Regional M&E Planning Manager

Our client is recognised as having one of the industry’s foremost apprenticeship schemes, supported by an investment in training of more than £4m a year, our influential client prides itself on the commitment to their employees. Cash rich with an annual turnover of approx £500million and owning the majority of their 19 offices they strive to offer “a job for life”.

Company car/ Allowance

Support for work-life balance

Private medical care

The opportunity to join the Stakeholder Pension Scheme

Fully funded additional qualifications

The Regional M&E Planning Manager will lead and coordinate all delivery of MEP integrated programmes from design through to commissioning handover and integration for this major National M&E Contractor's Rail Division. Dealing mainly with the project teams, understanding each project requirement and articulating that into a fully integrated and workable programmes, guiding the project teams to success.             

Education / Qualifications:

A degree in an MEP Engineering discipline would be advantageous

Professional Membership of appropriate Eng Institution

Experience:

Considerable experience in a similar planning management role.

Skills:

·        Ability to work within an integrated team

·        Ability to create and manage innovative solutions

·        Ability to inspire and motivate for exceptional performance

·        Excellent client communication skills

·        Excellent team communication skills

·        Conversant with MEP systems and appropriate standards

·        Full understanding of what success looks like and how to achieve it

Responsibilities:

·        Establish and maintain relationships with the main contractor/client and  project teams

·        Develop the full MEP programmes that leads to a successful handover of the projects, including          commissioning, installation, procurement and design.

·        Identify key MEP interfaces on interface schedules to assist the project teams

·        Identify key MEP dependencies on dependency schedules to assist the project teams

·        Identify key MEP milestones, and develop milestone delivery sheets

·        Ensure that the programmes are fully integrated with the main construction programmes

·        Use P6 (Primervera) software (essential)

·        Produce monthly progress reports

·        Carry out regular baseline programme reviews

·        Carry out regular critical path analysis reviews

·        Monitor cause and effect relationships throughout the programmes

·        Integrate MEP suppliers programmes and monitor progress monthly

·        Manage MEP planning team 16 - 20, including performance management via one to one’s                process, and professional development via appraisal process

·        Management of recruitment (together with OD and CD)

·        Manage all career development and training of in house planning team

·        Attend CVR meetings when performing

·        Member of Leadership team for the business

·        Integral to bids front end - producing tender programmes

·        Management of trainees one to one’s to assist with Front end.