Senior Planner - Water​/Utilities

Senior Planner Water & Utilities Infrastructure

Rickmansworth

£60,000 - £70,000

We re working in partnership with a leading Tier 1 civil engineering contractor to recruit an experienced Senior Planner to support the planning and delivery of complex infrastructure projects across the water and utilities sector

The portfolio includes a mix of framework work, bespoke schemes and reactive projects, typically valued between £200k and £10m+. This is a key role for a planner who enjoys influencing delivery strategy, challenging programmes and working closely with project teams to drive performance.

The Role

As Senior Planner, you ll play a central role across tender, pre-construction and live delivery, producing robust, fully resourced programmes that reflect both contractual and operational realities.

You ll work collaboratively with delivery teams to develop construction methodologies, manage risk, and ensure programmes are used as live management tools not just reporting outputs.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and challenge detailed project programmes from tender stage through to completion

• Ensure planning standards and control procedures are applied consistently across projects

• Produce fully logic-linked, resource-loaded programmes aligned to contract requirements

• Develop construction methodologies, sequencing logic and logistics plans

• Identify programme risk and opportunity, advising teams on mitigation and recovery actions

• Monitor critical paths and key milestones, leading programme challenge where required

• Update short-term plans, progress reports and construction programmes

• Attend site meetings and carry out site visits to verify progress and programme integrity

• Demonstrate the impact of change in line with NEC contract requirements

• Integrate subcontractor programmes into the master programme

• Produce programme reports including weekly lookaheads, dashboards and monthly submissions

• Develop 4D planning outputs and digital rehearsals where required

What We re Looking For

Essential:

• Advanced experience using Primavera P6

• Prior experience within the water or utilities sector

• Strong working knowledge of NEC contracts

• Proven experience developing and managing programmes on civil engineering projects

• Ability to interrogate drawings and technical information to build effective programmes

• Confident communicator, able to explain complex programme information to varied audiences

• Experience working under pressure to tight deadlines

Desirable:

• Experience with Oracle Primavera Cloud (OPC)

• Previous site-based planning experience

• Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent

What s On Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package

• Long-term workload secured through major frameworks

• Varied, technically challenging infrastructure projects

• Strong support for career progression and professional development

• A collaborative, delivery-focused working environment with genuine investment in people