Senior Planner

Location: Framlingham, Suffolk
Permanent Salary: £80,000 - £100,000 + Package
Contract Rate: £500 - £550 per day Outside IR35
Working Pattern: 4-5 Days Per Week On Site.

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Planner to join a well-established civil engineering contractor working on a major UK infrastructure project based in Suffolk.

We are looking for a Senior Planner with a strong heavy civils and infrastructure background, ideally with experience across earthworks, groundworks, piling, reinforced concrete structures and associated civil engineering packages.

The position is available on either a permanent or contract basis, with permanent salaries between £80,000 - £100,000 + package, or £500 - £550 per day Outside IR35 for contractors.

As Senior Planner, you will play a key role in the planning and successful delivery of the project, working closely with the project, engineering and commercial teams.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing, managing and updating detailed construction programmes.
• Producing programmes covering civil engineering.
• Developing programmes from pre-construction through to project delivery and completion.
• Monitoring project progress against the baseline programme and identifying potential delays.
• Producing short-term, medium-term and long-term programmes.
• Working closely with Project Managers, Site Agents, Engineers and commercial teams.
• Reviewing construction methodology, sequencing and buildability.
• Undertaking critical path analysis and identifying programme risks.
• Producing progress reports, programme updates and look-ahead schedules.
• Supporting tender and pre-construction planning where required.
• Assessing subcontractor programmes and ensuring they align with the overall project programme.
• Supporting delay analysis, change management and extensions of time where required.
• Attending project, progress and client meetings.
• Ensuring programmes accurately reflect site progress and construction activities.

To be considered, you should have:

• Previous experience as a Senior Planner or experienced Construction Planner within civil engineering.
• Strong experience working on major infrastructure or heavy civil engineering projects.
• Experience planning packages involving earthworks, groundworks, piling and reinforced concrete structures.
• Strong understanding of construction sequencing and methodology.
• Experience developing and maintaining detailed construction programmes.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work closely with both site and commercial teams.
• Experience working for a civil engineering contractor is highly desirable.

• £80,000 - £100,000 + package for permanent candidates.
• Alternatively, £500 - £550 per day Outside IR35 for contract candidates.
• Long-term involvement on a major UK infrastructure project.
• Opportunity to work on complex heavy civil engineering packages.
• Established and respected civil engineering contractor.
• Long-term project pipeline and career progression opportunities.

If you're a Senior Planner with strong heavy civils experience please apply here today!