Senior Construction Planner - Pre-Construction Scheduling

Facade Today; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Construction Planner to work in our Real Estate Division in London. You will support Commercial Developer, Industrial, Sciences and Technology teams with pre-construction planning and programming advisory services, collaborating with Cost Management teams as appropriate.

The role focuses on developing plans, programmes, and reporting to ensure safe, efficient outcomes and client satisfaction across various projects.

Qualifications

• Have a proven track record delivering projects as a Senior Planner/Project Planner with 10+ years experience in UK-based main contractor or project management consultancy.
• Experience on varied projects (Residential, Commercial, Education, Leisure, Industrial, Health & Retail).
• Proficient use of Asta Powerproject; Primavera and Microsoft Project are a bonus.
• Experience providing strategic planning, programming or project controls advice to clients during pre-construction stages would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Produce integrated programmes (design, procurement, construction) with a build strategy and phasing.
• Provide pre-construction planning and scheduling advice to clients.
• Support project team with planning functions and highlight programme issues.
• Give planning direction to stakeholders and produce programme assurance reports.
• Apply critical path analysis and report changes/delays to the programme.
• Produce outputs to analyse compensation events and delay impacts.
• Provide progress reports showing variance against baselines.
• Deliver Period Programme Updates and input to project reports.
• Coordinate between Clients, Partners, consultants and contractors’ programmes and ensure compliance with the Project Programme.
• Assist bidding team to prepare planning activities for tender documentation.
• Collaborate with Project Management and Cost Management to provide integrated delivery advice.

Skills

Project planning

Client liaison

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Asta Powerproject

Primavera

Microsoft Project

Job description

Turner & Townsend is seeking an experienced Senior Construction Planner to work in our Real Estate Division in London. You will support Commercial Developer, Industrial, Sciences and Technology teams with pre-construction planning and programming advisory services, collaborating with Cost Management teams as appropriate.

The role focuses on developing plans, programmes, and reporting to ensure safe, efficient outcomes and client satisfaction across various projects.