Senior Planner

Cityscape Recruitment; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment company in London is seeking a Senior Planner to oversee multiple utilities projects. In this role, you will produce high-quality planning documents, mentor junior staff, and collaborate with project teams to ensure timely delivery. Candidates should possess a relevant engineering degree and significant experience with project planning, particularly in construction and utilities sectors.

Benefits

Car or car allowance

Healthcare package

Pension contribution

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in Project Planning.
• Operational experience as site engineer/agent preferred.
• Good stability on CV with at least 3 years at each company.

Responsibilities

• Produce high-quality programmes for tenders and live projects.
• Prepare and present regular internal and external project reports.
• Identify changes in work scope and produce impacted programmes.

Skills

Project Planning

Monitoring and Control

Effective Communication

Education

Relevant degree qualification in engineering/construction

Tools

P6

NEC contracts

Job description

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As a Senior Planner, you will be working across multiple projects for clients and contractors across the construction, utilities and infrastructure sectors. These will be London based utilities projects up to £30M. You will be reporting into the planning lead for the UK and will be expected to mentor and support junior planners whilst working in a small team of 3. This role will be suitable for someone who has a strong utility and construction background. Your role will be to produce high quality programmes for both tenders and live projects, including pre-construction and construction phases. Monitor and control project effectiveness, key outputs trackers and advise of any deviation. Assist project teams in delivering projects on time and in the most efficient manner. Prepare short and long-term resource allocation plans based on input from all key players and team members. Identify changes in work scope in the project plan and produce impacted programmes. Develop claims for Extension of Time and narratives to support programmes. Ensure to convey required project data and information to project teams. Prepare and present regular internal and external project reports / dashboards for management. Gather actual data, update project schedule and develop reliable schedule forecast with support from project team. This role will be based in central London.

REQUIREMENTS

The ideal candidate will have a relevant degree qualification in engineering/construction or equivalent. Operational experience (i.e. site engineer/agent) together with experience of planning as a Project Planner would be desirable. Experience with P6 and NEC contracts is essential. I am also looking for good stability on your CV with a minimum of 3 years at each company that you have worked for.

REWARDS AND BENEFITS

You will be joining a company with an excellent reputation and will be rewarded with a competitive salary of between £50,000 and £75,000 depending on experience. The position will include a car or car allowance as well as a healthcare package and pension contribution.