Planner - Highways

Your New Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Scheduler/Planner (Highways) to join our Area 10 contract in Bolton (Onsite). The position consists of a 9-month fixed term contract.

Scheduler/ Planner - Highways plays an important part in planning, maintaining, and delivering the highway cyclic and reactive maintenance programme in Area 10.

Amey is working on behalf of National Highways in Area 10 which is made up of 300 miles of strategic road network including some of the region’s busiest motorways: the M6, M56 and M62, we provide routine cyclic and winter maintenance, and incident response across the Northwest, including traffic management during incidents. Ensuring our roads are well- maintained and well- managed, through all-weather seasons, we aim to help reduce traffic incidents and severity of road accidents as well as ensure road user of the Northwest feel safer.

The standard hours of work are 37.5 hrs per week. 

You will be part of a team responsible for:

• Developing and managing the cyclical maintenance programme for Area 10 annually to include working with operational and commercial team, developing a programme that is safe, efficient, and effective a forward programme for the lifetime of the contract, to include profiled resourcing requirements
• Track progress, incorporate changes and forecast delivery dates and expenditure
• Coordinate within the team to develop and manage reactive maintenance programme for Area 10, minimum rolling three months programme
• Engage with the Client and other key stakeholders through regular communications including weekly / monthly planning meetings and other forums.
• Prepare periodic reports, statistics, and answers to enquiries concerning the programme
• Ensure high standards of programming and road space booking are carried out to meet client and contract requirements
• Develop and improve working practices and seek innovative solutions.

We want to hear from you if you have/are:

• Highly organised with an excellent attention to detail and meticulous approach.
• Comfortable and proficient with using computers, the Microsoft Office suite (particularly Excel) and preferably, but not essential, Primavera P6, plus other tools/systems as defined by the project or client.
• Preferable, but not essential, is experience of highways maintenance operations.

In addition to this, it would be desirable if you have experience in planning/project management to help you hit the ground running, although this is not essential as we will provide you with the required development you need to bring you up to speed.

What we can offer you

• Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to
• Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership.
• Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers.
• Social Value - You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives.

Application Guidance

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Please contact our recruitment team at Charlotte.McEvoy@amey.co.uk to discuss any access needs and reasonable adjustments that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.

Apply today – We are excited to hear from you!

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