Senior Planner – Pre-Construction to Live Projects (NW)

We Are Footprint; England; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

We Are Footprint is partnering with a well-established main contractor to recruit a Senior Planner for the North West region. You will develop and manage programmes from tender to completion, collaborating with operational, commercial and pre-construction teams on a varied portfolio of live projects.

You will produce detailed tender and construction programmes, support risk analysis, and help drive planning standards across the business.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Planner or Senior Planner for a main contractor.
• Strong knowledge of construction sequencing and critical path planning.
• Experience across both pre-construction and live projects.
• Good understanding of programme risk, delays and commercial impact.
• Experience producing logic-linked programmes and logistics plans.
• Construction-related degree or equivalent experience would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Producing tender and construction programmes using Asta Powerproject.
• Developing construction sequencing, logistics plans and delivery strategies.
• Supporting tender submissions with programmes, methodologies, preliminaries and procurement information.
• Working with estimators, bid teams, consultants and supply chain to develop realistic and competitive programmes.
• Managing contract, target and short-term programmes on live projects.
• Monitoring progress and identifying potential delays, risks and opportunities.
• Providing planning support to Project Managers and site teams.
• Attending client and project meetings to provide programme updates and planning advice.
• Supporting delay analysis, programme events and potential entitlement claims.
• Helping improve planning processes and standards across the business.

Skills

Programme management

Critical path planning

Construction sequencing

Delivery strategies

Stakeholder communication

Education

Construction-related degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Asta Powerproject

Job description

We Are Footprint is partnering with a well-established main contractor to recruit a Senior Planner for the North West region. You will develop and manage programmes from tender to completion, collaborating with operational, commercial and pre-construction teams on a varied portfolio of live projects.

You will produce detailed tender and construction programmes, support risk analysis, and help drive planning standards across the business.