Senior Planner

We are seeking an experienced Senior Planner to join the team on a full-time, permanent basis, taking ownership of project programming from tender stage through to final handover.

Location: Essex (Office & Factory Based with Site Visits)
Salary: £70,000 - £100,000 per annum

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare and manage project programmes from tender stage through to final handover


• Develop preliminary tender programmes, reviewing fabrication durations, sequencing, and constraints


• Identify programme risks and opportunities, supporting bid and no-bid decisions


• Liaise with estimating, commercial, and project teams to ensure realistic timelines


• Develop detailed design, procurement, fabrication, and logistics programmes


• Integrate design milestones with procurement and manufacturing activities


• Monitor approvals, information release, and coordination risks


• Produce procurement schedules aligned with fabrication requirements


• Identify long-lead items and update programmes based on supplier performance


• Produce and maintain fabrication and manufacturing programmes


• Issue short-term look-ahead schedules to factory teams


• Balance labour, workload, and capacity across multiple projects


• Integrate QA inspections and sign-off activities into programmes


• Ensure quality checkpoints align with delivery and installation schedules


• Develop delivery and installation programmes


• Coordinate with site teams, transport, and lifting operations to align fabrication completion with site readiness

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Planner or Senior Planner within construction


• Experience within structural steel or architectural metalwork preferred


• Strong understanding of fabrication and manufacturing sequencing


• Experience managing multi-stage construction programmes


• Proficiency with planning software such as MS Project, Primavera, Asta, or similar


• Strong organisational and communication skills


• Ability to identify programme risks early and implement mitigation strategies


• Comfortable liaising with estimating, design, commercial, factory, and site teams

Interested applicants are invited to apply by sending their most up-to-date CV.