Planner - Assistant/Intermediate level

Construction, Property and Engineering; Southampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated planner to join their dynamic team in Southampton. This role offers the chance to work on diverse projects valued between £3 and £35 million across the South of England. You will be involved from the tender stage, collaborating with estimating, design, and commercial teams to develop specifications and construction programmes. The position promises the opportunity for professional growth, with a strong emphasis on training and development. If you're passionate about planning and want to make a significant impact on high-quality projects, this is the perfect role for you.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Full training

Bespoke development packages

Opportunities for advancement

Qualifications

• Experience with D&B projects and framework negotiations is essential.
• Candidates should have a background in managing projects above £3 million.

Responsibilities

• Manage the construction programme from tender stage to site delivery.
• Update and amend overall and individual programmes for each package.

Skills

Planning

Attention to Detail

Organizational Skills

Identifying Opportunities

Tools

Asta

4 Projects

BIM

BREEAM

Job description

We are working with a regional Tier 2 contractor based near Southampton. The company is a privately owned, profitable business that works solely across the South of England and believes in delivering quality, defect-free schemes to clients.

They target schemes between £3 and £35 million on frameworks and repeat business opportunities with long-term clients. Typical schemes include care developments, schools, multi-phased education schemes, student accommodation, PRS developments, office and residential schemes, hotels, and multi-use retail and leisure developments - a really wide and diverse range of projects to work on.

The role includes early involvement at the tender and bid stage, working with the estimating, design, and commercial teams to establish specifications, phasing, strategy, and then forming the initial construction programme. You will work to update and amend both the overall programme as well as individual programmes and phases for each package of works on site until the final bid/tender is submitted. You will then be responsible for managing the programme through to start on site with the delivery and be expected to regularly visit the site, update both short and long-term programmes, identify opportunities to save time, and look ahead to identify clashes and other issues on site. You will work with the design team and supply chain to ensure work packages are released on time and that all bespoke items and packages are let in good time, monitoring progress to ensure key dates are met. You will continue to work with the commercial and design teams to evolve and adapt future bids and programmes for best practice.

You will ideally have worked for a regional contractor on schemes above £3 million and have experience of both D&B projects and framework negotiations. You must demonstrate excellent work practices, attention to detail, organizational skills, as well as the ability to identify opportunities and potential issues. You must be able to use software such as Asta, 4 Projects, and have experience of working with BIM and BREEAM.

They are looking for people with some experience of planning and would consider Site Managers or Site Engineers who enjoy the aspects of the role of Planners and want to change lanes full-time. They offer a competitive salary and package, full training, bespoke development packages, and the opportunities for advancement are unlimited - they regularly recognize, reward, and promote the best internal talent.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.