Are you an experienced strategic Senior Project Planner ready to take up the next challenge?

If you have a background in programming, planning reporting, feedback, and mitigation measures, this opportunity is for you!

Do you have previous Data Centre Experience? If so, NTT Phase  Data Centre would be the ideal project to be part of in  Dagenham East London.

Our highly experienced multi-disciplinary dedicated data centre teams are currently working across multiple campuses globally, with 85% of our data centre projects being delivered for repeat clients.

Reporting to the Project Planning Lead the successful applicant will be responsible for the programming, planning, production controls, reporting, feedback and any mitigation measures. In particular, in the planning and delivery of Data Centres.

Role and responsibility 

• Provide leadership for the planning and coordination processes.
• To implement and maintain the requirements of the Project Business Plan.
• Ensure that all programmes are compliant with the Project requirements.
• Develop and agree by collaboration a logical sequence of events ensuring that the most economical/advantageous construction strategy is adopted.
• Analyse performance and advise the project team of likely impact and recommend improvements.
• Ensure that the construction strategy and any recommended improvements are communicated.
• Provide leadership, support and training, and contribute to career development.
• Co-ordinate for stakeholders, partners and supply chain all time-related information.
• Represent the project/business with all stakeholders.
• Undertake additional responsibilities and tasks as required by the project/business.
• Develop and feedback process improvement.
• Proactive interaction with other departments
• Developing knowledge of strategic planning and project/ programme management systems
• Understands how to establish and implement project controls systems on a project to comply with the Laing O'Rourke iGMS and can integrate these with the client system requirements.

What skills & experience are we looking for?

• Project/ programme controls
• Project management systems and techniques
• Contract planning
• Pre-contract planning and work control
• P6 and Asta Powerproject Planning Software
• Pride in delivering a challenging and ever changing scheme for the client.
• Quality and accuracy of work to be of the highest calibre.
• Able to ascertain which tasks are urgent or important and level of accuracy required.

Qualification 

• HNC / Degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering or similar sector related.
• CIOB Membership
• Project planning experience on building schemes.
• Developing relationships with client's representatives
• Contribution to pre-contact planning, work winning, and processes.

Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.

About us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com

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