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Senior Planner

Blackburn
£60,000 – £70,000 + Car Allowance / Company Car + Benefits
Full-time, Permanent
Civil Engineering / Infrastructure

About the Company

Our client is a well-established civil engineering contractor with a strong reputation for delivering major civil and rail infrastructure schemes across the UK. With a growing pipeline of structural and steelwork projects, they offer genuine progression, a supportive culture and long-term development opportunities.

You’ll join an experienced planning function where collaboration, mentoring and professional growth are at the heart of how the team operates.

About the Role

As a Senior Planner, you will take a leading role in the development, management and oversight of project programmes for large civil and rail infrastructure works. You’ll work closely with engineering, commercial and operational stakeholders, supporting planning activities from pre-construction through to delivery.

This is a key position where your planning expertise will directly influence construction methodology, procurement sequencing and project outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead, support and mentor planners within the planning function.

  • Review drawings and develop accurate material take-offs to inform activity durations.

  • Assess subcontractor programmes and integrate them into the master schedule.

  • Produce programme updates, progress narratives and performance dashboards.

  • Collaborate with pre-construction, engineering, commercial and operational teams.

  • Translate construction methodology into detailed, logical programme activities.

  • Prepare look-aheads and support collaborative planning workshops.

  • Identify programme risks and communicate mitigation strategies.

  • Support change management, including CE programmes and NEC entitlement.

Experience Required

  • HND or equivalent in Civil Engineering or Construction.

  • Demonstrable planning experience with a main contractor.

  • Strong working knowledge of Primavera P6 and MS Project.

  • Understanding of NEC contract planning and change management processes.

  • Background in civil engineering or rail construction delivery.

Desirable Knowledge / Skills

  • Experience of planning structural, civil or rail infrastructure projects.

  • Ability to produce visual dashboards, ideally using Power BI.

Package & Benefits

  • £60,000 – £70,000 DOE

  • Car allowance or company car

  • Generous holiday allowance (with option to purchase more)

  • Flexible and family-friendly working approach

  • Contributory pension scheme

  • Private medical insurance

  • Ongoing training, mentoring and structured career development

  • Share-save scheme, cycle-to-work, wellbeing support and additional perks

How to Apply

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