Senior Planner

Senior Planner

Location: North East

Full Time, Permanent – This position is project based, with flexibility for occasional remote working.

Do you want to be involved in creating iconic buildings, using intelligent solutions to deliver bespoke projects to our clients AND be part of the future of construction? Then join our team as aSenior Planner and start the future, today!

About Morgan Sindall
Morgan Sindall Construction is an Investors in People Platinum employer providing national construction services to private and public sector customers across a range of markets. Together, we create great results for our customers, partners and people. We are one of the UK’S most successful Tier 1 contractors. As a progressive and ambitious company, our employees benefit from a safe and rewarding working environment.

About the role:

You will be working within our North East & Cumbria Construction Business working on the £5.1 billion Defence Estates Optimisation Programme where you will:

Plan construction works from first principles

Produce fully logic linked design, procure and construct tender programmes

Produce and assist in the production of tender logistics plans, method statements, and temporary works (TW) schedules (including scaffold)

Engage with supply chain and team members to discuss and achieve optimum programme and method solutions

Assist project managers with onsite planning and reporting requirements

Produce robust fully logic linked design, procurement, construction and commission tender programmes compliant with tender sum, design (where appropriate) and methodology without assistance for small to medium sized projects

Produce tender deliverables as required (agreed at tender kick off meeting)

Work with allocated operations support in the production of method statement and scaffold schedule etc and ensure that programme reflects agreed methods

Produce (or lead if outsourced) logistics plans / phasing plans

Ensure all deliverables are produced to the agreed Tender Activity Programme (TAP) timescales to ensure they are available to other members of the tender team in good time

Engage with supply chain and team members to discuss and achieve optimum programme and method solutions

Ideally you will have:

Asta Power Projects & P6 experience

Significant experience in the main contracting market with experience of working on Defence leisure and healthcare schemes between £70 and £100 million.

Refurbishment experience

Experience of NEC 4 contracts

What are we looking for?

As an experienced and talented Senior Planner, you will have a good understanding of programme and programme management, project planning including programme controls, project review, and cost and risk analysis. HNC (or equivalent) in Building Studies or other equivalent related subject. Competent in using project management software.

To thrive in our business, you should share our passion for the project at hand and enjoy working in an inclusive and hardworking team environment. At Morgan Sindall Construction our employees work collectively, encouraging and challenging each other to succeed. Across our business we treat everyone equally and have developed a community where voices are heard, and respected.

We are Morgan Sindall Construction North East and Cumbria

Our people in the North East and Cumbria area are encouraged and rewarded to work as a team to achieve our Perfect Delivery philosophy. The success of this strategy tofind – win – deliver – repeat has yielded a healthy forward order book, enabling us to focus on strengthening our long-term work winning capability in our primary sectors of education, public sector frameworks, civic buildings, leisure, investment linked opportunities and healthcare.

Our commitment to our people is as strong as the commitment to our clients. At Morgan Sindall Construction we recognise that our employees play a vital role in helping us achieve our goals. As a result, the company develops and promotes these employees who share their same sense of dedication. Our strength is our people whose skills, knowledge and integrity keep us at the forefront of our industry.

If you are interested in furthering your career in an inclusive and supportive environment, apply to us today.

Equality Statement

Morgan Sindall Construction seeks to recruit the best person for each of our roles, based on merit alone and free from bias. We are committed to treating all our job applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of their background, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

We recruit individuals who embody our core values of professionalism, expertise and trust which has given us a fantastic variety of people and cultures across our organisation.

We celebrate our diverse teams who make Morgan Sindall Construction the inclusive, collaborative and rewarding place it is to work. We hire the best in the industry, provide them the support to achieve their goals and challenge them to make a real impact on our business. If you want to join an organisation that truly sees and harnesses what makes you unique, apply to us today.

Diversity and Inclusion Statement

Our aim is to create a workplace built on acceptance, respect, and inclusion, where everyone feels that they belong and can make a meaningful contribution. We encourage applicants regardless of religion, ethnicity, nationality, disability status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family, or parental status. Morgan Sindall Construction is an equal opportunities employer and has been accredited with the Positive About Disabled People ‘Two Ticks’ accreditation. We are also an Investors in People company.

Morgan Sindall is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK. In the recruitment process all applicants are required to provide the necessary right to work information and documentation. Our recruitment process should be accessible to all. If you need any assistance or accommodation during the process, please email [email protected].

Note for Recruitment Agencies: Morgan Sindall Construction has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. Please note that any CVs submitted will be deemed as gifted to Morgan Sindall and any agency terms & conditions associated with the use of such CVs will be invalid.