Civils Senior Planner

About The Role

Job Title : Civils Planner

Location: Scotland Wide – Role and location will be based on Planner skill-set and home location, although some roles may require working away from home.

Company: Balfour Beatty

Shape Scotland’s Infrastructure Future

About The Role

Shape something special as you progress a high-profile engineering career with an industry leader. If you've ambition to match ours, this is your chance to make a lasting impact on large-scale projects as a Civils Senior Planner within the Regional Scotland Business.

Joining a growing business, you'll have scope to build your skills, explore new sectors and put your name to some of the UKs most iconic projects. You will be joining a thriving Business Unit with an impressive portfolio of civil engineering projects in various locations throughout Scotland.

Opportunities currently exist within both project-based and tender planning roles at our Maxim Eurocentral Head Office and at various locations throughout Scotland. Role and location will be based on Planner skill-set and home location, although some roles may require working away from home.

What you'll be doing

What You'll Be Doing – Project Based

• Ensuring that the Contract Programme is produced, managed and maintained in accordance with the Contract Requirements.
• Preparing monthly progress updates and communicating the revised Contract Programme including monthly progress reporting.
• Establishing and agreeing with the Operations Team, key methods of construction, sequencing and programme logic.
• Developing Stage Programmes and supporting information in accordance with the project requirements and issuing to all parties for review.
• Implement recommendations, innovation and best practice as applicable.
• Reconciling direct and subcontract plant & labour along with major materials and supporting Project Controls.
• Assist the Project Team to timely deliver projects and improve productivity, performance and safety.

What You'll Be Doing – Win Business Based

• You will work with the Planning Lead & Bid Manager to provide the planning function for a wide range of civils tenders and throughout the project planning life cycle.
• Identifying scope, constraints, risk and contract requirements.
• Establishing and agreeing key methods of construction, temporary works requirements, sequencing and programme logic.
• Interfacing with third parties and supply chain to develop proposals.
• Identifying major quantities and factors affecting the programme.
• Establishing and agreeing construction outputs and working hours with appropriate Estimator.
• Review and implement recommendations, innovation and best practice as applicable
• Communicate the plan to senior management at Tender Settlement Meetings.
• Producing and documenting the planning deliverables including tender programmes, planning philosophy, presentations and reports.
• In addition, supporting the Project Based planning requirements on live projects.

Who we're looking for

Who We're Looking For

• Operational experience (typically section engineer to site agent) together with previous significant experience of planning services in small to medium sized projects within the construction industry.
• An understanding of the construction market, methods of construction, plant, equipment and labour requirements.
• Proficiency in the use of planning techniques and the required planning toolsets.
• Experience of using planning software such as Primavera P6, Elecosoft Asta and / or Microsoft Project. Appropriate training will be given where required.
• An understanding of various methods of planning, programming and progress monitoring.
• An understanding of risk and opportunity management with particular reference to planning programming.
• An understanding of the events that initiate, and of the methods used to demonstrate, delay or change entitlement.
• A good understanding of various forms of tender & contract documents, preferably with some NEC4 experience.
• Effective communication, engagement, motivation & leadership skills to drive change and positively impact the business.

Qualifications

• Degree, HND or relevant experience based skills
• Relevant CSCS Card
• Team player

Professional and personal development

The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.

We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.

We're proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10* approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.

• 70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.

For further information about Balfour Beatty Regional Scotland please go to - You can also check out further job opportunities in the careers section

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As If Contributing To And Supporting Work That Makes Life Better For Millions Wasn’t Rewarding Enough, We Offer a Full Range Of Benefits Too. You’ll Have The Freedom To Shape The Package That’s Right For You And Your Life. Here Are Some Of Our Key Benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

From Dunfermline’s tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on.

We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities.

Our award-winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland’s transition towards net zero in the built environment.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit:

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: ***email_hidden***