Senior Planner
| Posting date: | 22 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £80,000 to £90,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 August 2025 |
| Location: | Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, MK9 3XS |
| Company: | Fawkes & Reece |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | AK-SP220725_1753183539 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Planner to join a leading name in Main Contracting to work on various Major Projects in and around the Northampton area. This reputable main contractor has an exceptional name across the industry and are a great company to work for due to their excellent financial position and their strong pipeline of work ahead. They operate across a number of sectors including healthcare, residential, and more recently have a focus on developing the industrial sector within the business.
As a Senior Planner you will be working across the Pre Construction & Construction Delivery Teams to offer planning expertise on multiple projects at tender, PCSA and delivery stages of projects that can range from £5M - £300M+ in value.
About the role of a Senior Planner:
- Provide consistent, accurate and reliable programme data.
- Develop and communicate planning intent and proposed solutions competently using Asta PowerProject, P6 and Microsoft Project.
- Can communicate and present planned intent and logic assumptions clearly both internally and externally to the business unit.
- Develop project specific Programmes, Method Statements and Logistics Plans during both the bid and operational phases.
- Keep records of any assumptions or constraints that have been made whilst developing Project Programmes, Schedules and Logistics Plans.
Requirements for the Senior Planner role:
- Demonstrate relevant previous experience in Building/Construction.
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of the construction process from inception to completion of a project.
- Demonstrate a good IT knowledge - Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Demonstrate a high level of attention to detail whilst reviewing and compiling programme solutions.
- Possess good communication skills.
What's on offer for a Senior Planner?
- Flexible and Hybrid working
- Competitive salary
- Up to 33 days annual leave entitlement
- Generous pension contributions
- Life Assurance
This is fantastic opportunity as you will gain valuable exposure of the planning principles utilised on key projects and be apart of a great site team.
If you want to hear more about this Senior Planner role, please apply with an up-to-date copy of your CV or contact Arri Kirby in our London office on akirby@frlondon.co.uk.