Planner

We're looking for a Planner (Assurance) to join our M6 Lune Gorge team based in Tebay, Cumbria.

Location: Tebay, Cumbria – onsite 5 days per week
Hours: Permanent Fulltime 45 hours per week
Salary: £55,000 - £61,000 per year + private healthcare + £5,900 annual car allowance + benefits
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

As a Planner (Assurance) at Kier, you will play a pivotal role in the successful delivery of the M6 Lune Gorge project. Working as part of an integrated planning team, you will provide detailed planning assurance, develop robust programmes, monitor progress, identify schedule risks and support the successful execution of complex construction works. This is an opportunity for a high-performing professional with strong analytical and critical-thinking skills to develop their planning career within a dynamic and supportive environment on a prestigious project.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Planner (Assurance), you'll be working within the M6 Lune Gorge team, supporting them in the successful delivery of complex construction works. Your day to day will include:

• Developing and maintaining detailed weekly and medium-term project schedules, ensuring clear alignment with project milestones and delivery objectives
• Using Aphex to an advanced level to produce logic-linked, resource informed and fully sequenced delivery plans, identifying dependencies, constraints and critical activities
• Applying structures knowledge to review and challenge the buildability, sequencing and programme logic associated with bridges, structural repairs and related civil engineering activities
• Collaborating with Operational and Commercial teams to align programme forecasts, obtain accurate progress information and support reliable forecasting
• Supporting programme assurance reviews and the QSRA process, identifying schedule risks and opportunities and recommending practical mitigation measures

What are we looking for?

This role of Planner (Assurance) is perfect for someone who:

• Has planning experience on major highways, civil engineering or infrastructure projects, ideally working within an NEC4 contract environment
• Understands structures construction, construction sequencing, temporary works, design interfaces and technical approval processes
• Has advanced knowledge of Aphex and can develop, review and assure detailed construction plans and programmes
• Is highly proficient in Primavera P6, with the ability to create, manage and analyse complex project schedules and critical path programmes
• Communicates effectively with a wide range of stakeholders and can provide clear, evidence-based recommendations while working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams

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.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier.

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