Regional Planner

BAM UK & Ireland; West of England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

8% matched pension contributions

Private healthcare

Life assurance

26 days holiday

2 wellbeing days

1 volunteering day

Personal and professional development

Flexible benefit pot

Job summary

BAM UK & Ireland is seeking aRegional Planner to lead the Planning function across the Western Region, coordinating with project teams and clients to support multiple construction projects. The role requires strong planning expertise, a collaborative mindset and experience in delivering complex programmes.

Located in the Western Region offices, you will drive planning activities, maintain governance, and mentor junior planners while contributing to continuous improvement in processes and

Qualifications

• Organised, self-motivated and able to lead the planning and project controls.
• Experience with health & safety guidance in planning and project controls.
• Wide construction knowledge and strong communication; collaborative attitude.
• Experience in project delivery, team management and staff development.
• Knowledge of planning and programming tools and platforms.
• Strong knowledge of JCT and NEC contracts and their relevance to planning and project controls.
• Degree or equivalent education.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Planning function across the Western Region.
• Maintain effective communications with all disciplines and clients.
• Support the Regional Director to meet regional and business objectives.
• Plan, manage and monitor regional Planning resources against workloads and budgets.
• Contribute to development and implementation of tender and project execution processes.
• Ensure programme quality assurance in accordance with procedures.
• Promote data requirements and reporting standards; ensure data security.
• Engage with other Regional Planners for knowledge sharing and discipline development.

Skills

Organised

Self-motivated

Team leadership

Planning & project controls

Communication skills

Education

Degree or equivalent education

Job description

Building a sustainable tomorrow

What if your next step led further than you thought?

Building a sustainable tomorrow

What if your next step led further than you thought?

With a reputation built over 150 years, BAM has the depth, scale and momentum to offer you more than a next step. We offer you a path. One that can take you across sectors, into leadership, or even around the world. We invest in development because we want our people to stay and grow. Wherever you want to go, we’ll help you get there.

BAM UK & Ireland are looking for a Regional Planner to work as part of our Western team located in the any of our Western Region offices.

You will lead and manage the Planning function, responsible for supporting construction projects across the Western Region.

Making Possible

Maintain effective communications with all disciplines within the BAM business and our clients.

Support the Regional Director to meet regional and business objectives.

Plan, manage and monitor regional Planning resources to be balanced with ongoing and anticipated tender and project workloads. This will include consideration of business unit budgets and instigating recruitment requests when appropriate.

Carry out Planning reviews and contribute to the development and implementation of tender and project execution primary processes of procedures, standards and best practice. Ensure programme quality assurance in accordance with company procedures.

Ensure that there is the competency and capacity to meet the requirements of Standards and Procedures in the execution of planning and programming. Manage the application of planning and programming in support of primary processes for project control, estimating, risk, change management and commercial activities.

Lead others in the assimilation of information of construction techniques, sequence and activity durations to be reflected in robust project programmes.

Reporting on the portfolio of projects programme performance to the regional leadership team and provide an independent view on programme and planning on project performance through preconstruction and project delivery.

Regularly engage with the other Regional Planners and Head of Planning for knowledge share and Planning discipline development and improvement.

Implement BAM planning and programming data requirements and reporting standards. Manage data/information security for planning platforms/tools. Promote purpose and function of the various platforms and software systems supported within planning.

Evaluate functional performance and explore new thinking/introducing new technology for continuous improvement in future, as well as contributing to the personal and professional development of supervised team members.

Your team

Located in the any of our Western Region offices

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• A wide range of family friendly policies
• 8% matched pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• 2 wellbeing days
• 1 volunteering day
• Personal and professional development
• Flexible benefit pot

What do you bring to the role?

• Organised, self-motivated, able to work alone and as part of a team to lead the planning and project controls function.
• Working with BAMHealth & Safety, Set strategy, primary process and guidance to promote and manage a culture of Health & Safety in planning, programming and project controls.
• Wide construction technical knowledge and project delivery experience with good communication skills, with a collaborative attitude.
• Successful experience in project delivery, team management and individual development, visionary and pragmatic thinking, opportunity embracing, and strategic in role delivery.
• Demonstrable knowledge and experience of planning and programming tools, software, systems and platforms.
• Demonstrable knowledge of project delivery programme risk management strategy, approach, methods, and evaluation.
• Have a knowledge bank of referenced production rates, methods and lessons learnt; for beneficial knowledge share.
• Strong knowledge of JCT and NEC forms of contract used by the construction industry and their relevance to planning and project controls professional services provided to the company.
• Degree or equivalent education.

About BAM

Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.

We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

The application process

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at any time you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you. "Join us in Making Possible"

Closing date for all applications is 4th September 2026

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