Planner - Water

Carmichael UK; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Carmichael UK is seeking a Planner to support estimators and delivery teams on a Water project based in Peterborough. The role focuses on maintaining planning standards, developing robust project plans for tenders and live work, and coordinating critical path and milestones with site teams.

You will bring strong knowledge of Primavera P6, MS Project and NEC contracts, plus excellent communication skills to convey complex information across stakeholders. UK construction experience is essential.

Qualifications

• CSCS Card is essential.
• Site-level planning experience in a UK construction environment.
• Knowledge of NEC and other contract forms.
• Experience leading collaborative planning processes.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6/Primavera Cloud and MS Project.

Responsibilities

• Support estimating and delivery teams to maintain planning standards across projects.
• Assist with tender, pre-construction and delivery of opportunities by developing robust project plans.
• Monitor critical path and milestones; advise on changes and mitigation actions.

Skills

Good communication

Clear reporting

UK site planning

Tools

Primavera P6/Primavera Cloud

MS Project

NEC contracts knowledge

Job description

Carmichael are seeking a planner to work on a Water project based in Peterborough.

The Role

Responsible for supporting estimators and delivery teams to ensure compliance with planning and commitment to the company's objectives.

Key Responsibilities

General

• Proactively support the estimating and delivery teams to ensure that planning standards are maintained across all projects and planning & control procedures are adhered to
• Assisting with the tender, pre‑construction, and delivery of a range of opportunities and live projects by collaboratively developing and maintaining robust, detailed project plans
• Assisting with establishing optimal construction methodologies, logic sequences and work outputs
• Appreciating and upholding the Health & Safety standards in all planning processes

Win Work

• Developing animations of the project plan to aid in the digital rehearsal of the project construction
• Supporting the review of tender programmes and their compliance

Do Work

• Fostering the planning culture with a great focus on weekly planning updates and reviews of performance
• Monitoring the critical path and key milestones, advising the delivery team on any potential changes and leading challenge and mitigation actions
• Supporting the preparation of reports and updates of information displayed on sites in line with the reporting cycles

Get Paid

• Ensuring that claimable delays are captured and quantified
• Supporting the development of programmes to demonstrate the impact of change in compliance with the contractual and project‑specific requirements
• Advising Operations and Commercial on project risks, float uptake and impacts on the contractual delivery dates

Essential

• CSCS Card
• Good understanding of construction sequencing and how a project comes together, gained in a site‑level role for a contractor in the UK construction industry
• Good knowledge of NEC and other relevant forms of contract
• Experience in leading collaborative planning processes
• Proficient in Primavera P6/Primavera Cloud and competent in MS Project
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to communicate complex information to a wide range of audiences