Senior Planner | Essex | £70,000 – £100,000 per annum | …

We are seeking an experienced Senior Planner to join the team on a full-time, permanent basis, taking ownership of project programming from tender stage through to final handover.

Location: Essex (Office & Factory Based with Site Visits)

Salary: £70,000 - £100,000 per annum

• Prepare and manage project programmes from tender stage through to final handover
• Develop preliminary tender programmes, reviewing fabrication durations, sequencing, and constraints
• Identify programme risks and opportunities, supporting bid and no-bid decisions
• Liaise with estimating, commercial, and project teams to ensure realistic timelines
• Develop detailed design, procurement, fabrication, and logistics programmes
• Integrate design milestones with procurement and manufacturing activities
• Monitor approvals, information release, and coordination risks
• Produce procurement schedules aligned with fabrication requirements
• Identify long-lead items and update programmes based on supplier performance
• Produce and maintain fabrication and manufacturing programmes
• Issue short-term look-ahead schedules to factory teams
• Balance labour, workload, and capacity across multiple projects
• Integrate QA inspections and sign-off activities into programmes
• Ensure quality checkpoints align with delivery and installation schedules
• Develop delivery and installation programmes
• Coordinate with site teams, transport, and lifting operations to align fabrication completion with site readiness

• Proven experience as a Planner or Senior Planner within construction
• Experience within structural steel or architectural metalwork preferred
• Strong understanding of fabrication and manufacturing sequencing
• Experience managing multi-stage construction programmes
• Proficiency with planning software such as MS Project, Primavera, Asta, or similar
• Strong organisational and communication skills
• Ability to identify programme risks early and implement mitigation strategies
• Comfortable liaising with estimating, design, commercial, factory, and site teams

Interested applicants are invited to apply by sending their most up-to-date CV.