Assistant Planner
| Posting date: | 11 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 January 2026 |
| Location: | G21 2AA |
| Company: | Kier Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 9122 |
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Planner to join our team delivering our HMP Glasgow project.
Location: Glasgow / HMP Glasgow on site
Hours: 42.5 Hours P/W - Monday to Friday
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role
Our HMP Glasgow project will deliver a £750M flagship modern new-build custodial facility, delivering a secure, energy efficient and high specification prison for 2000 inmates and staff based North East of Glasgow City Centre.
What will you be responsible for?
As Assistant Project Planner, you'll be working with an experienced planning team
Your day to day will include:
-Creating of look ahead programmes, individual trade package programmes.
-Monitor and update progress and undertake regular progress monitoring drop lines.
-Developing ideas to drive improvement and consistency in the timely delivery of our preconstruction preferred bids and our live projects.
-Supporting project delivery teams to ensure short term goals are well communicated and monitored
-Advise on effect of any project slippage on existing programmes and update accordingly.
-Work closely with Project teams to assist in the production of accurate progress reports.
-Identifying correct logic for construction sequencing
What are we looking for?
This role of Assistant Planner is great for you if you can demonstrate the following:
-Relevant construction or engineering qualification (HND or equivalent minimum level)
-You will be comfortable using planning software - Asta Powerproject as well Microsoft Office (Word, Excell, PowerPoint)
-Will have experience in planning, site management or engineering with a main contractor delivering construction projects, informing baseline construction knowledge across relevant work packages
-Excellent communication skills, able to work across teams in an advisory capacity and collaborate across departments.
-Keen eye for detail, highly organised and able to work to deadlines
-Driving license
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
#LI-SM1
Location: Glasgow / HMP Glasgow on site
Hours: 42.5 Hours P/W - Monday to Friday
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role
Our HMP Glasgow project will deliver a £750M flagship modern new-build custodial facility, delivering a secure, energy efficient and high specification prison for 2000 inmates and staff based North East of Glasgow City Centre.
What will you be responsible for?
As Assistant Project Planner, you'll be working with an experienced planning team
Your day to day will include:
-Creating of look ahead programmes, individual trade package programmes.
-Monitor and update progress and undertake regular progress monitoring drop lines.
-Developing ideas to drive improvement and consistency in the timely delivery of our preconstruction preferred bids and our live projects.
-Supporting project delivery teams to ensure short term goals are well communicated and monitored
-Advise on effect of any project slippage on existing programmes and update accordingly.
-Work closely with Project teams to assist in the production of accurate progress reports.
-Identifying correct logic for construction sequencing
What are we looking for?
This role of Assistant Planner is great for you if you can demonstrate the following:
-Relevant construction or engineering qualification (HND or equivalent minimum level)
-You will be comfortable using planning software - Asta Powerproject as well Microsoft Office (Word, Excell, PowerPoint)
-Will have experience in planning, site management or engineering with a main contractor delivering construction projects, informing baseline construction knowledge across relevant work packages
-Excellent communication skills, able to work across teams in an advisory capacity and collaborate across departments.
-Keen eye for detail, highly organised and able to work to deadlines
-Driving license
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
#LI-SM1
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About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.