Lead Planner

Summary of Lead Planner Job Vacancy - London

A Lead Planner is required to join a leading contractor to undertake an exciting and challenging role, you will be based on new build projects with values circa £150M

Responsibilities and Duties

During your role of a Lead Planner, you will be responsible for the following,

• Establish and maintain the project schedule on multiple residential projects.
• Daily planning and reporting duties.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with external customers.
• Ensure that all resources for coordination are on board and in line with the project strategy
• Responsible to review the planning process and report confidence in project status to management.
• Perform analysis of work and develop further strategies that can potentially benefit the smooth running and efficiency of projects
• Work with the construction or the pre-construction teams to meet project objectives

Desired Skills and Experience

• Maintain good working relationships with colleagues, clients, and suppliers
• Significant level of experience across a range of construction projects
• Experience of mentoring planners/ production teams
• Used to working with minimal supervision and have a strong ability to use your own initiative
• Working knowledge in all aspects of design, procurement, production and commissioning
• Excellent organisational skills and ability to adhere to strict deadlines on a daily & weekly basis
• Experienced in using specialist planning software is desired
• Effective communicator across all levels

Employing Company Overview and Profile

The Interviewing Company are a leading contractor both nationally and internationally, they are seeking a Lead Planner to add value and strength to a growing company.