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Camberley, England, United Kingdom

7/3/2025

Job Description

Costain are working with Thames Water on a variety of water and wastewater projects and have fantastic opportunities for individuals to join our growing AMP8 delivery team, working predominantly across the Thames Valley and Thames South regions. There is a mix of projects ranging from smaller capital maintenance to large civil new build schemes.

Responsibilities

• Collection of all data required to prepare NEC4 and Works Order Compliant Schedules
• Raising of activities and coding structure in the propriety software Primavera P6
• Co-ordination of logical links between engineering, procurement and construction across individual projects and programmes of work
• Calculation of activity durations from estimates and critical path identification
• Liaison with the procurement department and suppliers regarding equipment required on site dates
• Liaison with site management and subcontractors for site execution timings
• Level 3 & 4 updating from: engineering, procurement & site planner feedback
• Scheduling of Programme activities on a weekly, bi-weekly, monthly basis
• Input/production and issue of weekly updated 6 week look-ahead schedules
• Programme Risk Analysis and What-If scenario exercises
• Production and distribution of reports & graphics, including forecasting
  
  

Qualifications

• Proactive work ethic and comfortable in challenging the team in order to implement savings to the programme and explore and propose mitigations
• Proven experience of Primavera (P6) or MSP
• Fully conversant with NEC 3 / 4 ECC and main options A, C and E
• Ability to reconcile cost information as it applies to the programme of works
• Proficient in the interpretation of estimating, scheduling, programming, and risk tools
• Relevant experience in project controls and/or project delivery