Senior Planner

Kier Group; Chalfont St. Peter; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group in Gerrard's Cross is seeking a Senior Planner to join our Construction Delivery team, supporting multi-site projects across London and the Thames Valley. You will develop integrated programmes, monitor progress, and collaborate with Pre Construction and Construction Delivery teams on schemes from £5M to £100M+ across Health, Residential, Commercial, Education and Custodial sectors.

You will attend site visits, produce monthly client reports, forecast scenarios, develop mitigations,

Qualifications

• Construction planning experience in main contractor environments.
• Construction-related degree or equivalent.
• CSCS card and site-based experience.

Responsibilities

• Produce and manage integrated programmes with risk allowances and float.
• Attend site visits and liaise with subcontractors.
• Create monthly client progress reports and provide planning input across projects.
• Forecast programme scenarios and develop mitigation strategies.
• Mentor junior planning team members and contribute to department development.

Skills

Construction planning

NEC/JCT knowledge

Mentoring juniors

Site coordination

Asta Powerproject

Education

BSc/HNC/D in construction

Tools

Asta Powerproject

Bluebeam

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Planner to join our Construction Delivery team based in Gerrard's Cross.

Location: Gerrard's Cross, covering sites within London and Thames Valley
Hours: 40 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

Based in our Chiswell Office, you'll be working on multiple sites across London and the Thames Valley area. As a Senior Planner, you'll collaborate with Pre Construction and Construction Delivery Teams, offering your planning expertise on projects ranging from £5M to £100M+ in value across diverse sectors including Health & Science, Residential, Commercial, Education, and Custodial. You'll be part of a supportive Planning Department of ten, reporting to a Planning Manager or Head of Planning.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Planner, you'll be working within the Construction Delivery team, supporting them in achieving successful project delivery across multiple sectors. Your day to day will include:

• Producing and managing fully integrated programmes incorporating all disciplines, with appropriate risk allowances and terminal float
• Attending regular site visits to independently assess progress and liaise with subcontractors
• Creating monthly client progress reports and providing planning expertise across projects
• Forecasting programme scenarios, developing mitigation strategies, and reviewing subcontractor compliance
• Mentoring junior planning team members and contributing to department development through lessons learnt and innovation

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Planner is great for you if:

• You have construction planning experience within a main contractor environment on projects valued between £5M - £100M+
• You hold a construction-related academic qualification (BSc, HNC/D etc.) and possess a valid CSCS card
• You're an experienced user of Asta Powerproject and familiar with Bluebeam or similar software
• You have strong knowledge of NEC and JCT forms of contract, including delay and change entitlement methods
• You can confidently manage your own workload while supporting and collaborating with project teams

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.

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