Senior Planner

We're looking for a Senior Planner to join our Water business team working on a project in Wisley, Surrey.

Location: home as well as site in Surrey and Gerard Cross office in Buckinghamshire 
Hours: 45 hours per week - 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.

The Water business unit within Kier's Natural Resources division delivers a diverse range of projects across all stages of their lifecycle. As a Senior Planner, you'll play a pivotal role in the successful delivery of major, complex multi-discipline infrastructure projects that have a lasting impact on communities. You'll be working on large-scale civil engineering and mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control and automation (MEICA) projects, or managing a portfolio of smaller schemes. This role is initially required for a large multi-discipline project currently in its Early Contractor Involvement and Outline Design stage, working under IChemE conditions of contract. 

Working as part of an integrated planning team, you'll develop robust programmes, monitor progress, identify risks and opportunities, and ensure successful project execution. You may also mentor and support junior members of the planning team, helping them develop their skills and expertise.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Planner, you'll be working within the Planning team, supporting them in delivering all programme and project controls outputs. Your day to day will include:

• Leading the planning function for assigned works, producing comprehensive programmes from first principles and ensuring full compliance with contractual requirements
• Collaborating with internal teams, subcontractors, and clients to drive engagement and secure commitment to delivery plans
• Identifying and managing risks, issues, and opportunities, providing impact assessments and scenario-based "what-if" programmes to enable informed decisions
• Supporting the delivery team through collaborative planning, ensuring alignment of stage plans, lookaheads, and weekly plans to project objectives
• Contributing to commercial recovery activities, undertaking analytical assessments for prolongation and extension of time claims

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Planner is great for you if:

• You have relevant on-site experience on complex, major construction projects, preferably multi-discipline works in the water sector
• You have proven successful planning experience, with comprehensive knowledge of planning techniques and methodologies
• You're proficient in planning software packages, particularly Primavera P6, and have experience planning from first principles
• You have a comprehensive understanding of commercial and contractual matters relating to time, including extensions of time and prolongation
• You possess excellent communication skills and can confidently manage relationships with clients, stakeholders, and team members at all levels

We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable 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.

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