Lead Planner

About Dalkia UK and Dalkia Energy Services

Dalkia UK is one of the UK’s leading technical and energy services providers, at the forefront of delivering net zero solutions to a wide range of clients in private and public sector across the UK.

With a talented workforce of over 4,000 people, Dalkia UK rises to the challenges of today’s world to create a sustainable, prosperous, resilient society and a Net Zero UK. Dalkia is committed to building quality relationships to drive long term value for our clients through innovative solutions and services.

Dalkia UK delivers a wide range of energy, engineering and facilities services, as well as specialist services in systems integration, fire & safety systems and critically controlled environments.

At Dalkia Energy Services, we develop, deliver, and operate sustainable energy services and solutions to help the transition into an effective Net Zero future. Our solutions are tailored to specific needs and result in significant cost savings, improved efficiency, resilience, and a healthier environment.

Role Overview

As lead planner, you will oversee a planning team, with responsibility for coordinating and optimizing the schedules and resources, across a portfolio of projects. You will ensure efficient utilization of time, staff, and equipment to meet operational demands and objectives of each individual project.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Responsible for operational oversight of the planning team, ensuring individual planners are providing effective and adequate support to meet the operational demands and objectives of the projects they support.
• Provide full life-cycle planning support across multiple projects, from pre-construction to live delivery.
• Own the internal reporting and monthly reviews for the Planning process, ensuring key inputs and deliverables are met, and all output actions are recorded and tracked.
• Provide regular Time and Quality metrics for all projects in the delivery phase (pre and post contract), to Project Directors.
• Provide internal weekly progress updates on all aspects of the EPC Projects, including regular Time and Quality metrics for all projects in delivery phase, and key programme risks to the Projects Director.
• Ensure outputs to project diary and other updates to the Project Director and wider stakeholders, happen in a timely manner
• Support the preparation of all monthly Client reporting with the Project Manager (Project Boards and any other documentation as required).
• Develop and continuously review the planning process and strategy for Dalkia Energy Services, implementing key improvements as required.
• Visit sites and work closely with a range of stakeholders to ascertain conditions and constraints that should be considered, identifying alternative methodologies/sequences than can improve project delivery
• Develop cost loading and S curve reports with the team, to monitor ongoing progress of project activities.
• Support and develop the Planning team, identifying their individual specialised training needs to support their professional development, or improve specific business outcome
• Ownership of the Training Matrix as a tool to ensure compliance across the team.

Knowledge, Skills, Education & Experience

• Primavera P6 practitioner
• Experience using MS Project and or Asta Power Projects.
• Experience of working in a planning or scheduling role ideally within the Engineering or Construction sectors.
• Excellent IT skills including the ability to generate reports.
• A ‘can-do’, positive attitude to your work and to potential problems.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to build strong relationships in order to collaborate with all departments and stakeholders.
• Demonstrable planning and prioritisation skills.  

So, what’s in it for you?

Firstly, you get to join a fantastic, friendly, forward-thinking team of people, who will welcome you and are passionate about the work that we do.

We’re part of something bigger, Imtech one of the UK’s leading technical services groups, which is jointly owned by Dalkia and EDF Energy, Britain’s biggest generator of low carbon electricity. This means we can access the strength of our wider Group, without losing the appeal or agility of being a smaller, but rapidly growing business.

We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards;

• Access to a NEST Pension Scheme with 6% employer contribution
• Health cash back plan where you can claim back costs such as dental, optical and medical
• Life assurance at 4 times your basic salary
• Cycle to work scheme
• An electric vehicle scheme – where we help you lease an electric vehicle for a fixed monthly cost to yourself (after 3 months service and post probationary period)
• Access to My Perks, where you can access hundreds of offers to help you save on your purchases (online and in person)
• Access to our training portal and other approved training
• Reimbursement for one professional membership fee relevant to your role
• All the necessary equipment to perform your job role, such as laptop and mobile phone

To agencies: We are only currently considering direct applicants, and already have a preferred agency supplier’s list in place, which we use from time to time, please do not send any unsolicited cv’s to our managers, we will deem those as direct applicants.