Location
UK
Nature of employment:
Permanent

About The Role

Great people make great business and here at blu-3 we want to be an employer of choice. We want to employ the best, be the very best and deliver excellence at all times.
 
 
What you’ll be doing
 
• Assist other planners in the team on their projects, providing planning support and mentoring them
• Ensure proper integration of design and procurement elements of programmes with construction phases
• Produce integrated tender programmes and present proposals to settlement meeting
• Change management: review programme impact of changes and advise on EOT requirements
• Produce schedules as well as obtaining approvals from clients for both programmes and EoTs
• Accountability for the most complex, largest or several significant projects and manage all to a successful conclusion with minimal supervision, this may involve supervising other Planners
• Setting up appropriate lean visual programme to assist the Project Team to timely deliver projects and improve productivity, performance and safety of projects
• Any other reasonable requests as required by Management
• It is expected that all of your behaviours and day to day activities will be underpinned by the blu-3 company core values
 
What we can offer you
 
  • Attractive salary
  • Healthcare scheme
  • EAP
  • 24 days holidays plus bank holidays increasing with length of service
  • Holiday purchasing scheme
  • Regular social activities
 
What we’re looking for
  •  Post degree / relevant technical experience in major construction projects.
  •  Operational experience (i.e. site engineer/agent) together with significant experience of planning services in medium to large projects in UK
  • Good customer relationship and stakeholder management skills
  • Must be able to own and present the “Plan” at all levels within the organisation structure
  • Demonstrable capability and proven skills in the use of planning products (e.g. Primavera Project Management, Microsoft Project, Asta), TiLoS, Synchro etc
  • Understand and has utilised Critical Path Analysis, Earned Value Techniques, and “Extension of Time” analysis techniques
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to manage a large workload and prioritise tasks
  • Be self-motivated and have a willingness to learn 
We believe in embracing difference and we are committed to building an including and diverse workforce. We know that our diversity creates successful teams and delivers success, meaning all applicants will be treated fairly without regard to race, religion, sex, nationality, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity and expression.
 
 

About Us

Today, blu-3 is a world-class, fully integrated infrastructure provider delivering expertise to the UK and Europe’s largest construction projects.
 
Having grown from a small family firm, today we operate across the residential, commercial, public, technology, infrastructure and data centre markets offering a broad range of services including civil engineering, utilities and construction.
 
The company has secured a reputation for excellence in delivering high quality projects and operates internationally with a proud ethos of working with local suppliers.
 
We operate a preferred supplier list for our external recruitment agencies. Any CV’s that are speculatively sent to us by agencies outside oft his list will be treated as a free gift and we will not be liable for any fees if we contact the candidate directly.

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