Senior Planner - Construction

Position:
Senior Planner

Location:

Peterborough, Norwich or Lincoln with hybrid working available

Salary Guide: £60-70k (neg DOE), car/allowance, and excellent benefits

Our client is a Tier 1 D&B Contractor operating predominately in the water industry, who are delivering a number of water and wastewater non-infrastructure projects for Anglian Water through the @one Alliance.

The Role:

Our client is looking to strengthen their Planning team with a Senior Planner for the Anglian Water Region. Whilst leading and developing a team towards planning excellence, you'll ensure the project plan and programme are kept on track with any mitigating circumstances successfully overcome. By using your knowledge and expertise in planning, you'll build the trust and confidence of key stakeholder by delivering project updates backed up by value- added data which can contribute to delivery improvements as they progress.

Responsibilities:
Develop and maintain robust project plans aligned with @one Alliance and Anglian Water standards.

Provide strategic insights, ensuring resource alignment and risk mitigation.

Communicate key project milestones and progress to stakeholders.

Drive a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

Champion health, safety, and wellbeing across all planning activities.

Experience:

Proven experience in planning major projects, ideally within the water or civil engineering sector.

Strong expertise in Primavera P6 and collaborative planning processes. Leadership experience in managing and developing planning teams.

Excellent communication skills to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.

Passion for innovation, problem-solving, and strategic decision-making.

Knowledge of the NEC contract and programme requirements.

Good understanding of Construction, Civil Engineering and M&E activity.

Minimum 5 years planning experience.

Possess sound understanding of planning skills and programming.

Excellent written contractual communication.

Excellent verbal communication.

Excellent knowledge of planning systems.

Good coaching and leadership skills.

Strong commercial awareness.

Package includes: A competitive salary

Car/car allowance (subject to role and level of position)

Bonus (subject to role and level of position)

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)

Contribution Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Health Insurance

Private medical Insurance

And many more benefits including - cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, kids pass etc

Key Words:

Planning Engineer

Planner

Project Planner

Senior Planner

Senior Planning Engineer

Senior Project Planner

Construction

Project Programmes

P6 Programmes

Project Delivery

Project Plans

Water Industry

Water Sector

Water Treatment

Clean Water

Sewage

Wastewater

Waste Water

Utilities

Highways

Power

Energy

Nuclear

Energy from Waste

Rail

Infrastructure

Primavera

P6

Severn Trent Water

Anglian Water

Thames Water

Staffordshire Water

Veolia

AMP 7

AMP 8

NEC