Project Planner

McGee; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist engineering contractor in London is seeking a Planner to oversee project program management. This position involves creating and updating detailed schedules while collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure operational effectiveness. The ideal candidate should have proven experience in construction, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in planning software. This is an on-site role based in Central London, offering a unique opportunity to work on high-profile engineering projects.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a similar role within Construction.
• Degree qualified or equivalent experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Create, amend, and update detailed programmes.
• Collaborate with project stakeholders to resolve issues.
• Conduct labor, plant, and material scheduling.

Skills

Programme Management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Collaboration skills

Education

Degree in relevant field

Tools

Planning software

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Company Overview

• We are McGee. A specialist engineering contractor, with a reputation for designing and delivering some of London’s most complex and innovative civil engineering projects. To name just a few: Constructing Europe’s deepest habitable basement,The Londoner Hotel. Delivering the impossible atClaridge’s Hotel’s mega basement and more recently, designing out 88% ofThe Acre’s embodied carbon of the temporary works.
• We provide a value-based integrated approach. Focusing on quality and innovation.
• We develop smart engineering solutions to complex problems and develop methods of working that enable fast delivery with safety and quality by design, using our in-house Construction Engineering team (CET), providing temporary works sequences, solution design and digital modelling.
• We operate a risk-based approach in everything that we do, identifying and mitigating risks through our planning.
• We compliment this with our in-house supply chain, self-delivery philosophy and our support services.

Role Overview

As a Planner you will be responsible for supporting the successful completion of projects by creating, amending, and updating detailed programmes. This role involves coordinating various project elements, ensuring commercial awareness, and operational effectiveness throughout the project lifecycle.

A key aspect of this role is to collaborate and work closely with internal and external stakeholders including the Project Manager, Construction Manager, Commercial team, in-house design team, wider team members and clients to extract critical information and communicate potential changes and obstacles to the programme, allowing for the timely resolution of issues and the alignment of everyone’s efforts toward common project goals.

Key Responsibilities

• General Programme Management including development of initial programmes based on first principles.
• Prepare and present contract programs for tender submissions.
• Analyse, review, and recommend main contract programs post-contract award.
• Conduct full labor, plant, and material scheduling for the workforce.
• Commercial and Change Control including analysing potential risks and developing contingency plans to mitigate disruptions.
• Client Engagement including participating in pre-tender meetings, providing status updates and supporting bids.
• Generating and distribute reports on project schedules, progress, and performance indicators.

Qualifications and Skills

• Proven experience in a similar role within Construction
• Ideally degree qualified
• Ideally engineering background but not essentialli>
• Ideally exposure to self-delivery business but not essential
• An ability to thrive in fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• Proficiency in planning software and the Microsoft Office Suite is expected.

This role is based on Site, in Central London.

If you would like to join a team of exceptional people, working on high-profile complex engineering projects in London, please contact our Recruitment Manager directly at [e-mail] for more details on the role and an initial conversation in the strictest confidence.

McGee is a committed Equal Opportunities and Diversity employer.

With a healthy pipeline of secured work, we will continue to drive the success of our clients and meet the ever-increasing demand for what we do.