Senior Planner

Balfour Beatty Regional Civil Engineering is seeking an experienced Senior Planner to take a leading role in the successful planning and delivery of complex civil engineering and infrastructure projects across the North West.

Job Title
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Senior Planner

Location: Warrington/ North West

Company: Balfour Beatty

• Lead planning activities across multiple civil engineering and infrastructure projects.
• Develop, maintain and manage detailed tender, pre-construction and contract programmes.
• Ensure programme content complies with business procedures, client requirements and industry best practice.
• Establish and manage project baselines, programme updates and change control processes.
• Undertake critical path analysis and identify opportunities to improve project delivery and performance.
• Provide programme assurance and schedule risk management throughout project life cycles.
• Support programme recovery initiatives and develop solutions to mitigate delays and project risks.
• Work closely with design, commercial and operational teams to develop practical and deliverable construction methodologies.
• Identify planning scope, constraints, key milestones and resource requirements.
• Support contract management activities and programme obligations under NEC contracts.
• Challenge assumptions and provide independent planning insight to improve project outcomes.
• Present programme information, analysis and recommendations to senior management, clients and key stakeholders.
• Monitor project progress using key performance indicators and planning metrics.
• Drive planning best practice and continuous improvement initiatives across the business.
• Mentor and support Assistant Planners, Trainee Planners and Planners in the development of their skills and careers.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with clients, suppliers, subcontractors and project stakeholders.

• Excellent programme management and planning skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong leadership and influencing capabilities.
• Effective negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to challenge constructively and drive performance improvements.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary project teams.

• Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6, ASTA Power project, Microsoft Project and Microsoft Excel.
• Detailed understanding of construction planning principles and project controls.
• Strong working knowledge of NEC contracts and programme management requirements.
• Advanced understanding of critical path analysis and programme assurance techniques.
• Knowledge of schedule risk analysis and risk management methodologies.
• Understanding of construction sequencing, resource planning and project delivery strategies.
• Knowledge of tender development, project execution planning and construction methodologies.
• Understanding of performance measurement and reporting processes.

• Significant experience in a Senior Planner, Lead Planner or Planning Engineer role within the civil engineering or infrastructure sector.
• Proven experience developing and managing programmes throughout project life cycles from bid stage through to project completion.
• Experience working on complex multidisciplinary infrastructure projects.
• Experience supporting both pre-construction and live project delivery environments.
• Demonstrable experience managing programmes under NEC forms of contract.
• Experience with in sectors such as highways, bridges, structures, local authority infrastructure, public realm, environmental works, utilities or major infrastructure projects.
• Experience presenting programme information and recommendations…