Equans Sci‑Tech is seeking a Senior Planner to be based on a project site in Bradford to assist the delivery of our projects. The Senior Planner will have strong NEC contract management experience with Civils, Mechanical & Electrical (M&E) project experience. The role will provide professional planning services throughout the project lifecycle and monitor the delivery of complex M&E projects within the NEC contractual framework. The successful candidate will work alongside the project teams, contracts and stakeholders to ensure timely and efficient execution while maintaining compliance with NEC requirements.
What you will deliver
- Develop, maintain and update detailed project schedules aligned with NEC4 contract requirements and M&E project specifications.
- Provide planning services as a key part of the project team ensuring the teams are delivering on project time objectives.
- Lead the planning and programming activities for all stages of an NEC4 contract construction project (pre‑construction, delivery, commissioning, and close‑out).
- Ensure compliance with NEC4 planning, reporting, and early warning procedures; prepare and maintain Programme submissions and impact assessments.
- Build strong internal and external relationships with the Planning department and broader project and client teams.
- Communicate with other disciplines within production teams to ensure they are aware of their roles in meeting the programme.
- Ensure compliance with company procedures and planning standards.
- Provide detailed, accurate regular progress reporting to the project team and client as required.
- Summarise project status upstream to senior management, highlighting any unresolved major risks and potential overruns.
- Manage time and workload to ensure deadlines are met. Highlight any potential work overload or slackening to Line Manager as soon as it becomes apparent.
- Review processes to enhance planning best practice that can aid and improve performance and consistency across the project teams and wider planning community.
- Form robust links with all key stakeholders by working closely with senior managers and directors.
- Review projects that have deviated from the plan and provide advice on plans and strategy, subsequent causes and effects and contribute to decisions as to the best way forward.
What we can offer you
- 25 days annual leave (+ public holidays)
- Life Cover equivalent to 4 times annual salary
- Company Stakeholder Pension Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance (Family Cover)
- 2 corporate social responsibility days per year
- Broad range of learning opportunities, such as professional qualifications, collective/individual training, and personalised support programmes
- Attractive Employee Referral Rewards Scheme
- Access to employee networks supporting diversity, including: AccessAbility, Encompass, RISE, Veterans & Reservists, WOMEN Together, Working Parents, and Young Professionals
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing resources
Who are we looking for
- Proven experience as a Planner or Senior Planner in complex M&E projects within the construction or engineering sectors
- Significant experience on major construction or infrastructure projects, ideally under NEC3/NEC4 contracts
- High competence in progress measurement, reporting, and forensic delay analysis
- Planning software expertise, preferably in P6 and Asta Powerproject
- Ability to manage multiple project programmes running in parallel
- Demonstrate knowledge of all aspects of a project lifecycle: design, procurement, construction (structure, architecture, M&E services, process)
- Excellent communication skills; ability to quickly and clearly articulate key issues and to listen and capture concerns of others
- Attention to Health and Safety matters
- Strong commercial awareness, especially relating to time/cost/risk interplay on NEC contracts
- Excellent knowledge of Excel for use in dashboard reporting
- A strategic approach, whilst communicating effectively, making decisions with confidence and getting the best out of others
- Relevant degree or professional qualification in engineering, construction management, or project controls is desirable, and membership of APM or similar is a plus
- Experience working on multi‑disciplinary, multi‑phased construction schemes such as energy, infrastructure, or major building projects
- Mentor and support junior planners, promoting best practices in planning and project controls
Equality and diversity
Equans is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from women, individuals from ethnically diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities and others under the Equality Act 2010. Applicants must have evidence of the right to work in the UK. Certain roles may require applicants to undergo a Disclosure check.
