Senior Construction Planner - Drive Schedules with Primavera P6

Turner & Townsend; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior Planner to provide day-to-day planning assurance and construction planning support across a major project, with a focus on contractor and subcontractor programme assurance and progress validation.

The role requires regular site presence in Teesside (3–4 days a week) to support planning, progress validation and engagement with Contractors, aligned with site meetings and package reviews.

Qualifications

• Senior planning experience on major onshore construction projects.
• Strong Primavera P6 experience, including programme review, baseline comparison, progress updates, critical path analysis and forecast assessment.
• Experience working in a site-based construction environment with direct interface with Contractors and Subcontractors.
• Good understanding of construction sequencing, productivity, site constraints, access issues and package interfaces.
• Ability to challenge programme submissions and provide clear, practical planning advice.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to make risk-based decisions where parameters are unclear and judgement is needed.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to mobilise, inspire and lead by example.
• Strong stakeholder management experience.
• Capability to navigate through conflict situations and defuse tension.

Responsibilities

• Review Contractor and Subcontractor programmes, progress updates, lookahead schedules and Level 4 planning submissions.
• Support day-to-day planning assurance across key construction packages.
• Monitor progress against the Performance Baseline, forecast programme and key project milestones.
• Review short-term construction planning, including 3-week lookaheads and package-level delivery plans.
• Identify schedule risks, logic issues, interface constraints, progress slippage and critical path concerns.
• Support site progress validation through engagement with construction, QS, cost and package teams.
• Contribute to monthly reporting, schedule narratives, variance analysis and performance commentary.
• Attend site progress, planning, construction coordination and package review meetings.
• Escalate programme concerns and support mitigation planning where required.
• Creation, development and maintenance of project schedules that assist and align with project requirements on a complex, risk-managed project or programme.
• Adherence to NEC or FIDIC contract processes for management of schedule data and submissions.

Skills

Senior planning

Primavera P6

Site-based construction

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Risk assessment

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior Planner to provide day-to-day planning assurance and construction planning support across a major project, with a focus on contractor and subcontractor programme assurance and progress validation.

The role requires regular site presence in Teesside (3–4 days a week) to support planning, progress validation and engagement with Contractors, aligned with site meetings and package reviews.