Construction Planner

We are working with one of the UK’s SME Civil Engineering Contractors to recruit and experienced Planning Engineer to work join the Team working on a range of projects up to £10 million.

Typical Schemes include Canal and Rivers Remediation Work, Flood Defence, Major Highways and Civil Structures.

The Role

• Provide advice and assistance on planning, programming, methods of construction and solutions to engineering problems.
• Ensure that any programmes and supporting documents produced, comply with all scheme’s specific constraints.
• Ensure that while planning each tender, all possible alternative methods and strategies have been considered and discussed with the tender team.
• Assist with providing supporting documents for each tender submission as required.
• Jointly reviewing sub-contracted design work with respect to buildability and tender compliance, seeking advice from the Technical Manager when necessary.

Skills Required

The ideal candidate will have a wide experience of working on civil engineering sites, will have a minimum of an HNC civil engineering qualification and be comfortable working in a team.

The successful candidate should be conversant with programming software, such as Asta or Microsoft Project, although training can be provided.

Strong Team Ethic combined with good communication skills and technical engineering knowledge