Senior Planning Engineer
Listed on 2026-10-04
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Construction
Civil Engineering
Title
:
Senior Planner or Planner (M&E)
Location
:
Darlington (Hybrid - 2 days remote)
Salary
: £60-95,000 + car allowance + package
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Planner, or an ambitious Planner ready to step up, to join a busy and growing contractor with a strong pipeline of projects across the North East. This is a fantastic chance to become part of a high-performing team delivering a diverse portfolio of projects across multiple build sectors, including hospitals, prisons, commercial offices, schools and other major developments.
Working across both tender and contract stages, you will play a key role in developing and managing construction programmes, supporting project teams from early bid strategy through to successful delivery on site. With exposure to a wide range of technically challenging schemes, this role offers excellent variety, career development and the opportunity to make a real impact across a substantial regional workload.
Key Responsibilities- Develop and manage construction programmes across tender and live project stages
- Support bid teams with programme strategy, sequencing and methodology
- Work closely with project, commercial and delivery teams to ensure programme alignment
- Monitor progress, identify risks and support mitigation strategies
- Provide planning expertise across a broad range of M&E-intensive projects
- Support successful project delivery through robust programme management
- Strong UK construction industry experience
- Proven M&E planning experience across building projects
- Proficiency in Asta Power project or Primavera P6
- Strong understanding of construction processes, sequencing and project delivery
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ambition to develop and progress within a growing business
- Join a contractor with a strong and secure pipeline of North East projects
- Work across a wide variety of sectors including healthcare, justice, commercial and education
- Excellent exposure to both pre-construction and delivery planning
- Genuine long-term career progression for both experienced Senior Planners and ambitious Planners ready for the next step
- Starting salary £60-95,000 + package
- Annual car allowance of £6,000 or choice of company car
- Pension, Healthcare, Life Assurance, Private Medical
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Flexible benefits scheme and other great benefits.
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