Planner

Wates Group; Trafford; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working

Car Allowance / Company Car

Travel to sites

Private Medical

Pension 6% employer

Health & Wellness program

26 days holidays + bank holidays

Learning and development

Family leave benefits

Job summary

SES Engineering Services is seeking a Senior Planner to join the North West team, focusing on high profile mechanical and electrical projects across multiple sectors. You will work with site teams and the main contractor to ensure fully integrated programmes are sequenced correctly and support project success.

The role involves studying drawings and contract documents, coordinating progress reports and maintaining programme position visibility to enable effective decision-making.

Qualifications

• Experience planning mechanical and electrical construction projects.
• Ability to study drawings and specifications to ensure planning adequacy.
• Experience reporting project progress to site teams.

Responsibilities

• Ensure integrated programmes sequenced correctly for successful project completion.
• Study specifications and contract documents with engineers to ensure planning adequacy.
• Regular reporting on projects to track programme position.
• Coordinate progress reports and drop‑down programmes per SES best practice.

Skills

Project planning

Program scheduling

Progress reporting

Stakeholder liaison

Job description

The Role

SES Engineering Services are looking for a Planner to join our team in the North West, focussing on high profile, technically complex mechanical and electrical projects across multiple sectors.

If you are passionate about mechanical and electrical aspects of construction and are looking for an opportunity to challenge the norm, bring fresh new ideas and elevate yourself within the industry then join us and help to create tomorrow together.

This is a great opportunity to progress your career as part of a talented, diverse, and supportive team.

What You'll Be Doing

Our Planners are a valuable part of our business, and their role will encompass ensuring adequacy of the planning and programming of projects. Whilst providing functional leadership and following company procedures and project requirements to allow proper management and commercial protection to be achieved.

As Our Senior Planner You Will

• Work with the site team and main contractor to ensure the projects have fully integrated programmes sequenced in the correct manner to allow the successful completion of the project
• Thoroughly study specifications, drawings and relevant contract documents/ correspondence in conjunction with engineers and surveyors to ensure adequacy of the planning and programming of projects
• Carry out regular reporting on projects to allow the site team to understand the programme position in relation to progress
• Liaise with the project team to ensure progress reports, progress percentages and drop‑down programmes, are produced and issued in accordance with SES Best practice, company procedures and project requirements to allow proper management and commercial protection to be achieved

What We Will Offer You

• Competitive salary & profit share scheme
• Flexible working
• Car Allowance / Company Car (subject to Role/Grade)
• Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
• Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 6% employers' contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
• Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression.
• Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.

Our Commitments

SES is proud to be an employer where anyone can thrive, and we welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every requirement, as we value transferable skills and assess all applications fairly.

We don't discriminate based on a criminal record; all applications are reviewed on an individual basis against the requirements of the role. Some roles may require additional checks, due to the nature of the work. As a Disability Confident Leader, we offer an interview to applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role and opt in to the Disability Confident scheme. Reasonable adjustments are available, please contact us at [e-mail].