Planner

PLANNER

Location: Swindon/ London 
Salary: £65,000 - £75,000
Job Type: Permanent 
Sector: Civil Engineering / Infrastructure

1. About the Company

The company operates within the civil engineering and construction sector, delivering projects across a range of work types and values.

The Planner sits within the work winning function, supporting tender teams and project management teams with planning, scheduling and project performance reporting.

2. About the Role

The Planner will provide planning and scheduling support across both tendering and project delivery activities.

You will develop and maintain programmes, assess risks, monitor progress and produce programme information for project teams. The role will also contribute to tender strategies, written submissions, post-tender negotiations and the handover of successful bids.

3. The key responsibilities for this Planner role are:

• Develop detailed programmes and programme content

• Update and monitor progress within working programmes

• Introduce and manage programme changes

• Resource and cost-load programmes

• Assess and incorporate programme risks

• Check programme robustness using appropriate techniques

• Produce routine and ad-hoc programme outputs

• Interpret information from tender documentation

• Contribute to bid-winning strategies

• Develop tender programme structures and content

• Support tender written submissions

• Transfer planning information to project teams following successful bids

• Gather and monitor progress and feedback information

• Produce and communicate programme information in different formats

• Provide planning support to construction teams

• Evaluate supply chain programmes

• Establish and maintain internal and external project controls reporting

• Work to defined project timescales

4. Experience required for this Planner role are:

• Demonstrable understanding of construction methods and outputs

• Experience working with planning and programming techniques

• Experience using planning software, principally Primavera P6

• Understanding of commercial and contractual requirements

• Understanding of programme change

• Experience providing short-term planning support to construction teams

• Ability to analyse and assess programmes

• Experience evaluating supply chain programmes

• Ability to work to defined timescales

• Understanding of business processes and systems

5. Desirable knowledge, skills and experience for this Planner role are:

• Experience supporting tender planning and work winning

• Experience contributing to tender written submissions

• Experience developing programme structures independently

• Experience coaching others in planning and programming

• Experience establishing project controls reporting

6. Package and Benefits of the Planner role:

• Salary: £65,000 - £75,000

• Job Type: Permanent 

• Location: Swindon/ London 

• Opportunity to work across tendering and project delivery

• Exposure to civil engineering and construction projects

• Development through supporting and coaching other team members

7. How to apply for this Planner role:

If you are interested in this Planner position, then please apply via this job board.

For a confidential conversation about the role, please contact us directly.