Construction Planner

A.D.S Construction Personnel Ltd; Northampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction contractor in Northampton seeks an enthusiastic Planner to join their team. This role involves liaising with tender teams, preparing tender programmes, and regular site visits to monitor project progress. The ideal candidate will have strong communication and organisational skills, along with experience using Asta Powerproject software. The company offers a competitive salary, car allowance, and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Car allowance

26 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Employee bonus

Qualifications

• Good communication and organisational skills.
• Experience with Asta Powerproject software.
• Industry applicable qualification or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated construction knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with the tender team to demonstrate logistics.
• Prepare tender programmes with supporting graphics.
• Attend meetings and produce accurate assessments.
• Regular site visits to monitor progress.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Asta Powerproject software

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

ONC/HNC, B Eng, NVQ or equivalent experience

Job description

Overview

Construction Planner Northampton

We are looking for an enthusiastic Planner to join a successful team at a multi-disciplinary main contractor based in Northampton. Our client excels in the delivery of construction projects on a national scale. Their projects vary in value from £10m to more than £60m and are across a range of sectors, including industrial, retail, residential, office, industrial fit out and infrastructure.

Opportunities

• Planner or Senior Planner for their Civil Engineering division
• Planner or Senior Planner to work for their build division.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Car allowance
• 26 days annual leave plus additional long service entitlement
• Business travel
• Pension scheme
• Employee benefits, including a bonus of 5-10%
• Friendly working environment and extremely low staff turnover
• Joining an established and skilled team.

The Role - Planner

• Liaising with the tender team to demonstrate logistics and establish the optimum build sequence, incorporating the agreed earthworks strategy. Highlight any programme concerns & opportunities for each tender.
• Prepare tender programmes with supporting graphics, plus the pricing of associated preliminaries.
• Attending meetings/tender interviews as required, including input into presentations.
• Regular site visits to monitor progress against the suite of programmes referred to above and produce accurate assessments for internal action & client meetings.
• Assessment of the programme impact of variations/change where necessary.

The right person - Planner

• You will have good communication & organisational skills so that you work well, contributing to the success of varying teams that you will support - including multiple sites, tender teams and planning department.
• Computer literate with experience with Asta Powerproject software, plus a good working knowledge of other software, such as Excel and PowerPoint.
• An industry applicable qualification, ONC/HNC, B Eng, NVQ or equivalent experience.
• Demonstration of construction knowledge and the planning of construction activities on multiple projects of varying types to meet deadlines.
• Ideally, you will be located within a reasonable travel distance of their Midlands (Northampton) Head office.

Please contact Sally to apply

Construction Planner / Northampton / Civil Engineering / industrial / contracting