Senior Planner

NG Bailey; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Pension with employer contributions

Private healthcare

Employee assistance program

Discounts

Personal development programme

Flexible Benefits

Travel allowance

Job summary

NG Bailey in Banbury seeks a Senior Planner to lead the planning function for a major infrastructure project, focusing on MEP/building services. You’ll produce workable programmes, run monthly progress dashboards, and deliver weekly updates.

The role requires Primavera proficiency, NEC knowledge, and site experience, with stakeholder engagement and contract baseline management. The ideal candidate will drive integration and ensure targets are met through robust planning controls.

Qualifications

• Experience in planning on medium to large construction projects, preferably MEP/building services.
• Construction site experience is essential.
• Proficient in Primavera and NEC contract knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning function for the project and produce workable programmes that meet contract requirements.
• Prepare monthly progress submissions and dashboards for reporting; manage weekly updates.
• Facilitate integrated planning meetings with stakeholders and maintain the contract baseline programme.
• Monitor progress and productivity against the plan and report to the planning manager and project team.

Skills

Construction site experience

Primavera proficiency

NEC knowledge

Education

Relevant industry qualification/apprenticeship

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Senior Planner - (MEP/Building Services)

Banbury

Permanent

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Planner to join our team to work on a major infrastructure project.

The main purpose of the role is to drive the planning function on this project and produce workable realistic and efficient programmes of work which meet an appropriate standard for the contract conditions and both internal and client requirements. Monthly progress submissions, dashboard creating for reporting and weekly updates will be staple tasks in this role.

Key deliverables in this role are:

• Ensure that all planning related activities are carried out in compliance with contractual obligations, internal processes and external legislation governing business operations
• Arrange and facilitate integrated planning meetings, engaging with all relevant stakeholders to develop and agree the plan
• Participate within bid activities as required
• Work closely with relevant project personnel and external customer in order to produce/ agree a contract baseline programme for each allocated project
• Maintain and update contract baseline in line with any agreed contract changes, ensuring changes are communicated to all stakeholders
• Ensure that progress and productivity is effectively monitored against project plan, produce clear reports for all stakeholders
• Ensure that planning outputs/reports are produced for contract reviews. Support the operational teams in order to ascertain whether project targets are being achieved and jointly establish and agree any corrective measures where necessary.
• Perform time/risk analysis against programmes at regular intervals with the planning manager/senior planner, and the project manager.

Requirements

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Considerable experience in a planning role on medium to large construction projects. We would be looking for someone with experience of MEP / Building Services projects.
• Construction site experience
• Primavera proficient
• NEC knowledge
• A relevant industry or professional qualification/apprenticeship.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday per annum, plus bank holidays
• Pension with leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
• Private healthcare
• Free 24/7 365 Employee assistance program to support mental health and wellbeing (including counselling sessions and legal advice)
• Discounts
• Personal development programme
• Flexible Benefits
• Travel allowance

Next Steps

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us

We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression is something we value, and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.