Assistant Planner

Kier Group; Miri; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK construction firm is seeking an Assistant Planner to join their Environment Agency team. You will support projects on coastal protection, flood defences, and reservoir improvements. The ideal candidate has civil engineering planning experience, excellent communication skills, and familiarity with NEC contract conditions. This position offers a 12-month fixed-term contract with the possibility of flexible hours, including part-time options.

Benefits

Wide variety of benefits tailored to needs

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Disability Confident employer

Qualifications

• Experience in civil engineering planning within a contractor environment.
• History of working on multiple projects within a framework.
• Strong knowledge of NEC contract conditions affecting planning.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to plan logistics and allocate resources.
• Monitor project progress across all phases.
• Identify and assess changes early, managing risk and cost.
• Develop and manage programme submissions.
• Coordinate with supply chain partners for efficient delivery.

Skills

Civil engineering planning experience

Excellent communication skills

Knowledge of NEC contract conditions

Proficient in Microsoft Project and Primavera P6

Leadership and management skills

Job description

We're looking for an Assistant Planner to join our Natural Resources, Nuclear and Networks team based in the Southwest.

Location: Exeter, Devon - some remote working available, with regular travel to the office required

Hours: 45 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available including part-time if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

Contract: 12 month Fixed Term Contract

What will you be responsible for?

As an Assistant Planner, you'll be working within the Environment Agency team, supporting them by working on projects within our Environment Agency Collaborative Delivery Framework. The works include but are not limited to coastal protection, flood defences, reservoir improvements & debris screen replacements. This role will suit someone with small to medium scale civil engineering infrastructure project experience, in the NEC contract environment.

Your day to day will include:

1. Collaborate with planners and operational teams to sequence work, plan logistics, and allocate resources effectively.
2. Monitor project progress across all phases, ensuring alignment with design, construction, commissioning, and handover goals.
3. Identify and assess changes early, communicating impacts with the commercial team to manage risk and cost.
4. Develop and manage programme submissions in line with contract and client requirements.
5. Coordinate with supply chain partners, support tendering efforts, and drive efficient project delivery.

What are we looking for?

This role of Assistant Planner is great for you if:

• Civil engineering planning experience gained within the contractor environment.
• Excellent communication skills, including leadership, management, analytical & problem-solving skills and can take the lead with client interfaces.
• History of working on multiple projects, within a framework environment.
• While you'll be an operator of Microsoft Project and Primavera P6 planning software, knowledge and experience of how other forms can be used to communicate the programme is essential.
• Strong knowledge of NEC contract conditions and how this affects planning and the programme.

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

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.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier #LI-KW1