Senior project planner

Senior Project Planner

Role Purpose The Senior Project Planner is accountable for developing, managing, and monitoring project programmes to ensure successful delivery. This position provides strategic and commercial insight into programme performance and facilitates the project team in achieving critical milestones.

Key Responsibilities

• Direct planning, scheduling, and coordination activities throughout the project lifecycle
• Develop and maintain contract and construction programmes
• Ensure all programmes align with project requirements and business plans
• Analyse progress, identify risks, and recommend mitigation strategies
• Collaborate with internal teams, clients, and supply chain partners to ensure effective delivery
• Provide strategic planning input across tender, design, procurement, and construction phases
• Monitor performance, report on progress, and elevate key issues
• Foster team development and promote best practice in planning processes

Key Skills & Experience

• Extensive expertise in project planning and programme controls
• Experience in pre-contract planning, tendering, and construction sequencing
• Ability to assess risks, opportunities, and commercial impacts
• Proficient in stakeholder management and communication of programme strategies
• Advanced proficiency with project management systems and planning tools

About Us

We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state‑of‑the‑art infrastructure and building projects for clients in the UK, Middle East, and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, and quality are the foundations our clients expect. At Laing O'Rourke, we have over 150 years of experience delivering precisely that. Our story is characterised by energy, passion, ambition, people, and teamwork. We leverage the strength of our experience, spanning more than a century and a half, to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we facilitate access for candidates with long‑term health conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an Interview' scheme. This initiative supports applicants who meet the essential criteria by guaranteeing an interview for the advertised position. Please inform us prior to interview of any adjustments required, and discuss how we can accommodate your needs in the workplace.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require the application form in an alternative format or would like further information about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com