BAM UK & Ireland
Regional Planner

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BAM UK & Ireland are looking for a Regional Planner
Role Overview
BAM UK & Ireland are looking for a Regional Planner to work as part of our Western team located in any of our Western Region offices.
You will lead and manage the Planning function, responsible for supporting construction projects across the Western Region.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain effective communications with all disciplines within the BAM business and our clients.
- Support the Regional Director to meet regional and business objectives.
- Plan, manage and monitor regional Planning resources to be balanced with ongoing and anticipated tender and project workloads. This will include consideration of business unit budgets and instigating recruitment requests when appropriate.
- Carry out Planning reviews and contribute to the development and implementation of tender and project execution primary processes of procedures, standards and best practice. Ensure programme quality assurance in accordance with company procedures.
- Ensure that there is the competency and capacity to meet the requirements of Standards and Procedures in the execution of planning and programming. Manage the application of planning and programming in support of primary processes for project control, estimating, risk, change management and commercial activities.
- Lead others in the assimilation of information of construction techniques, sequence and activity durations to be reflected in robust project programmes.
- Reporting on the portfolio of projects programme performance to the regional leadership team and provide an independent view on programme and planning on project performance through preconstruction and project delivery.
- Regularly engage with the other Regional Planners and Head of Planning for knowledge share and Planning discipline development and improvement.
- Implement BAM planning and programming data requirements and reporting standards. Manage data/information security for planning platforms/tools. Promote purpose and function of the various platforms and software systems supported within planning.
- Evaluate functional performance and explore new thinking/introducing new technology for continuous improvement in future, as well as contributing to the personal and professional development of supervised team members.
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Located in any of our Western Region offices
What’s in it for you?
In addition to an attractive salary we offer a significant benefits package which could include;
- Competitive salary
- A wide range of family friendly policies
- 8% matched pension contributions
- Private healthcare
- Life assurance
- 26 days holiday
- 2 wellbeing days
- 1 volunteering day
- Personal and professional development
- Flexible benefit pot
What do you bring to the role?
- Organised, self-motivated, able to work alone and as part of a team to lead the planning and project controls function.
- Working with BAM Health & Safety, Set strategy, primary process and guidance to promote and manage a culture of Health & Safety in planning, programming and project controls.
- Wide construction technical knowledge and project delivery experience with good communication skills, with a collaborative attitude.
- Successful experience in project delivery, team management and individual development, visionary and pragmatic thinking, opportunity embracing, and strategic in role delivery.
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of planning and programming tools, software, systems and platforms.
- Demonstrable knowledge of project delivery programme risk management strategy, approach, methods, and evaluation.
- Have a knowledge bank of referenced production rates, methods and lessons learnt; for beneficial knowledge share.
- Strong knowledge of JCT and NEC forms of contract used by the construction industry and their relevance to planning and project controls professional services provided to the company.
- Degree or equivalent education.


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About BAM
Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.
We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.
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BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at any time you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.
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Closing date for all applications is 4th September 2026
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