Senior Planner

As a Senior Planner, you'll be working within the Planning team, supporting them in delivering programme and project controls across a dynamic portfolio of works. Your day-to-day will include:

• Leading a discrete planning team to deliver programme and project controls outputs under NEC ECC contract conditions
• Producing programmes for acceptance, impact assessments, and comprehensive reports with clear narratives
• Supporting and nurturing a team of planners, fostering collaboration and consistency across the programme
• Analysing contract metrics and making improvement recommendations to enhance delivery
• Working closely with commercial teams to ensure accurate forecasts and resource planning in Primavera P6
  
  You have NEC planning experience within civils and MEICA-based projects
• You're comfortable building relationships directly with clients and supply chain partners
• You have experience managing a small planning team and enjoy supporting others to develop
• You possess excellent communication skills and a good understanding of commercial and contractual matters
• You're competent in using Primavera P6 and thrive working to challenging timescales
  
  Kier has been selected by Southern Water to deliver as part of the AMP8 framework, and we're thrilled to be building a talented team to support this exciting programme. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a collaborative environment where your expertise will directly contribute to delivering essential water infrastructure projects. You'll be working alongside skilled professionals who value innovation, teamwork, and the impact we can make together for our communities., 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.