Your new company
Hays Belfast are currently recruiting for a Senior Civils Planner for a leading civil engineering contractor with a strong reputation for delivering complex infrastructure projects across the UK and Ireland. Having already delivered some of the largest civil infrastructure schemes across the UK, with a particular emphasis on highways and marine projects, they are now seeking to grow their Planning Team across NI and the UK to help deliver ongoing £multi-million projects. Known for innovation, quality, and collaboration, your new employer continues to expand its portfolio across highways, bridges, marine, and environmental sectors. As part of this growth, they are seeking a talented Senior Civils Planner to join and lead their planning team.
Your new role
As Senior Planner, you will play a key role in the successful delivery of major civil engineering projects, including significant highway works exceeding £200 million in will support the planning function across both live and tendered schemes, ensuring robust programme development, sequencing, monitoring and reporting. Working closely with project teams, commercial leads and clients, you will provide technical planning expertise from early design through to completion, using Primavera P6 as the primary software tool.Key responsibilities include:
- Developing, updating and maintaining detailed construction programmes for civils projects
- Supporting tender submissions with programme methodology, durations and sequencing
- Monitoring progress, identifying variances and preparing resequencing or recovery strategies
- Collaborating with site teams, design teams and commercial leads to maintain programme alignment
- Preparing planning reports, tracking key milestones and highlighting risks or delays
- Contributing to claims, delay analysis and mitigating actions where required
- Reviewing subcontractor programmes and ensuring alignment with project schedules
What you’ll need to succeed
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- Proven experience working as a Planner or Senior Planner on civil engineering projects
- Strong proficiency in Primavera P6 and recent relevant UK Planning experience, including NEC Contracts.
- Excellent understanding of civil engineering construction methodologies and sequencing
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across project teams
- Experience working under NEC or similar standard forms of contract
- A proactive, analytical approach with exceptional attention to detail
- You must be willing to travel to sites in the UK on a weekly or biweekly basis.
What you’ll get in return
Offering hybrid working and offices across the UK & Northern Ireland as well as site visits, you will receive an excellent market-leading salary and benefits package, including travel/accommodation where will also benefit from:
- You will receive an excellent market leading salary plus benefits package, with any travel and accommodation provided.
- Opportunity to work on high-profile infrastructure projects
- Supportive and collaborative working environment
- Career development and progression within an established organisation
- Exposure to innovative construction, civil engineering techniques and planning tools
- The opportunity to shape your own team and take the lead in developing a structure within the business.
What you need to do now
If you’re interested in this role, click ‘apply now’ to send an up-to-date copy of your CV, or contact Chris McNamara directly for more this role isn’t quite right for you, but you are seeking a new opportunity, please get in touch for a confidential discussion about your career.
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