Project / Senior Planner – Rail Infrastructure West London

Overview

In this permanent role, you will develop and manage detailed programmes for a major civil engineering contractor undertaking West London station upgrade projects. You will work within a project planning workflow to update progress, assess risk, and refine the programme while contributing to tender planning. The position offers exposure to both live projects and pre-bid work, with room to influence scheduling, resource loading, and cost implications. You will partner with cross-functional teams to support work-winning and programme robustness, shaping delivery at scale.

Responsibilities

• develop detailed programmes from first principles
• update and monitor project progress within the live programme
• introduce changes to the programme
• resource and cost load programmes
• assess and manage risk within programmes
• check programme robustness
• produce one-off programme outputs
• contribute to work-winning strategy
• work independently within the programme structure
• contribute to tender submissions

Key requirements

• Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent
• experience planning for main or regional contractors
• experience in Rail, Highways and Civil Engineering
• proficient in Primavera P6
• ability to plan from first principles
• progression from Site, Section or Senior Engineer roles

• Primavera P6 software
• first principles planning
• risk assessment in programmes
• resource loading and cost loading
• programme robustness evaluation
• tender planning and submissions

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