Assistant Planner

As an Assistant Planner, you’ll support the development and maintenance of project programmes, assisting the project team in delivering against key milestones and highlighting potential delays or deviations from the programme.

Working closely with experienced planners and project teams, you’ll develop your planning and construction knowledge and skills while contributing to programmed updates, progress reporting, and schedule analysis.

You’ll be encouraged to learn from senior colleagues, build strong stakeholder relationships and play an active role in supporting successful project delivery.

• Assist in the development, maintenance, and monitoring of project programme and project controls documentation for bids and live projects
• Ensure Baseline programmes are in place and accepted by the client to form the basis to capture change and demonstrate cause and effect
• Contribute to programme updates, progress reporting, and schedule analysis, identifying potential risks, delay and opportunities
• Help ensure project teams understand programme requirements, key milestones, critical activities and project deliverables
• Apply the requirements of the Coffey Planning Manual across projects and bid activities
• Support planning activities on multidisciplinary projects, working closely with the project teams and senior planners
• Develop an understanding of different contract forms and their application to project delivery, risk and tender submissions
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with project stakeholders through strong communication and collaboration
• Embody Coffey’s values and behaviours while undertaking additional duties as required to support the planning function and wider business

• Basic working knowledge of industry-standard planning software, preferably P6, although experience with equivalent platforms will also be considered.