Planning Engineer

Job Role: Planning Engineer

Hours: 07:30 – 1700

Location: On site role covering Coventry to Lichfield.  

Pay: Competitive pay subject to experience + company car/allowance

As a Planner and play a vital part in shaping projects from the very beginning right through to completion. You’ll be at the heart of our teams, developing clear, well-structured programmes, resource plans, and logistics strategies that keep everything moving smoothly. Working closely with colleagues across Pre-Construction, Estimating, and Health & Safety, you’ll help bring ideas to life and make sure every project is set up for success.

Key Duties:

Prepare fully resourced tender, construction programmes, and logistics plans.
Support bids, live projects, and post-bid negotiations through to handover.
Collaborate with internal teams (Pre-Construction, Estimating, Build, Technical, Commercial) and external stakeholders (clients, consultants, subcontractors).
Participate in reviews, client meetings, and risk assessments.
Ensure site teams and contractors work to fully integrated, properly sequenced programmes.
Review drawings, specifications, and contracts with engineers and surveyors to ensure accurate planning.
Provide regular progress reporting, lookahead programmes, and updates in line with company and project requirements.
Work on NEC contracts, producing and issuing cl.31, cl.32, and cl.62.2 programmes.

Requirements:

Relevant Third Level Qualification
Previous experience as a Planner
Experience with Asta Powerproject & Primavera

Recognised Construction Related Qualification
Experience working with a main contractor on large-scale projects with solid knowledge of Civil works. Familiarity with M&E and Fit Out would be an advantage, though not essential
Enthusiastic, motivated individual
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to use time productively, maximise efficiency and meet challenging work goals
Possess ability to work well as part of a team and independently