Planner

Bennett & Game Recruitment Ltd; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

UK site travel

Varied portfolio projects

Job summary

Bennett & Game Recruitment Ltd is seeking an experienced Group Project Planner to support both tender-stage and live projects across marine, civil engineering, coastal, and specialist infrastructure portfolios.

You will deliver NEC4-compliant programmes, translate methodologies into logic, and support risk management, reporting, and resource planning for multiple operating businesses within the group.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Planner/Project Planner within civil engineering or infrastructure.
• Strong planning experience in heavy civils, marine, coastal, piling, flood defence or near-water works.
• Experience managing multiple programmes concurrently.
• NEC4 programme requirements knowledge including compensation events.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple live and tender-stage programmes across the Group.
• Develop NEC4-compliant programmes (baseline, accepted, revised).
• Translate construction methodologies into programme logic and critical path analyses.
• Incorporate marine, environmental, weather and access constraints into programmes.
• Analyse labour, marine plant, equipment and resource requirements.
• Support delay and change management including compensation events and early warnings.
• Produce recovery, acceleration and impacted programmes when required.
• Develop tender programmes aligned with contract requirements.
• Produce programme updates, dashboards and reports for stakeholders.
• Communicate programme risks clearly across multiple businesses.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tender planning

Team collaboration

Education

Degree/HNC/HND in Civil Engineering

ICE or CIOB membership advantageous

Tools

Microsoft Project

Excel

Asta Powerproject

Primavera P6

Job description

Job Profile for Planner CF47453

Bennett & Game are pleased to be working with a growing specialist engineering and infrastructure group seeking an experienced Group Project Planner.

This is an excellent opportunity to work across a diverse portfolio of marine, civil engineering, coastal and specialist infrastructure projects, supporting multiple operating businesses across the Group.

The successful candidate will provide planning support across tender-stage and live projects, improving programme visibility, resource planning, project control and commercial risk management.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage multiple live and tender-stage programmes across the Group.
• Develop and maintain NEC4-compliant programmes, including baseline, accepted and revised programmes.
• Translate construction methodologies into programme logic, sequencing, dependencies and critical path analysis.
• Incorporate marine, environmental, weather and access constraints into programmes.
• Analyse labour, marine plant, specialist equipment and resource requirements.
• Support delay and change management, including compensation events and early warnings.
• Produce recovery, acceleration and impacted programmes where required.
• Develop tender programmes aligned with contract requirements and construction methodologies.
• Produce programme updates, dashboards and reports for operational, commercial and senior stakeholders.
• Communicate programme risks clearly and work collaboratively across multiple businesses.

Role Requirements

• Previous experience as a Planner / Project Planner / Construction Planner within civil engineering or infrastructure.
• Strong construction planning experience, ideally within heavy civils, marine, coastal, piling, flood defence or near-water works.
• Experience managing multiple programmes concurrently.
• Strong understanding of NEC4 programme requirements, including programme acceptance, updates and compensation events.
• Strong knowledge of construction sequencing, dependencies and critical path analysis.
• Microsoft Project experience is essential, alongside strong Excel skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Tender planning experience would be advantageous.
• Experience with delay analysis, recovery or acceleration programmes would be beneficial.
• Asta Powerproject or Primavera P6 experience would be advantageous.
• Degree, HNC or HND in Civil Engineering or a related discipline would be beneficial.
• ICE or CIOB membership advantageous but not essential.

Salary & Benefits

• Regular time at HQ and UK site travel as required
• Opportunity to work across a varied portfolio of specialist infrastructure project

Bennett & Game Recruitment are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy.