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Senior Planner
Costain Group
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Job Description As a Senior Planner, you are required to be commercially focused, confident in running your own project as well as working effectively within a team. Candidates with a track record of Planning at pre and post contract; working on contracts through the development cycle to the delivery through the construction phase would be preferred. You will provide analysis and accurate forecasting of all project deliverables relating to the contract, in liaison with the other members of the project team in production of the schedules. LI-JK1 Responsibilities Lead the Planning team under the direction of the Project Controls Manager and develop and maintain a good working relationship with Client and work colleagues. Control, monitor, analyse and report schedule related aspects for designated projects within a Portfolio and liaise with the Commercial Team and the Project Controls Team to assist in the production of key project schedule metrics. Ensure all changes to the baseline on a project are understood and managed in an appropriate way. Continually monitor Project Risk and Change status to maintain current schedule forecast. Liaise with Project team members and contractors with regards to progress and forecasting and provide ‘what-if’ analysis on schedules as and when required. Monitor, control and analyse the project schedule information, identify variances, and bring these to the attention of the Project Manager with possible alternatives. Prepare specific reports to facilitate challenge and analysis to meet the project’s specific needs. Challenge schedule variances against the baseline plan with individual task leaders/contractors and/or outside stakeholder management as necessary to enable mitigation. To cover your absence from site during holiday periods, you are to hand over your duties to a delegate agreed with your manager. Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Essential Primavera (P6) trained and experienced Understand the inter-relationship between time cost and commercial aspects of the project life cycle. Experience across whole project and programme lifecycle. (e.g., Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation/Commissioning & handover processes). Experience of developing, implementing and maintaining a project planning procedure and extensive experience in producing project schedule reports. A creative and innovative approach to problem solving and extensive experience of collation information, preparing reports, processing supplier schedules, application of company procedures and policies. Strong analytical skills Confidence and ability to assert influence Proficient in the interpretation of Earned Value Analysis. Excellent MS Office skills and well versed in the preparation of reports and information using packages such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Desirable Relevant experience in Project Controls and/or Project Delivery, preferably in a highly regulated environment The confidence to manage teams and communicate at all levels, driving commitments and improvements to meet commercial and technical objectives and deadlines. Experienced in the use of Finance and Project software. Working knowledge of reporting tools including Power Bi. Working knowledge of relevant Health and Safety legislation. Essential Degree / Suitable Experience Experience in the Construction Industry. Demonstrable financial and commercial acumen Practical approach, logical thought process and methodical way of working Desirable Highly Regulated Work Environments Membership of a professional institution e.g. CEng, APM etc. Previous Aviation Experience Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do. Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase. We do share individual feedback following an interview. A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to the Disability Confident website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign Job Info Job Identification 103593 Job Category Project Management Posting Date 11/09/2026 Apply Before 11/24/2026 Locations Gatwick, West Sussex, United Kingdom (Hybrid) Contract Type Permanent Driving Required No Security Clearance Required Yes