Senior Planner

About the Role

The Senior Planner will deliver a full planning service for assigned projects, handling schedule development, maintenance, monitoring, and recovery planning. They will also provide technical support such as work‑breakdown structures, cost‑breakdown structures and resource loading, and will assist on smaller projects up to £20 m or support a Lead Planner on larger, complex programmes. • Develop and maintain a robust delivery schedule with clear milestones, coordinating work sequences with the total project plan. • Perform schedule monitoring, identify critical activities, and assist in updating and monitoring the schedule. • Develop and apply installation rates, review and analyze contractor schedules, and provide recommendations to the project team. • Evaluate quantities, job hours, and schedule logic; prepare progress and performance reports. • Manage contract programme assessment, compensation events, and perform delay analysis.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸schedule development
• ▸schedule monitoring
• ▸delay analysis
• ▸progress reporting
• ▸work‑breakdown
• ▸resource loading

What You Bring

Essential qualifications include a degree or postgraduate education in construction or business, planning experience on projects over £5 m, proficiency in Primavera P6 and Excel, and knowledge of infrastructure planning, quantity take‑offs, statistical analysis, and NEC contracts. Candidates must have strong communication, resilience and the ability to work in ambiguous environments, and must have the right to work in the UK. • If you demonstrate the capability, our merit‑based system will enable you to develop fast. • We use our in‑house capability matrix to transparently track your progression and highlight development areas. • Degree/Post‑Grad level education in construction or business‑related field. • Experience as a planner on projects over £5m, proficient in Primavera (P6) and MS Excel. • Experience planning infrastructure projects, performing quantity takeoffs, and statistical analysis. • Understanding of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction processes, and NEC contracts. • Strong communication skills, personal resilience, and ability to operate within ambiguity. • Full right to work in the UK.

Requirements

• ▸degree
• ▸primavera
• ▸excel
• ▸quantity takeoffs
• ▸statistical analysis
• ▸nec contracts

Benefits

Position: Senior Planner (129CMR) – full‑time, immediate start, competitive salary. The role is based on a mix of three days on‑site (Tue‑Thu) and two hybrid days. The company offers a merit‑based progression system, transparent capability matrix, and a small, dynamic team where each member can make a significant impact. CMR rewards achievements, celebrates successes and supports colleagues during tough times. Benefits include 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays, comprehensive private healthcare (dentist and optician), life assurance (four times salary), a 4 % employer pension contribution, performance‑based bonuses, salary‑sacrifice scheme, long‑service leave, training and professional development, regular social events and access to the Perkbox employee experience platform. • At CMR you will have the opportunity to professionally develop like nowhere you have worked before. • Join our small, dynamic team where every member has the chance to make a significant impact, shaping the future direction of our company and making a real difference. • 3 Days on site (Tue/Wed/Thur) / 2 days hybrid. • 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays). • Comprehensive Private Healthcare (including Dentist and Optician). • Life Assurance (x4 Salary). • Pension: employer contribution of 4%. • Company and personal performance‑based bonus. • Salary Sacrifice Scheme. • Long Service Leave. • Training and professional development. • Regular social events. • Perkbox – employee experience platform.

Work Environment

Onsite