Senior Planner - Gloucester, United Kingdom - Kier Group

Kier Group
Kier Group
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Gloucester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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We're looking for a Senior Planner to join our Highways Planning Team to be responsible for planning and project control functions on our A417 missing link project.
The Planning Team is one of the core components of the business, at the forefront in the use of the latest planning tools and have robust processes which enable us to work in a delivery focused manner.

Within this Senior Planner role, you can enjoy private healthcare, company car or car allowance, competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave and even more.


Can you imagine a world without roads and bridges? Nor can we Your journey is our journey, come and join us at Kier Highways and make a difference.

Connecting roads, connecting people.


Location:
Gloucester - Site based


Contract:
Permanent, full time, part time and flexible


Salary:
£competitive


Responsibilities


As a Senior Planner you will be responsible for development and regular updates of scheme programmes, all aspects of planning, phasing, coordination and sequencing for our tenders and live projects, including the incorporation of design, procurement and pre-construction activities into a fully integrated, logic linked programme.


Your day to day will include:

  • Working on successful tenders with the on-site delivery teams taking responsibility for production of realistic and robust construction programmes, regular progress updates, schedule monitoring and reporting
  • Communicating project planning / scheduling information and performance measures to engineering, project / construction management teams and internal / external stakeholders
  • Providing tutoring and guidance to junior team members in planning / scheduling procedures and guidelines

Who are we looking for?
This role of Senior Planner is great for you if have:

  • Knowledge of design and construction programme development and maintenance
  • Experience in the development of tender programmes, based on works information and input provided by the supply chain
  • Used industry standard planning software; Primavera P6, TILOS or similar

Benefits at Kier


We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs.


Some of our favourites include:

  • New and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
  • A fantastic matched pension scheme
  • Share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans.
  • 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
  • Green Car Scheme

Who is Kier?


At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress.

We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.


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 (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

Closing date: 13 April 2023

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