Senior Planning Manager, Consulting - Aviation
Lendlease Corporation
London, UK
Published 2 days ago
Full time
About us
Bovis builds enduring partnerships, bringing together the right expertise, the right capabilities and the right resources to deliver the most complex projects.
For over 20 years Bovis Consulting has partnered with our clients to shape and deliver precisely tailored and innovative project and programme solutions across the UK. Our agile, one-team approach and on-the-ground, diverse specialist skills are uniquely combined with the vast knowledge, insights and technical expertise of our construction business to provide a truly unique offering. Through fresh thinking, new perspectives and intelligent, custom-built solutions that cut through complexity, we minimise risk and enable results that clients value.
We make things happen, anticipating challenges before they arise. Drawing on our highly experienced, multi-disciplinary teams, we bring a fresh perspective, tailoring our approach to the specific demands of the project, helping to simplify complexity and minimise risk.
What we are recruiting for:
We are currently recruiting for a Planning Manager to join our Aviation consultancy business located in London and working across the South England region. Our projects and bids cover values between £1m to £300m+ across all areas of an airport's operation.
As a Bovis Senior Planning Manager, you will lead and manage the planning and monitoring of large/complex projects to which you are assigned throughout all project stages for our Clients. You will work with our Project / Operations Team to develop the most efficient project methodology and execute the timely delivery of a bids and project, drawing on your experiences. Provide input into the further enhancement of our systems and process and support / oversee junior planning staff.
Roles & responsibilities:
Essential:
We offer workplaces that unite diverse minds; where respect, equal treatment and equal opportunity are just the norm. We are a disability inclusive employer. If you need any adjustment or changes to the process, email us to let us know if you have a preferred communication method.
We build careers, develop skills, and invest in people. Imagine what more you can do here.
Bovis is committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer of choice by engaging, enabling and empowering our people. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. Inclusion sets us all up for success and we particularly encourage applications from currently under-represented groups in our industry including those who self-identify as women, black, Asian, minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/ or disabled.
Bovis
Building Relationships
We do what's right, always
We succeed together
We bring energy
We are Bovis
Lendlease is committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer of choice by engaging, enabling and empowering our people. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. Inclusion sets us all up for success and we particularly encourage applications from currently under-represented groups in our industry including those who self-identify as women, black, Asian, minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/ or disabled.
Bovis builds enduring partnerships, bringing together the right expertise, the right capabilities and the right resources to deliver the most complex projects.
For over 20 years Bovis Consulting has partnered with our clients to shape and deliver precisely tailored and innovative project and programme solutions across the UK. Our agile, one-team approach and on-the-ground, diverse specialist skills are uniquely combined with the vast knowledge, insights and technical expertise of our construction business to provide a truly unique offering. Through fresh thinking, new perspectives and intelligent, custom-built solutions that cut through complexity, we minimise risk and enable results that clients value.
We make things happen, anticipating challenges before they arise. Drawing on our highly experienced, multi-disciplinary teams, we bring a fresh perspective, tailoring our approach to the specific demands of the project, helping to simplify complexity and minimise risk.
What we are recruiting for:
We are currently recruiting for a Planning Manager to join our Aviation consultancy business located in London and working across the South England region. Our projects and bids cover values between £1m to £300m+ across all areas of an airport's operation.
As a Bovis Senior Planning Manager, you will lead and manage the planning and monitoring of large/complex projects to which you are assigned throughout all project stages for our Clients. You will work with our Project / Operations Team to develop the most efficient project methodology and execute the timely delivery of a bids and project, drawing on your experiences. Provide input into the further enhancement of our systems and process and support / oversee junior planning staff.
Roles & responsibilities:
- Work according to Client's programme hierarchy and planning procedures when develop assigned project(s) programmes and deliverables, support client with development of capital delivery programme/s and individual project programmes.
- Performs and coordinates, collects, verifies, and integrates the work scope for all entities into the total project plan. Reviews the representation of project scope in programmes and determines whether the programmes will adequately support the overall project programme.
- Performs productivity analysis of construction operations and verifies. Establishes productivity basis to be utilised in estimates, as developed in concurrence with construction.
- Work collaboratively with the Client's appointed Programme / Project Manager/s to detail the contractor(s) deliverables in term programme deliverables, Percent complete and earned value report.
- Lead and develop in conjunction with the Project Team the project planning, programme and delivery strategy for both bids and projects.
- Review, assess and challenge contractor/work programme, progress, percent complete, commodity curves and any suggested recovery plan.
- Reviews contractor programmes for acceptance and assesses the programme effects of notified compensation events or other matters under the contracts.
- Obtains required programme information by all disciplines. Identifies programme restraints and their effects on the total project programme. Work with all departments to ensure an understanding of the total project programme needs.
- Responsible for total integration of project programme activities. Identifies programme considerations and problems resulting from inter-discipline or group restraints and interfaces.
- Assists in the preparing of programme data for proposals or contract negotiations.
- Develop quantity release or installation curves (family curves) for assigned project(s).
- Monitors short term (4 week) engineering and/or construction programmes.
- Develop in conjunction with the Project Team the project planning, programme and delivery strategy for both bids and projects.
- In conjunction with the project team, develop the preconstruction and construction methodology to enable the most efficient and effective delivery of the project.
- Provide experienced based solutions for delivering the project and consideration by the Project Team.
- Report project progress at regular intervals against the contract and delivery programmes, or other nominated programmes.
- Project Controls - Produce data to support regular status updates and the weekly project dashboard providing updates on progress and key issues.
- Assist in chairing the weekly planning meeting to coordinate project programmes, progress update, delay records and key forthcoming milestones.
- Review change proposals and advise on time impact.
- Assess and record time impacts of delays - Event Analysis
- Record as built production rates and delays to provide benchmarking for future projects.
Essential:
- Expert / comprehensive understanding of construction methodology, building technology, pre-construction processes and procurement methods ideally in Aviation sector but not essential.
- Strong understanding of the primary forms of construction contracts and the key commercial terms
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to adapt approach dependent on the situation and audience.
- Produce reports and diagrams to a high standard to convey proposed sequences and methodologies.
- Strong understanding and experience in the use of P6
- Strong knowledge of CPA planning techniques and project controls
- Strong use of Excel (use of formulae, pivot tables etc)
- Previous experience in delivering projects.
- Strong Excel (use of formulae, pivot tables etc) and PowerPoint skills
- 4D BIM software knowledge
- Able to draw upon experience in multiple industry sectors
- Experience of working under different forms of construction contract
- Car allowance
- Flexible and hybrid work options
- Up to 10% employer pension contribution
- Private medical health benefit
- Enhanced parental leave
- Life assurance
- 25 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell additional days
- 3 days wellbeing leave in addition to annual leave
- Health and wellbeing support and initiatives
- 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme including direct access to Talking Therapies and Coaching services
- Discounted gym membership to over 2,500 gym's nation wide
We offer workplaces that unite diverse minds; where respect, equal treatment and equal opportunity are just the norm. We are a disability inclusive employer. If you need any adjustment or changes to the process, email us to let us know if you have a preferred communication method.
We build careers, develop skills, and invest in people. Imagine what more you can do here.
Bovis is committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer of choice by engaging, enabling and empowering our people. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. Inclusion sets us all up for success and we particularly encourage applications from currently under-represented groups in our industry including those who self-identify as women, black, Asian, minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/ or disabled.
Bovis
Building Relationships
We do what's right, always
We succeed together
We bring energy
We are Bovis
Lendlease is committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer of choice by engaging, enabling and empowering our people. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. Inclusion sets us all up for success and we particularly encourage applications from currently under-represented groups in our industry including those who self-identify as women, black, Asian, minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/ or disabled.