Senior Planning Engineer

Title: Senior Planner or Planner (M&E)
Location: Newcastle (Hybrid - 2 days remote)
Salary: £50-85,000 + car allowance + package

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Planner, or an ambitious Planner ready to step up, to join a busy and growing contractor with a strong pipeline of projects across the North East. This is a fantastic chance to become part of a high-performing team delivering a diverse portfolio of projects across multiple build sectors, including hospitals, prisons, commercial offices, schools and other major developments.

Working across both tender and contract stages, you will play a key role in developing and managing construction programmes, supporting project teams from early bid strategy through to successful delivery on site. With exposure to a wide range of technically challenging schemes, this role offers excellent variety, career development and the opportunity to make a real impact across a substantial regional workload.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage construction programmes across tender and live project stages
• Support bid teams with programme strategy, sequencing and methodology
• Work closely with project, commercial and delivery teams to ensure programme alignment
• Monitor progress, identify risks and support mitigation strategies
• Provide planning expertise across a broad range of M&E-intensive projects
• Support successful project delivery through robust programme management

Requirements

• Strong UK construction industry experience
• Proven M&E planning experience across building projects
• Proficiency in Asta Powerproject or Primavera P6
• Strong understanding of construction processes, sequencing and project delivery
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ambition to develop and progress within a growing business

The Opportunity

• Join a contractor with a strong and secure pipeline of North East projects
• Work across a wide variety of sectors including healthcare, justice, commercial and education
• Excellent exposure to both pre-construction and delivery planning
• Genuine long-term career progression for both experienced Senior Planners and ambitious Planners ready for the next step

Offer

• Starting salary £50-85,000 + package
• Annual car allowance of £6,000 or choice of company car
• Pension, Healthcare, Life Assurance, Private Medical
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Flexible benefits scheme and other great benefits.

If you are looking for a new career challenge in planning and you are interested in the above opportunity then please apply by sending your CV or call Matt Lilburn on (phone number removed) quoting refence 73661.

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