Senior Planner

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Role: Senior Planner

Location: Fareham, Hampshire, with travel across South Coast frameworks

Within the Environment Business Division (Water and Wastewater Non-Infrastructure Engineering and Construction), an opportunity has arisen for a Senior Planner to support the Southern Water Frameworks in the Southeast region.

We welcome applications from experienced professionals who have successfully delivered projects of varying sizes, primarily within the water sector, including both wastewater and clean water treatment schemes. The role is ideally suited to someone based in the Southeast, with the flexibility to travel across multiple sites and projects as required.

What you'll be doing

• Develop and manage project programmes across prequalification, tender, and delivery stages
• Produce schedules using MSP and/or Primavera P6, including WBS, milestones, and resource planning
• Collaborate with bid teams, designers, subcontractors, and suppliers to optimise delivery programmes
• Identify risks, constraints, and opportunities, including value engineering
• Monitor progress using tools such as CPM and Earned Value Management (EVM)
• Analyse performance against baseline schedules and update plans accordingly
• Prepare reports, forecasts, and project planning outputs
Support change management and ensure alignment with project objectives

About you

• Experience in civil engineering sectors (e.g. water, highways, rail, aviation)
• Track record delivering large or multiple concurrent projects
• Familiarity with planning tools (MSP / Primavera P6) and project controls methods
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to manage schedules, dependencies, and project risks
• Professional qualification (e.g. MCIOB, MRICS) or working towards this is desirable
Relevant CSCS certification (as appropriate)

Please note this is not an exhaustive list. A full job description is available upon request.

What We Can Offer in Return

With an impressive order book of over £3.8 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

Our Benefits

We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.

• Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
• A wide range of corporate discounts
• Cycle to Work schemes
• Comprehensive pension plan
• Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
• Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

Our purpose is to improve people’s lives through building the facilities and infrastructure that communities need, providing opportunities for our people to learn, grow and progress, working with our supply chain to promote the very best working practice and caring for the environment in which we work.

We do this by holding true to our values, delivering excellence for our clients and the community, being passionate about our role in providing vital services, putting integrity at the heart of our business by doing the right thing, and collaborating with our clients, supply chain and stakeholders to deliver lasting change and long-term value.

For more information on this role, to request a copy of the full job description, or to enquire about other positions available within our business please contact ***email_hidden***

Additional Information

Galliford Try welcomes applications from candidates who would like to work full-time, reduced hours or flexibly and this will be discussed in more detail as part of the recruitment process.

We encourage, and would be grateful if, you could confirm any requirements we can reasonably fulfil to make this application a positive experience for you.

Don’t meet every requirement of the role? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Galliford Try, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement of the role, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

As a Disability Confident employer, we have committed to offer an interview to any candidate with a long-term health condition or disability that meet the essential criteria for the advertised position. Please contact the Resourcing Partner listed within the job advert if you believe this applies to you. We will also take the opportunity to discuss any adjustments required for your interview.