Due to the growth in our Southern Region and the subsequent robust pipeline of work secured across multiple clients, we are recruiting for a number of roles. One of these roles in within the planning team. If you have a background in planning, would like to work for a values driven company and are looking for a new opportunity, read below to hear more:
The Role
The planner is responsible for supporting throughout the complete project lifecycle, from preconstruction through to delivery. In this role, the planner will engage with estimators and delivery teams to ensure compliance in planning, client requirements and commitment to the company objectives.
Key Responsibilities
General requirements
- Proactively support the estimating and delivery teams to ensure that planning standards are maintained across all projects and planning & control procedures are adhered to
- Assisting with the tender, pre-construction, and delivery of a range of opportunities and live projects by collaboratively developing and maintaining robust detailed project plans
- Assisting with establishing optimal construction methodologies, logic sequences and work outputs
- Appreciating and upholding the Health & Safety standards in all planning processes
Preconstruction requirements
- Developing animations of the project plan to aid digital rehearsal of the project construction
- Supporting the review of tender programmes and their compliance
Delivery requirements
- Fostering the planning culture with a great focus on weekly planning updates and reviews of performance
- Monitoring the critical path and key milestones, advising the delivery team on any potential changes and leading challenge and mitigation actions
- Supporting the preparation of reports and update of information displayed on sites in line with the reporting cycles
Supporting the commercial team
- Ensuring that claimable delays are captured and quantified
- Supporting the development of programmes to demonstrate the impact of change in compliance with the contractual and project-specific requirements
- Advising Operations and Commercial of project risks, float uptake and impacts on the contractual delivery dates
Caring and investing in you
Our values have been embedded at Barhale for over 40 years and they are our guiding principle regarding how we care and invest in people. Our values are our commitment to being a people-centric company.
As a Gold Investors in People company and a Sunday Times 100 Best Company to Work For, we are committed to investing in people. We are passionate about creating a working environment where people are supported throughout their careers, where people can enjoy security and be part of a company that cares about them.
From the moment you join us, your wellbeing and career aspirations will be supported by;
- Competitive salary
- Company Pension
- Life Assurance
- Private Medical
- 25 days annual leave in addition to 8 public bank holidays and loyalty days
- 8 hours volunteering
- Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental, physiological and financial wellbeing
- Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice
- Company car/green car scheme/car allowance/Van (dependent on position)
- Leadership & management training and coaching
- Regular line management engagement and appraisal to support your career progression
- Development supported by internal and externally delivered training
- Flexible working arrangements
- Annual salary review
- Continuous service awards
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About Barhale
Barhale is a business founded on family values having been established by our Chairman, Dennis Curran in 1980. We are one of the largest privately owned civil engineering and infrastructure specialists in the UK, with over 40 years of experience in providing design, civil engineering and maintenance services working across multiple sectors including:
- Water
- Transport
- Built environment
- Energy
We operate as a tier one partner for blue chip, regulated and private clients, working as part of large frameworks, joint ventures and alliances, as well as on individual standalone projects developing long-term relationships based on delivering to the Barhale values which have been integral to our business since their inception in 1985.
Our direct delivery model is at the core of everything we do as we believe that people are our greatest asset. Therefore, we robustly source, train and retain all our own frontline delivery teams as well as management and support services. We employ over 1,200 employees nationwide.
We possess a range of specialist skills to support our civil engineering and infrastructure activities including:
- Tunnelling
- MEICA
- Temporary and permanent design
- Steel-fabrication
- Signs (design and fabrication)
- Health & safety equipment and products including PPE
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Why join Barhale?
- As Gold Investors in People, we are committed to a high standard of people practices, creating an inclusive environment and ensuring cultural alignment to business strategy, ethos and philosophies.
- Job security, long-term secured work through various frameworks and large infrastructure schemes
- Broad range of civil engineering and mechanical and electrical schemes across some of the UK’s largest infrastructure projects and clients
- Strong career progression as demonstrated by our track record in promoting from within as we believe this is a key driver to our success
