Planner

Kier Group; Wanlip; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company is seeking a Planner to join their Wanlip Project team. The role involves leading planning for major work packages and supporting project teams across various disciplines. Candidates should have strong planning skills and proficiency in Primavera P6. This position offers hybrid working, requiring 3 days per week on-site in Leicester. Apply now to be part of this dynamic team.

Benefits

Tailored benefits

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience working in a construction project environment, ideally under NEC contracts.
• Strong planning and scheduling skills, with proficiency in Primavera P6.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Leading planning for major work packages, creating programmes from first principles.
• Supporting project teams by sequencing and scheduling works across disciplines.
• Producing programme narratives, reports, and time slice documents.

Skills

Planning and scheduling

Proficiency in Primavera P6

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Tools

Primavera P6

4D planning tools

Job description

Overview

We\'re looking for a Planner to join our Wanlip Project team based in Leicestershire. Location: Wanlip, Leicester - hybrid working available (3 days per week on site). Hours: 45 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Responsibilities

• Leading planning for at least one major work package, creating programmes from first principles.
• Supporting project teams by sequencing and scheduling works across Civil, Mechanical and Electrical disciplines.
• Producing programme narratives, reports and time slice documents for stakeholders and supply chain partners.
• Using Primavera P6 and 4D planning tools to identify risks, interfaces, and support commercial forecasting.
• Leading programme meetings and ensuring alignment across delivery, design and commercial teams.

What are we looking for?

• Experience working in a construction project environment, ideally under NEC contracts.
• Strong planning and scheduling skills, with proficiency in Primavera P6.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and present effectively.
• We\'re open to transferrable skills; if you don\'t tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Location and hours

Location: Wanlip, Leicester - hybrid working available (3 days per week on site). Hours: 45 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Rewards and benefits

We\'re proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We\'re proud of the steps we\'ve taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier\'s diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier