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 to matt.lilburn@goldgroup.co.uk or call Matt Lilburn on 01342 330 533 for a confidential chat quoting reference 72681.