Title: Senior Planning Engineer
Location: West London
Salary: £70-90,000 + car allowance + package
The Role
An outstanding opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Planning Engineer to join a leading UK main contractor on a landmark £300m infrastructure project in West London. This is a high-profile, technically complex scheme of strategic importance, offering the rare opportunity to become involved from the early stages and play a key role in shaping the programme, methodology, and delivery strategy from day one.
You will be part of a highly experienced and well-established project team, working in a fast-paced and collaborative environment where planning is central to project success. This role is ideally suited to a Senior Planner with strong UK main contracting experience who thrives on major infrastructure delivery and enjoys working on complex, challenging schemes.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop, manage and maintain the fully integrated project programme using Primavera P6
* Support the project from early-stage planning through to construction and completion
* Provide detailed programme analysis, critical path assessments and sequencing logic
* Produce regular progress updates, reports and dashboards for the project leadership team
* Support change management, including the assessment and submission of programme impacts
* Work closely with commercial and project teams to manage NEC compensation events and contractual programme requirements
* Identify, analyse and mitigate programme and schedule risks
* Provide support for baseline submissions, revised programmes and contractual compliance
* Challenge construction methodology and sequencing to drive programme efficiency and certainty
* Liaise with stakeholders, supply chain partners and subcontractors to ensure programme alignment
Requirements
* Proven experience as a Senior Planning Engineer within a UK main contracting environment
* Strong background in major infrastructure projects
* Advanced user of Primavera P6
* Excellent working knowledge of NEC contracts, particularly in relation to programme management and compensation events
* Experience working on large, complex and technically demanding schemes
* Strong analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills
* Ability to work collaboratively within a large, multidisciplinary project team
What's on Offer
* £70-90,000 per annum
* Annual car allowance £7,000
* Pension, Healthcare, Life Assurance, Private Medical
* 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Collaborative and professional working environment where planning is valued as a key function
* Plus other great benefits
If you are looking for a new career challenge in planning and you would like to be considered for the above opportunity then please apply by sending your CV or call Matt Lilburn on 01342 330 533 for a confidential chat quoting reference 72681.
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