Planner, Construction, Civil Engineering

Due to continued growth, we now have a need for a Planner for our Southern Region for schemes around the Kent/East Sussex area.

Our Planners all come from a site background as this role involves using your site experience to provide support to sites teams in, finding solutions to engineering problems, ensuring that project programmes are current, consistent and accurate by regular interface with the project site management and relevant regional management team. The primary role is to prepare and communicate project programmes and to manage change on the programmes in accordance with the NEC contract requirements.

• At least monthly, forensically review each project programmes, ensuring change is being captured and appropriately recorded.
• Ensure that programmes are regularly updated to meet contractual requirements, as built records, and progress. Review two-weekly look-ahead programmes.
• Review site records including contractual notices and communications in relation to programme matters. Ensure programme submissions and acceptance is contractually compliant.
• Review project change register in parallel with the works delivered and the contract.
• Review the project risk & opportunities register.
• Review / facilitate entitlement not previously captured by site team.
• Assist the site team to contractually protect programme entitlement and facilitate EOT claims.
• Work as a team player and work closely with the Contracts’ Managers to ensure delivery targets are met.
• Provide advice and assistance on planning, programming, methods of construction and solutions to engineering problems.
• Where necessary, support project teams and communicate with client to recover change.
• Support the Programme Support Manager in the strategic development of processes and systems as required.

We are seeking a planner with strong programming expertise, particularly in MS Project, to support the successful delivery of complex highways projects under NEC contracts. The role requires a solid understanding of NEC contractual frameworks, along with proven highways knowledge and experience to ensure accurate planning and project control. Experience with Asta Planning is desirable and would be advantageous. The ideal candidate will combine technical capability with excellent written and verbal communication skills, enabling effective collaboration with project teams and stakeholders while maintaining clear, well-structured project documentation.

This is a site based and/or regional office-based role focusing on our work in Kent and East Sussex, with a requirement to travel to sites in the southeast region.