Innovative Project Planner (Data Centres / Buildings / High-tech / Infrastructure) - UK (Hybrid)

Laminar Projects; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance Scheme

Pension Scheme

Bonus Scheme

Professional body membership

Cycle to Work Scheme

In-house coaching

Equity upside

Flexible working

Relentless development

Job summary

Laminar Projects is seeking a Project Planner in Reading, UK. The role focuses on enhancing project delivery and improving project planning strategies. Candidates must have at least 2+ years of experience in construction, strong communication skills, and a background in leadership. Benefits include health insurance, pension schemes, and flexible working options, aimed at developing employees professionally and personally.

Qualifications

• At least 2+ years of experience on construction projects.
• Experience in project planning, both software and principles.
• Proficient in written and verbal English.

Responsibilities

• Own the project plan for one or more projects.
• Ensure project team understands and focuses on the plan.
• Provide actionable reports to stakeholders.
• Develop scalable best practices and tools.
• Maximise development of your team personally and professionally.

Skills

Construction engineering background

Communication skills

Leadership capabilities

Impact

Tools

Planning software

Excel

Job description

The Role

You’ll be enhancing the delivery of the most complex and interesting projects in the world through the power of project planning to the very highest standards. You’ll devise strategies and tactics to improve the way the project is delivered. You’ll translate this knowledge into a logic‑linked plan and analyse it using planning software. Then you’ll use the plan to help the teams understand what to prioritise.

Purpose of the role

You’ll devise strategies and tactics to improve the way the project is delivered. You’ll translate this knowledge into a logic‑linked plan and analyse it using planning software. Then you’ll use the plan to help the teams understand what to prioritise.

Your team

This role is part of our Project Management Consultancy team which focuses on:

• Understanding what the real problems of projects are
• Implementing the best solutions to those problems
• Developing scalable best practices, tools and technology

More specifically, you’ll be part of our Project Planning Team, who are industry leaders in the planning of complex construction projects. Your initial leader will be one of our planning discipline directors.

Your top three objectives

• To make construction projects deliver to near perfection
• To create scalable and repeatable solutions to common problems
• To develop yourself and everyone around you

Your top five responsibilities

• Own the plan: Own the project plan for one or more projects and ensure that the project is working to it effectively. Ensure delays are mitigated and managed commercially.
• Own the outcome: You’re responsible for putting in your best effort to ensure the project team’s understanding and focus on the plan – no matter how stubborn they are.
• Report and inform: Provide simple, actionable reports to stakeholders at all levels that help them deliver their part of the project more efficiently and effectively.
• Make scalable solutions: Develop scalable and repeatable best practices and tools in collaboration with the team so that long‑term impact is achieved.
• Develop everyone: Maximise the development of your team personally and professionally and educate our clients to improve as well.

You must have

• A construction engineering background: At least 2 + years of experience on construction projects, experience in project planning both software and principles, decent Excel skills, and a strong interest in data.
• Communication skills: Proficient in written and verbal English and the charisma and influence to get construction people to do new things and take the best approach.
• Leadership capabilities: Lead yourself proactively and lead others by asking the right questions and challenging them.
• Impact: A track record of making projects and organisations better beyond just doing the basics – implementing scalable, repeatable solutions that had a significant positive impact.

Laminar isn’t the place for you if any of the following is true

• You want an easy, chilled‑out role without much challenge.
• You like to be the smartest person in the room.
• You don’t like continuously receiving honest candid feedback.
• You prefer to do your own thing rather than work with a team.

Benefits

• Health Insurance Scheme – comprehensive private health coverage for you and your family.
• Pension Scheme – a competitive plan to help you plan for the long term, with salary sacrifice options available to maximise your savings.
• Bonus Scheme – as a permanent member of the team, you’ll share in our success. Our annual bonus is designed to reward both the now and the future, with a flexible mix of cash and high‑growth equity that you choose. Bonuses are discretionary and based on performance.
• Professional body membership – one fee covered per year, so you can stay connected to your field and develop your craft.
• Cycle to Work Scheme – a tax‑efficient way to get wheels and do your bit for the environment.
• In‑house coaching – regular 1:1 coaching sessions, fully confidential, to help you navigate challenges, build self‑awareness, and grow intentionally – professionally and as a human being.
• Equity upside – as we grow, you grow. Our generous equity scheme is especially powerful for those who stay with us on our journey. You help us build the future – and own a piece of it.
• Flexible working – work where it makes sense. Most of our team works from home, visiting sites or clients regularly. We care about outcomes, not clock‑ins.
• Relentless development – our goal is for every year here to be worth five years of development anywhere else. You’ll get a coach, a mentor, honest feedback, and a culture that challenges you to keep levelling up.