Senior Planner

Volkerrail Group; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Private medical care

Pension

Cycle to Work scheme

Training and development

Job summary

VolkerFitzpatrick, based in Birmingham, is seeking a Senior Planner to join the Building Division. You’ll drive pre-construction and delivery planning for projects from £1M to £100M, with regular site visits and a hybrid working pattern.

The role requires proven construction planning experience, strong tender and live project planning, and proficiency in Asta Powerproject (P6 preferred). A UK driving licence is essential, and you’ll collaborate across stakeholders to keep programmes robust and

Qualifications

• Proven experience in construction planning within main contracting Build.
• Experience with tenders and live projects valued £1M–£100M.
• Understanding of JCT and NEC contract conditions and their impact on planning.

Responsibilities

• Develop and produce fully logic linked tender programmes for design, procurement, construction, testing and handover.
• Visit sites regularly to provide planning support and resolve challenges.
• Monitor progress and identify risks early with proactive solutions.
• Provide expert planning advice across multiple projects to influence outcomes.

Skills

Tender planning

Site visits

Risk monitoring

Stakeholder influence

Proj planning

Education

Construction qualification

Tools

Asta Powerproject

Primavera P6

Job description

VolkerFitzpatrick offers a range and depth of civil engineering, infrastructure and building services. We contribute to vital parts of the nation’s life through projects of strategic importance, while delivering those less visible, yet essential, works required by both private and public sectors. We build, renew, maintain highways, airports, railway infrastructure, and commercial, industrial and educational buildings.

We have a superb opportunity for a Senior Planner to join our Building Division.

Location - Based at our office in Birmingham, with regular site visits and hybrid working available.

A full UK driving licence is essential.

As a Senior Planner in our Building Division, you’ll play a pivotal role in both the Pre-Construction and Construction Delivery teams, driving the success of projects ranging from £1M to £100M in the Industrial/Warehouse and Data Centre sectors

Your strategic insight and technical know-how will ensure that every programme is robust, regularly monitored and updated to suit the needs of each project.

What You’ll Be Doing

In this dynamic and influential role, you’ll be at the heart of project planning, ensuring programmes are realistic, achievable, and aligned with client expectations. Your responsibilities will include:

• Develop and produce fully logic linked and integrated ‘bid winning’ tender programmes comprising the design, procurement, construction, testing, commissioning and handover strategies that are compliant with tender requirements, design and chosen methodology without assistance.
• Visiting sites regularlyto provide hands-on planning support and resolve challenges.
• Monitoring progress and identifying risks early, ensuring proactive solutions are in place.
• Providing expert planning adviceacross multiple projects, influencing outcomes and driving excellence.

About you

• Bring proven experience in construction planning within the main contracting sector within Build.
• Have a strong track record of working on tenders and live projectsvalued between£1M and £100M.
• Are highly proficient inAsta Powerprojectandideally with experience with P6.
• Possess an understanding ofJCT and NEC contract conditionsand their impact on planning.
• Have a construction related qualification.
• Are a confident communicator and strategic thinker, capable of influencing stakeholders at all levels.

If your past experience doesn’t match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.

Why work with us?

VolkerFitzpatrick is under the umbrella of VolkerWessels UK which is a multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.

By utilising the specialist skills of each business unit within VolkerWessels UK, VolkerFitzpatrick are able to ensure our staff provide unrivalled resources and expertise to our clients.

We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.

We offer a range of benefits, including:

• Competitive salary
• Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
• Option to buy additional annual leave
• Private medical care
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
• Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
• Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
• Flexible working opportunities
• Employee Assistance programme
• Mental health, physical health, and financial support
• 24/7 Virtual GP service

Fairness, inclusion and respect

We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.

If you need support with your application, please contact us at [e-mail]

VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.