Danny Sullivan Group
Senior Planner
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Senior Planner - Major Civil Engineering Project!
Location: Framlingham, Suffolk
Permanent Salary: £80,000 - £100,000 + Package
Contract Rate: £500 - £550 per day Outside IR35
Working Pattern: 4-5 Days Per Week On Site.
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Planner to join a well-established civil engineering contractor working on a major UK infrastructure project based in Suffolk.
We are looking for a Senior Planner with a strong heavy civils and infrastructure background, ideally with experience across earthworks, groundworks, piling, reinforced concrete structures, and associated civil engineering packages.
The position is available on either a permanent or contract basis, with permanent salaries between £80,000 - £100,000 + package, or £500 - £550 per day Outside IR35 for contractors.
The Role:
As Senior Planner, you will play a key role in the planning and successful delivery of the project, working closely with the project, engineering, and commercial teams.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Developing, managing, and updating detailed construction programmes.
- Producing programmes covering civil engineering.
- Developing programmes from pre-construction through to project delivery and completion.
- Monitoring project progress against the baseline programme and identifying potential delays.
- Producing short-term, medium-term, and long-term programmes.
- Working closely with Project Managers, Site Agents, Engineers, and commercial teams.
- Reviewing construction methodology, sequencing, and buildability.
- Undertaking critical path analysis and identifying programme risks.
- Producing progress reports, programme updates, and look-ahead schedules.
- Supporting tender and pre-construction planning where required.
- Assessing subcontractor programmes and ensuring they align with the overall project programme.
- Supporting delay analysis, change management, and extensions of time where required.
- Attending project, progress, and client meetings.
- Ensuring programmes accurately reflect site progress and construction activities.
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About You
To be considered, you should have:
- Previous experience as a Senior Planner or experienced Construction Planner within civil engineering.
- Strong experience working on major infrastructure or heavy civil engineering projects.
- Experience planning packages involving earthworks, groundworks, piling, and reinforced concrete structures.
- Strong understanding of construction sequencing and methodology.
- Experience developing and maintaining detailed construction programmes.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work closely with both site and commercial teams.
- Experience working for a civil engineering contractor is highly desirable.
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What's on Offer
- £80,000 - £100,000 + package for permanent candidates.
- Alternatively, £500 - £550 per day Outside IR35 for contract candidates.
- Long-term involvement on a major UK infrastructure project.
- Opportunity to work on complex heavy civil engineering packages.
- Established and respected civil engineering contractor.
- Long-term project pipeline and career progression opportunities.
If you're a Senior Planner with strong heavy civils experience, please apply here today!
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