Project Planner

Company: Turner & Townsend
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Location: Leeds
Job Description:

Overview

In this Planner role, you will drive end-to-end project planning for high-value construction schemes, shaping master schedules and baselines. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients to ensure schedule integrity and timely delivery, applying best-practice planning and risk analysis. The position combines hands-on scheduling with stakeholder engagement and regular reporting to support our ambitious project pipeline. You join an entrepreneurial team that values impactful outcomes and professional growth.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate planning sessions with clients and vendors to establish master schedule baselines and critical path
  • Develop and maintain construction programs for multi-project environments using Primavera P6 and Tableau
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to plan, develop and execute schedules; travel to construction sites as needed
  • Ensure schedule data from vendors and contractors feeds into planning systems and supports reporting
  • Implement scheduling strategy, procedures, and responsibilities for company and contractors
  • Monitor schedule performance and coordinate inputs to produce project/program status reports
  • Prepare progress reports and look-ahead schedules (1, 3, 6 months) for client reporting
  • Perform probabilistic, critical path, and schedule risk analyses; highlight variances and corrective actions
  • Provide interface and QA for project groups and contractors regarding schedule tracking and reporting
  • Identify bottlenecks and delays, propose corrective actions, and assess overall schedule impact

Key requirements

  • Experience delivering complex construction schedules
  • Advanced skills in MS Office and Primavera P6
  • Ability to work autonomously and with a team
  • Strong time management and ability to meet deadlines
  • Commitment to excellent client service
  • Good interpersonal skills to work with stakeholders, clients, contractors and subcontractors
  • client-focused
  • team collaboration
  • proactive problem-solving
  • Primavera P6
  • Tableau
  • MS Office

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Posted: September 30th, 2026