Here within Anglian Water, we collaborate with several alliance partners to provide the best water and water recycling services across the region by maintaining our existing assets and undertaking new projects to safeguard future water supplies.

Playing a key part in our drive to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region we serve through our commitment to Love Every Drop is our Integrated Operational Solutions (IOS) Alliance. Comprising of Anglian Water, Morrison Utility Services, Barhale and Kier, the IOS Alliance work together to concentrate on solutions across the water recycling and clean water asset base, typically totalling £50-60m per year.

The IOS alliance works across multiple disciplines including Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation and Control. Incorporating new construction, replacement, or repair. Spanning the entirety of the Anglian Waters asset base.

To ensure water and water recycling projects in the Northampton area are managed successfully from inception to completion, ensuring all required standards, regulations, commercial affordability targets and time frames are met, we are looking for a Planner to join the team.

What you will be doing as our new Planner?

As our new Planner, you’ll take ownership of the project plan, drive the project team to deliver the plan and challenge any delay and deviation. You will be a key member of a wholly collaborative team and will use your experience, enthusiasm, and skills to help the team drive efficiency and outperformance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaboratively develop and maintain robust detailed project plans for the Delivery Team by IOS requirements ensuring methodology is consistently followed.
• Ensure project plans capture the full project scope and resources are considered and loaded as required.
• Proactively identify opportunities and risks in the plan.
• Monitor the critical path and key milestones, advising the delivery team on any potential changes and leading challenge and mitigation actions.
• Develop 4D animations of the project plan to aid the digital rehearsal of the project construction.
• Design and implement effective and value-added communication plans ensuring relevant teams and individuals are clear and buy into the strategy and approach.
• Ensure planning standards are maintained across IOS and published processes are adhered to.
• Appreciate and uphold the health and safety standards in all planning processes with the mantra of ‘Nothing is so important that we cannot take the time to do it safely’ at the heart of all activities.

A little bit about your skills, experience, and behaviours….

To be considered for this role, you’ll have demonstrable experience working on relevant projects within the Civil engineering sector, preferably in the Water Industry. To succeed in this role, you’ll require P6 experience. With experience in leading collaborative planning processes, you’ll have the ability to interrogate/take information from drawings to implement an efficient planning service for the business.

Your ability to communicate complex information to a wide range of audiences whilst working in pressurised situations to tight deadlines will be crucial. Able to adapt as required to meet project objectives, you’ll be innovative and supportive to other members of the teams to enhance the reputation of the Planning team amongst the business.