Senior Planner

VolkerWessels UK Ltd; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual leave + birthday day off

Private medical care

Pension

Cycle to Work scheme

Training and development opportunities

Job summary

VolkerFitzpatrick in the Midlands is seeking a Senior Planner to drive pre-construction and construction delivery, with programmes from £1M to £100M across sectors.

Based in the Midlands with hybrid working and a full UK driving licence, you will develop integrated tender programmes covering design, procurement, construction and handover.

You will visit sites, monitor progress, identify risks early and advise across multiple projects, influencing outcomes with strong planning expertise.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in construction planning within main contracting.
• Experience with tenders and live projects £1M–£100M.
• Understanding of JCT and NEC contract conditions.
• Strong communicator and strategic thinker.

Responsibilities

• 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 regularly to provide hands-on planning support and resolve challenges.
• Monitoring progress and identifying risks early, ensuring proactive solutions are in place.
• Providing expert planning advice across multiple projects, influencing outcomes and driving excellence.

Skills

Construction planning

Tender planning

Stakeholder communication

Project scheduling

Education

Construction-related 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 an excellent opportunity for a Senior Planner in the Southern Region of our Building Division.

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 Commercial, Education, Health & Life Sciences and Defence 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.

Location

Can be based at our offices in the Midlands area, with regular site visits and hybrid working available.

A full UK driving licence is essential.

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 regularly to provide hands‑on planning support and resolve challenges.
• Monitoring progress and identifying risks early, ensuring proactive solutions are in place.
• Providing expert planning advice across multiple projects, influencing outcomes and driving excellence.

About you

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

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.

Additional information

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

Note for Recruitment Agencies

Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release. We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed