Senior Planner - DV/SC Cleared, Hybrid UK Construction

CMR; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

CMR is seeking an experienced Senior Planner to join our hybrid Reading team. The role focuses on robust scheduling, integration with cost and risk, and governance across UK projects.

You will work within a multi-disciplinary environment to deliver defensible schedules and drive project controls. Candidates should have senior planning experience in construction, strong Primavera P6 skills, and an ability to engage stakeholders.

Qualifications

• DV/SC clearance required or eligible and willing to DV clear.
• Experience in construction or infrastructure environments.
• Solid scheduling expertise including Primavera P6.
• Senior Planner level experience with schedule ownership.
• Strong MS Office skills (Word/Excel/PowerPoint).
• Ability to build schedules from first principles.
• Understanding of schedule hierarchy, integration, governance and change control.
• Familiarity with NEC or FIDIC contracts.
• Excellent communication and collaborative mindset.
• Ability to engage planning discussions with stakeholders.
• Proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain robust, realistic and defensible construction schedules.
• Develop schedule estimates aligned to scope and delivery strategy.
• Define Basis of Estimate for schedule scope and constraints.
• Support planning leadership across the programme for quality and governance.
• Coordinate with Cost and Risk teams to align estimates and impacts.
• Work with Risk team to support QSRA processes.
• Identify and manage interfaces with procurement, permits and milestones.
• Engage internal/external stakeholders to gain buy-in to the schedule.
• Review supplier and contractor schedules for logic and deliverability.
• Validate schedule estimates using benchmarks, design data and BIM.

Skills

Scheduling

MS Office

Communication

Problem solving

Stakeholder mgmt

Governance

Collaboration

Schedule ownership

First principles

Team leadership

Presentations

Education

Degree in construction/engineering/PM

Tools

Primavera P6

Power BI

Job description

CMR is seeking an experienced Senior Planner to join our hybrid Reading team. The role focuses on robust scheduling, integration with cost and risk, and governance across UK projects.

You will work within a multi-disciplinary environment to deliver defensible schedules and drive project controls. Candidates should have senior planning experience in construction, strong Primavera P6 skills, and an ability to engage stakeholders.