documents & compile a resource based tender programme.

• Assist with the pricing of the Preliminaries based on the programme requirements.

• Compile a method statement when required to do so.

• Assist Contract Managers and site teams in compiling the detailed construction programmes and information required schedules.

• Assist site team in regularly monitoring & updating the contract programmes.

• Assist Contract Managers and site teams with compiling the cause-and-effect programme to justify the extension of time claims.

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