Seasoned Construction Engineer - BECOME A GREAT PLANNER - UK (Hybrid)

Medium; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A progressive construction consultancy in the UK is seeking a Project Planner to enhance the delivery of complex projects. The role involves owning project plans, ensuring adherence, and providing actionable insights to stakeholders. Ideal candidates have a construction engineering background, strong communication skills, and leadership capabilities. This position promises a transformative educational experience in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Health Insurance Scheme

Pension Scheme

Bonus Scheme

Professional body membership

Flexible working

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience on construction projects.
• Proficient in written and verbal English.
• Proactive in self-leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own the project plan and ensure effective execution.
• Provide actionable reports to stakeholders.
• Develop scalable best practices and tools.

Skills

Project planning

Communication skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Education

Construction engineering background

Job description

We are Laminar Projects!

We bring transparency and control to projects through a pragmatic mix of the latest tech, our own processes, and a big dose of common sense. We then take our deep understanding of these projects and we invest heavily into developing the digital solutions that anyone can use to deliver their projects better. Check out Shape, our construction management tech, to see what we’re doing.

Improving construction strengthens the very foundation of human civilisation. Check out our short film about it.

The core of all this is our true secret sauce: our people. We only recruit the very best, both in capability and personality. We’re deeply focused on designing a new type of organisation that’s optimised for the flourishing of the people in the team first and foremost. People who join us develop fast as a whole person in ways they never imagined. Read more about our vision and missions.

This approach has allowed us to grow from just two people in 2017 to over 220 today. We have a stable, repeat client base across infrastructure and complex building projects in the UK and internationally, and we’re still growing fast. Joining us isn’t just some “job”. It’s a transformative educational experience. We challenge you to be your best self in all aspects of life. There are many diverse and interesting challenges available. It’s up to you to guide yourself into whichever areas you’re most interested – we’ll enable it.

Get to know us better by watching a few more of our videos.

Core values for a good life

• Grow yourself – your relationship with yourself
• Care about people – your relationship with others around you
• Execute to greatness – your relationship with your team
• Build civilisation – your relationship with humanity and the world

Our Vision

• Connect us with meaningful relationships
• Inspire us to develop ourselves to become better humans
• Empower us to pursue our own learning adventures

Our Missions

• To fully digitalise the construction of human civilisation
• To create a new type of organisation that enables human flourishing while delivering a huge positive impact on society

The Role

Purpose of the role

You’ll be enhancing the delivery of the most complex and interesting projects in the world through the power of project planning to the very highest standards. You’ll devise strategies and tactics to improve the way the project is delivered. You’ll translate this knowledge into a logic‑linked plan and analyse it using planning software. Then you’ll use the plan to help the teams understand what to prioritise.

Your team

This role is part of our Project Management Consultancy team which focuses on:

• Understanding what the real problems of projects are
• Implementing the best solutions to those problems
• Developing scalable best practices, tools and technology

More specifically, you’ll be part of our Project Planning Team, who are industry leaders in the planning of complex construction projects. Your initial leader will be one of our planning discipline directors.

Your top three objectives

1. To make construction projects deliver to near perfection
2. To create scalable and repeatable solutions to common problems
3. To develop yourself and everyone around you

Your top five responsibilities

1. Own the plan: Own the project plan for one or more projects and ensure that the project is working to it effectively. Ensure delays are mitigated and managed commercially.
2. Own the outcome: You're responsible for putting in your best effort to ensure the project team’s understanding and focus on the plan – no matter how stubborn they are.
3. Report and inform: Provide simple, actionable reports to stakeholders at all levels that help them deliver their part of the project more efficiently and effectively.
4. Make scalable solutions: Develop scalable and repeatable best practices and tools in collaboration with the team so that long-term impact is achieved.
5. Develop everyone: Maximise the development of your team personally and professionally and educate our clients to improve as well.

You must have:

• A construction engineering background. You have at least 2+ years of experience on construction projects.
• Communication skills. You’re proficient in written and verbal English and have the charisma and influence to get construction people to do new things and take the best approach.
• Leadership capabilities. You lead yourself proactively and lead others by asking the right questions and challenging them.
• Impact. You have a track record of making projects and organisations better beyond just doing the basics – implementing scalable, repeatable solutions that had a significant positive impact.

Laminar isn’t the place for you if any of the following is true:

• You want an easy, chilled‑out role without much challenge.
• You like to be the smartest person in the room.
• You don’t like continuously receiving honest candid feedback.
• You prefer to do your own thing rather than work with a team.

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of projects would I be working on?

It’s common for people to be exposed to several projects in their first year with us. You’ll work on some of the most complex and interesting environments in the world. We’ve delivered over 100 data centres internationally, many of them fast‑tracked and multi‑package. Our teams have supported flagship infrastructure programmes like HS2 through integrated planning and digital delivery, contributed to over $30bn in power generation and transmission projects, and played a key role in the development of high‑containment labs and R&D campuses for some of the world’s most advanced industrial and life sciences clients. You might find yourself working in sectors such as data centres, infrastructure (including defense, rail, and highways), high tech (such as advanced manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and semiconductors), or complex building projects. These aren’t hands‑off assignments. They’re dynamic, hands‑on environments designed for people who want to be challenged. We bring back the lessons from every project to help our team grow and deliver the highest levels of value. Check out our case stories.

Who are our clients?

Major owners/operators and main contractors with project values between £1m and £1bn+ globally.

Where would I be working?

One week you might be working from home. The next, you might travel to the site to meet the construction teams and help organise them. Maybe you’ll pop into our London office for a workshop or a beer. Maybe you’ll fly out to exotic (and sometimes not!) locations in Europe or the Middle East to visit clients. It really depends on what you want to get involved in and what fits with your life.

How does what I do connect with the long‑term impact on the construction industry?

You’re tasked with understanding and solving common problems. We don’t want to reinvent the wheel every time, so you’ll be responsible for documenting new solutions and evolving ones we’ve developed. This goes into our knowledge repository, which we’re going to open source to the industry.

The knowledge you capture will be used by us to build new products. You’ll constantly test those products in the field, so we can rapidly iterate and improve them for anyone in the industry to use.

Benefits

Standard Benefits

• Health Insurance Scheme. Comprehensive private health coverage – for you and your family. Because your well‑being is our priority.
• Pension Scheme. A competitive plan to help you plan for the long term – plus salary sacrifice options available to maximise your savings.
• Bonus Scheme. As a permanent member of the team, you’ll share in our success. Our annual bonus is designed to reward both the now and the future – with a flexible mix of cash and high‑growth equity that you choose. Bonuses are discretionary and based on performance.
• Professional body membership. One fee covered per year – so you can stay connected to your field and develop your craft.
• Cycle to Work Scheme. A tax‑efficient way to get wheels – and do your bit for the environment.

Life‑Changing Benefits

• In‑house coaching. Regular 1:1 coaching sessions, fully confidential, to help you navigate challenges, build self‑awareness, and grow intentionally – professionally and as a human being.
• Equity upside. As we grow, you grow. Our generous equity scheme is especially powerful for those who stay with us on our journey. You help us build the future – and own a piece of it.
• Flexible working. Work where it makes sense – most of our team works from home, visiting sites or clients regularly. We care about outcomes, not clock‑ins.
• Relentless development. Our goal is for every year here to be worth five years of development anywhere else. You’ll get a coach, a mentor, honest feedback, and a culture that challenges you to keep levelling up.

Important! Applying properly

We get thousands of applications so please write us a letter as part of your application explaining:

• Why you want to join us.
• What you’ll bring to the team.

We’re not a giant, faceless corporation; we really care about the people who want to join our team, so your letter will be read carefully. After that, we’ll reach out to you to schedule a casual conversation to help you get to know us a bit better and tell us a bit about yourself. A couple of technical and personal assessments follow to understand your capability based on our own development matrix.

This is to ensure that when you join, you’re starting at the right level of responsibility.