Senior Planning Manager

Location: Stratford

In a Nutshell…

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Planning Manager to join our team within Vistry South London, at our locations across the region. As our Senior Planning Manager you will over live sites, tendering and the development of assistant/project planners.

Projects typically range from £60m to £200m and are often on restricted city centre sites that require a careful consideration of logistics and phasing.

Candidates will have extensive knowledge and experience of pre- construction planning.

We value in-person collaboration and team culture, but we're also committed to supporting flexible working where possible. We encourage you to raise any specific requirements during the interview process so we can explore how this could be accommodated.

Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you…

Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
Company car or car allowance
Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees
Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service
2 Volunteering days per annum
Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover
Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice
Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary
Share save and share incentive schemes
Employee rewards portal with many more benefits…In return, what we would like from you…

Behave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring and Quality
Methodical, imaginative and analytical thinker, with practical construction experience combined with sound knowledge of planning, programming and control processes
Must be able to demonstrate an ability to work harmoniously within a team of professionally qualified people and perform effectively and efficiently when working to demanding timescales
Must have enthusiasm, drive and conviction, inspire confidence and bring their own knowledge and that of others together to the benefit of the projects
Candidate will most likely have several years practical on site experience combined with experience of tender stage planning and/or onsite planning within a developer / contracting organisation
Identify project constraints, critical resource requirements, and recommend time risk contingency allowances
Ensure compliance with business planning & control procedures
Input into contractual programme issues (Delay analysis, entitlement assessments etc.)
Excellent IT skills and relevant knowledge of Planning software including MS Project, Asta Power Project and Primavera P6 (Noting Asta software will be used)
An excellent appreciation of the issues and challenges of developing and managing project programmes for residential building projects through all lifecycle stages.
An excellent knowledge of modern construction methods & techniques.
An excellent knowledge of the construction process from feasibility to handover.
A keen understanding of the importance of Health & Safety, Environmental and Quality issues and a good awareness of relevant legislation
Excellent numeric skills and the ability to think analytically with proficiency in identifying sequence of operations for project delivery and representing these in a logically linked resourced programmes
Communicates clearly and concisely both orally and in writing; listens actively to others, asks questions to understand their needs; gives clear instructions; handles disagreements and conflict effectively. Ensures others fully understand the message being conveyed. Communicates their views & concerns openly, honestly and will constructively challenge others
Possesses good presentation skills and is able to present the methodology and programming aspects of a project in a manner appropriate to the target audience
Generates and applies new ideas; identifies alternatives to traditional methods; open minded and thinks outside of own area; encourages new ways of working; questions existing ways of doing things. Looks for different application of existing ideas and generation of new ideas to deliver improvements to the business

More about the Senior Planner role…

Develop the accuracy of our forward planning and accurate forecast for project completion across the business
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