Senior Planning Engineer

Description

• Mentor and support junior planning staff as the project expands.
• Develop, manage, and maintain cost- and resource-loaded Primavera P6 (Cl32) programmes, ensuring compliance with contract requirements and overall project objectives, including responsibility for the programme narrative.
• Evaluate and challenge design and supply chain programmes in line with NEC requirements.
• Generate, update, and maintain time-chainage diagrams.
• Produce and chair collaborative planning workshops with clients, operational teams, and subcontractors.
• Develop “What-If” scenarios and reports detailing assumptions, risks, and opportunities, presenting these clearly to FBRS and client teams.
• Collaborate with project managers, designers, commercial leads, project controls, field engineers, and other stakeholders to gather data, assess progress, and identify risks or delays.
• Coordinate with project controls to track and report performance using Earned Value Management (EVM) and other relevant metrics.
• Support change management processes, assessing schedule impacts from variations.
• Coordinate and lead Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (QSRA).
• Conduct regular schedule reviews and updates, providing accurate progress reports and highlighting critical and near-critical path activities.

Requirements

• Desirable: experience in Earned Value Management and knowledge of NEC contracts and public sector procurement processes.
• Ability to work to challenging timescales and maintain effective relationships across teams.
• Extensive planning and scheduling experience within construction (rail systems experience desirable but not essential).
• Proficient in planning software (Primavera P6, MS Project; 4D experience advantageous).
• Proven experience as a Senior Planning Engineer on large-scale projects (£300m+).
• Comfortable in client-facing roles with excellent communication skills.
• Strong knowledge of construction techniques with commercial and contractual awareness.
• Qualification in civil engineering or construction (HND level or equivalent).
• Demonstrable ability to develop, own, and drive programmes.
• Experience in joint venture, design or alliance environments (beneficial but not essential).

Benefits

• Personal and professional development
• 1 volunteering day
• Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
• Private healthcare
• 8 % matched pension contributions
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• 2 wellbeing days
• Competitive salary

Training + Development

Interview process

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