Senior Planner

Inclusionmaking Kier; Ipswich; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier is seeking a Senior Planner to join its Nuclear business team in Suffolk. The role supports delivering programme controls under NEC contracts on a major energy project, with hybrid working and on-site presence required 3–4 days a week.

Based in Suffolk, you’ll manage master programmes, provide dashboards and narratives, and work with commercial teams on forecasts. Experience with NEC contracts and Primavera P6 is essential.

Qualifications

• NEC contract-based planning experience and ability to liaise with clients.
• Familiarity with reinforced concrete frame building techniques.
• Significant planning experience with strong programming knowledge.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Construct and manage fully integrated master programmes and phase sequence plans.
• Produce programmes for acceptance, impact programmes, weekly lookaheads, dashboards and narratives.
• Analyse project metrics to track key dates in dashboards.
• Support commercial forecasting with labour and materials reference to the programme.
• Update and monitor progress against contract requirements and subcontract programmes.

Skills

NEC planning

Client liaison

Program scheduling

Communication skills

Team collaboration

On-site coordination

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Planner to join our Nuclear business team based in Suffolk Location: Suffolk Hours: 45 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. Kier is currently involved in a major energy project delivering a nuclear grade power station and infrastructure on one of the UK's largest projects. We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Planner to join our Nuclear business team, working initially on a project through to completion, then working on further nuclear projects within our Natural Resources, Nuclear and Networks business unit. Hybrid working is available, but you will be required to be on site at least 3-4 days per week. What will you be responsible for? As a Senior Planner, you'll be working within the Nuclear business team, supporting them in delivering all programme and project controls outputs under an NEC contract.

Your day to day will include:

• Constructing and managing the production of fully integrated master programmes and phase sequence plans for the project
• Producing programmes for acceptance, impact programmes, weekly lookaheads, project controls dashboards, reports, and programme narratives
• Analysing project metrics to ensure key programme dates can be tracked with accuracy and displayed in project dashboards
• Supporting the commercial team to produce accurate forecasts based on labour resource and materials forecasting with reference to programme
• Updating and monitoring progress within a programme against contract requirements and evaluating supply chain and subcontract programmes

What are we looking for? This role of Senior Planner is great for you if:

• You have NEC contract-based planning experience and are comfortable dealing directly with clients
• You are familiar with reinforced concrete frame building techniques and methodologies
• You have significant planning experience and a thorough understanding of programming techniques and production rates
• You have excellent working knowledge of planning software and competency in the use of Primavera P6
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills and can work collaboratively to build effective relationships across teams, clients and stakeholders

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.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a BPSS Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicantswith convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks. #J-18808-Ljbffr