Planner
| Posting date: | 08 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 January 2026 |
| Location: | IP3 9BF |
| Company: | Kier Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 9479 |
Summary
Planner roles available now for tendering and planning Nuclear works in Suffolk ahead of future opportunities being awarded.
Location: Suffolk, site based some remote working available
Hours: 45 hours per week - 07:30am to 17:30pm Monday to Friday - some flexibility on start and finish times 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.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Planner, you'll be working within the Nuclear team, supporting them in the successful delivery of projects and be responsible for developing, managing, and monitoring project programmes, ensuring compliance with contractual requirements, and provide accurate data to support commercial, delivery, and risk management functions.
Your day to day will include:
-Prepare, maintain, and update NEC‑compliant project programmes, developing detailed construction schedules in Primavera P6 with robust logic, milestones, constraints, and critical path analysis
-Provide planning input for Early Warnings, Compensation Events, programme submissions, and EoT assessments while supporting commercial teams with delay and disruption analysis
-Monitor progress through site visits, meetings, and data verification, producing weekly/monthly reports, dashboards, KPIs, and planned‑vs‑actual performance analysis
-Collaborate with project managers, site teams, subcontractors, and commercial staff to provide forecasting, planning advice, and informed decision‑making
-Maintain risk registers, develop mitigation strategies, and support scenario planning, “what‑if” analysis, and recovery planning to manage project risks and opportunities
What are we looking for?
This role of Planner is great for you if:
-Experience as a Planner/Scheduler within construction, civil engineering, utilities, or infrastructure with strong working knowledge of NEC contract requirements and procedures.
-Proficiency in P6 planning software.
-Understanding of critical path, resource planning, and earned value.
-Degree or equivalent in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline.
-Membership or working towards membership of APM, ICE, CIOB, or similar.
-Relevant experience in major projects such as highways, rail, water, power, or public sector infrastructure.
-CSCS Card.
-Working towards institute membership (ICE/CIOB).
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.
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
Location: Suffolk, site based some remote working available
Hours: 45 hours per week - 07:30am to 17:30pm Monday to Friday - some flexibility on start and finish times 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.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Planner, you'll be working within the Nuclear team, supporting them in the successful delivery of projects and be responsible for developing, managing, and monitoring project programmes, ensuring compliance with contractual requirements, and provide accurate data to support commercial, delivery, and risk management functions.
Your day to day will include:
-Prepare, maintain, and update NEC‑compliant project programmes, developing detailed construction schedules in Primavera P6 with robust logic, milestones, constraints, and critical path analysis
-Provide planning input for Early Warnings, Compensation Events, programme submissions, and EoT assessments while supporting commercial teams with delay and disruption analysis
-Monitor progress through site visits, meetings, and data verification, producing weekly/monthly reports, dashboards, KPIs, and planned‑vs‑actual performance analysis
-Collaborate with project managers, site teams, subcontractors, and commercial staff to provide forecasting, planning advice, and informed decision‑making
-Maintain risk registers, develop mitigation strategies, and support scenario planning, “what‑if” analysis, and recovery planning to manage project risks and opportunities
What are we looking for?
This role of Planner is great for you if:
-Experience as a Planner/Scheduler within construction, civil engineering, utilities, or infrastructure with strong working knowledge of NEC contract requirements and procedures.
-Proficiency in P6 planning software.
-Understanding of critical path, resource planning, and earned value.
-Degree or equivalent in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline.
-Membership or working towards membership of APM, ICE, CIOB, or similar.
-Relevant experience in major projects such as highways, rail, water, power, or public sector infrastructure.
-CSCS Card.
-Working towards institute membership (ICE/CIOB).
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.
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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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.