Planner

We're looking for a Planner to join our North West Region team based in Salford/Speke offices.

Location: Salford or Speke office - Hybrid working between selected office, project site and home 

Hours: Full time Monday to Friday - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

As a construction Planner you'll play a vital role supporting our team in delivering exceptional projects for public sector clients, including schools, hospitals, leisure facilities, and higher education estates. Working on projects valued between £10M and £100M, you'll provide strategic planning expertise from tender stage through to successful completion, making a real difference to the communities we serve.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Construction Planner, you'll be working within the North West Region team, supporting them in delivering key community assets. Your day to day will include:

• Collaborating with bid teams on live tenders to provide strategic planning advice and contribute to successful bid strategies
• Creating accurate, achievable tender programmes and construction plans, identifying opportunities and risks throughout project lifecycles
• Monitoring complex projects to ensure construction plans are created, updated, and amended in line with project needs
• Chairing and facilitating programme, logistics, and delivery workshops with project teams and stakeholders
• Mentoring and developing junior staff through knowledge sharing and providing subject matter expertise

What are we looking for?

This role Planner  is great for you if:

• You have demonstrable experience working on build tenders and live projects within a construction main contractor environment
• You possess strong knowledge of NEC and JCT Contract Conditions alongside good construction technical knowledge
• You are a comfortable  user of Asta Power Project and/or Primavera P6 planning software
• You have excellent communication skills and can work collaboratively across teams in an advisory capacity
• You hold a relevant construction or engineering qualification (HND Level minimum) and a Full driving licence

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.

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