Construction Planner

Berkeley Group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company in London is seeking a Construction Planner to support project development and maintain achievable project plans. The role involves collaboration with production teams, risk assessment, and reporting project status. Ideal candidates have construction knowledge, proficiency in Microsoft 365, and experience with planning tools. This position offers competitive benefits including health care, a pension plan, and up to 33 days of annual leave.

Benefits

25 days annual leave, increasing with service

Private Medical Insurance

Online discount platform access

Volunteer day

Private pension plan

Group life assurance

Responsibilities

• Support project team in developing and maintaining project plans.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to review project programme.
• Produce weekly and monthly progress reports.
• Engage with supply chain for subcontractor programme analysis.

Skills

Construction build knowledge and experience

Ability to read construction drawings

Understanding of sequence and logic

Microsoft 365 proficiency (Excel)

Asta Power Project or similar

Job description

Construction Planner

Department: Commercial

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Battersea, London

Description

Berkeley Capital is the largest division in Berkeley Group, focuses on large‑scale brownfield regeneration projects in London, stitching these vast and isolated spaces back into the local fabric, bringing them to life with the right mix of homes, amenities, natural landscapes and open spaces.

Our award‑winning developments include some of the country’s best‑known long‑term regeneration projects, such as Woodberry Down, Kidbrooke Village and Royal Arsenal Riverside.

Our sustainable, mixed‑use neighbourhoods are designed in partnership with local communities, delivering the amenities and opportunities they value most, and ensuring they benefit first from regeneration.

As a business we are committed to fostering a positive working environment, where our people feel valued, empowered and able to grow.

The role

The Construction Project Planner supports the project team in developing and maintaining an achievable project plan. Coordinating with the Production Team to make sure all parts of the plan align, highlighting any risk and opportunities ahead of time to enable the project to achieve its goal. The Planner will also monitor and report on the current project status and future forecast.

This is an exciting role, which provides an opportunity for someone who is highly collaborative, self‑motivated and with a desire to learn and progress their career whilst making a significant contribution to a crucial part of the business.

• Collaborate with the senior leadership team to develop and regularly review the project programme.
• Walk the site, providing an independent monitor of progress and evidence‑based droplines.
• Produce weekly and monthly progress reports, providing project leads and senior management with status against master and project level programmes, including the use of Critical Path Analysis to support flagging concerns.
• Collate information from key project programmes for the Commercial, Build and Technical teams.
• Lead collaborative meetings to progress and report on events through pre‑construction activities.
• Collaborate with Project teams on resolutions to programme / logistical challenges, assisting production teams with creating ‘What ifs’ and short‑term programmes to visualise and establish options.
• Engage with the supply chain, assisting the Project team with subcontractor programme analysis and monitoring, both through tender phase and whilst in contract.

Experience required

• Construction build knowledge and experience.
• Ability to read construction drawings.
• Demonstratable understanding of sequence and logic.
• Microsoft 365 (Good understanding of Excel‑formulas, graphs).
• Asta Power Project or similar.

Why join us?

• 25 days annual leave, increasing with service to 33 days.
• Health and wellbeing benefits including Private Medical Insurance.
• Lifestyle benefits including access to an online discount platform.
• Berkeley Foundation volunteer day.
• Private pension plan.
• Group life assurance.

The standard full‑time working hours in the office are 8am-5pm with core working hours 9am-4pm.

Internal applicants: If you’re an internal applicant, please ensure you’ve informed your line manager of your intention to apply for this position.