We are currently seeking a Planner / Planning Engineer to work for a major civil engineering contractor on a multi million pound civil infrastructure scheme in the Eastern region This is an excellent opportunity to join an established, award winning contractor, with continuous success over a number of years with a solid order book, to work on multi discipline civil schemes The ideal candidate should fit the below criteria: * Main contract experience * Progressed from an engineering background (Site Engineer, Section Engineer, Agent etc) * Solid understanding of ASTA, P6, MS planning software * experience working on civil related projects * At least three years planning experience, with a further number of years experience on site * Progressed from and Engineering background Roles & Responsibilities: * Support the successful delivery of fully logically linked programmes that comply with the planning standard and client requirements. * Provide input into project risk registers. * Develop design and build programmes with detailed WBS structures and fully coded activities to support both Amco and Client progress reporting. * Develop and maintain excellent communication relationships with internal and external customers to gather progress information for project /programme updates. * Continuously monitor programmes to ensure they are updated to accurately reflect progress and reflect the revised forecast of the works and compare to baseline * Provide regular feedback and reports on the status of the projects to the project delivery team. * Provide sufficient detail on materials and plant to ensure the procurement teams have early visibility of the project requirements. * Provide sufficient resource information to ensure any recruitment requirements are identified in a suitable timescale. * Ensure the programme covers all the contractual key milestones. * Participate in the continuous improvement of the planning and delivery teams to support successful project delivery. * Act as an ambassador for the company with suppliers, stakeholders, customers and the public. * Support the successful delivery of the business lifesaving rules