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Senior Planner

Golborne
3 weeks ago
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Recently named as one of the 'Best Big Companies to Work For’ by Best Companies, J. Murphy & Sons Limited (Murphy) is a leading international, specialist engineering and construction company founded in 1951 with a purpose to improve life by delivering world-class infrastructure.
 
Operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada, Murphy provides better engineered solutions to infrastructure sectors including transportation; natural resources; power and water. Headquartered in London, Murphy has a number of related businesses – Ground Engineering; Utility Connections; Murphy Plant; Murphy Process Engineering; Pipeline Testing Services; Specialist Welding Services; and Electrical Services. Murphy is a specialist in delivering pipelines, design, structural steel, tunnelling, fabrication, bridges and piling, and has a substantial holding of plant, equipment and facilities.
 
Murphy employs around 3,600 engineers, professional managers and skilled operatives around the world. Together, they work as ‘One Murphy’ - directly delivering the people, plant and expertise needed to make projects a success. 

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A day in the life of a Murphy Senior Planner

Collaborate across disciplines to develop and revise the civil delivery programme, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of intended delivery strategy, dependencies, risks and progress.
Input into progress reporting, contribute insights, identify issues and propose effective solutions.
Prepare a resourced programme, including reviewing the outcome for conformance with expectations and requirements.
Contribute to the risk register and undertake schedule risk analysis.
Work closely with other planners/sections to identify and plan critical interfaces.
Input into collaborative planning and interface workshops.
Manage personally controlled project documentation in an orderly fashion.
Carry out other relevant duties as required from time to time.
Contribute to coaching, supporting and formal training of others.
Provide a link to communicate planning community information between all parties
Draw up a bid preparation programme and contribute to the tender queries database.
Define methods and establish competitive outputs, in consultation with the estimator and other team members, including the supply chain in appropriate circumstances.
Assist with the design engineer to establish a design brief for temporary works.
Provide the estimator with a justified schedule of temporary works and other indirect cost items  

Still interested, does this sound like you?

Experience on Civil Engineering and/or Construction projects.
Must have bridges, earthworks, drainage experience and preferably experience on Rail
Use of planning software (P6, Asta ) and a sound knowledge of NEC
Active experience of working with a wide range of planning techniques in serving both tendering and contract delivery.
A clear understanding of the commercial and contractual interfaces with the planning function.
Based out of Golborne with travel between Preston and London, must have a full drving licence

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