Senior Planner

Kier Group plc; Greater London, Gerrards Cross; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm is seeking a Senior Planner to join their London team, working in a flexible/hybrid environment. In this role, you will oversee planning for major construction projects valued between £10M - £100M. Your responsibilities include producing tender programmes, site visits, and providing planning expertise. The ideal candidate will have construction planning experience, competency in Asta and Microsoft Project, and knowledge of NEC contract conditions. Great benefits are offered to employees.

Benefits

Flexible / hybrid working

Variety of tailored benefits

Qualifications

• Solid history of working on build tenders and projects valued between £20M - £80M.
• Experience in the main contracting sector.

Responsibilities

• Produce tender programmes for projects.
• Monitor and update construction programmes.
• Collate progress information during planning stages.
• Advise on planning expertise for projects.

Skills

Construction planning experience

User of Asta software

User of Microsoft Project

NEC contract knowledge

Job description

We're looking for Senior Planner to join our London Teambased in one of our offices in Central London, Loughton or Maple Cross

Location:London, flexible / hybrid working available

Contract: Permanent

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Planner, you will be working within the ConstructionDelivery and Pre Construction Teams to offer planning expertise at both tender and delivery stages of projects that can range from £10M - £100M in value. The Senior Planner will retain an overall monitoring capacity for complex projects to ensure construction plans are created, updated, and amended in line with project needs.

Your day to day will include:

• Producingtender programmes
• Attending regular site visits to assist the team with planning issues
• Collatingprogress information and understanding any areas of concern during the planning stage
• Creating workable construction programmes, monitoring and updating
• Advising and providing planning expertise across projects

Who are we looking for?

• Have construction planning experience gained within the contractor environment
• You havea solid history of working on build tenders and projects between £20M - £80M in value
• You are an experienced user of Asta and Microsoft Project software
• You have planning experience within the main contracting sector
• You have strong knowledge or NEC contract conditions and how this affects planning

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.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.

• KCL- SENIOR PLANNER - Job Specification.docx