Senior Planner
Balfour Beatty · Ipswich, England ·
Overview
As a Senior Planner, you will drive compliant, high-quality project programmes and strategic planning for complex construction endeavors. You will shape design, procurement, and construction strategies, manage baselines and change control, and mentor junior planners. You will leverage project data and KPIs to support informed decision-making and ensure timely delivery. This role sits at the intersection of planning excellence and stakeholder collaboration within a leading geo-technical contractor focused on infrastructure scale projects.
Pay / Benefits
- attractive salary
- medical health cover
- company car or car allowance
- discretionary annual bonus
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
- pension savings schemes
Responsibilities
- Produce compliant project programmes with high quality standards
- Define planning scope, constraints, and contract requirements
- Develop efficient design, procurement and construction strategies for tenders
- Prepare tender programmes, planning philosophies, presentations and reports
- Produce, manage and maintain contract programmes
- Assess critical paths and recommend corrective actions
- Establish project baselines and manage change control processes
- Coordinate resources and monitor supplier/subcontractor performance
- Provide strategic planning oversight and mentor less experienced planners
- Utilise project data and KPIs to monitor progress and support decisions
Key requirements
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication, negotiation and conflict-resolution abilities
- Proven leadership and time-management skills
- Strong understanding of project data, processes and reporting
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, MS Project, Primavera P6 or ASTA
- Comprehensive knowledge of construction planning, scheduling, contracts and risk management
- Experience producing and managing programmes for complex construction projects
- Successful track record of project delivery and stakeholder relationship management
- analytical thinking
- communication
- leadership
- Excel
- MS Project
- Primavera P6
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