Balfour Beatty plc
Senior Planner - Civil Engineering
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Senior Planner - Civil Engineering
Senior Planner – Civil Engineering
Location
Elgin
Company
About The Role
Shape Scotland’s Infrastructure Future
Join as a Senior Planner – Civil Engineering within Balfour Beatty’s Regional Scotland Business, shaping transformational projects while growing your career. This high-impact role offers opportunity to influence large-scale infrastructure projects and build technical expertise.
You’ll be part of a thriving business with a portfolio of civil engineering projects across Scotland, delivering from getting to completion.
What You’ll Be Doing
Project-Based Responsibilities
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Project Deliverables:
- Maintain and update contract programmes in line with contract requirements
- Prepare and share monthly progress updates, including revised programme revisions and progress reports
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Programming & Sequencing:
- Work with the Operations Team to develop and agree methods of construction, sequencing, and programme logic
- Develop stage programmes and required supporting documentation for projects and disseminate for review
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Supporting Project Performance:
- Apply recommendations and best practices based on innovation, plant & labour reconciliation, and programme monitoring
- Collaborate with the Project Team to ensure timely delivery, improving productivity, performance, and safety
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Key Stakeholder Coordination:
- Reconcile direct subcontract plant & labour allocations and major material deliveries to support project controls and progress visibility
Win Business-Based Support
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Tender Planning & Program sophistication:
- Work with the Planning Lead and Bid Manager to develop planning functions for civil engineering tenders across the full project cycle
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Key Risk & Scope Identification:
- Assess scope, constraints, risks, and contractual requirements of tenders
- Define and agree methods of construction, temporary works needs, and programme logic
- Collaborate with third-party suppliers, engineers, and workflows to refine tender programme deliverables
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Deliverables & Reporting:
- Facilitate planning tasks with senior management during tender settlement meetings
- Develop planning principles, programmes, presentations, and reports
- Support the project pipeline with tender-based planning expertise alongside live project duties
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Who We’re Looking For
Key Requirements
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Operational Experience: At least post-section engineer to site agent, plus additional experience in managing planning for small-to-medium UK civil engineering projects
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Technical Insights: Solid understanding of construction methods, logistics, and project constraints
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Planning Proficiency:
- Experience using planning tools (Primavera P6, Elecosoft Asta, Microsoft Project)
- Ability to apply a wide range of programming techniques for progress tracking, risk management, and change entitlement analysis
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Contract & Procurement Awareness:
- Strong knowledge of tender & contract documentation (including NEC4)
- Familiarity with delay & entitlement claims
Soft Skills & Attributes
- Leadership Demonstrations: Strong ability to communicate, engage, motivate, and innovate
- Professional Mindset: Commitment to development and continuous learning
Qualifications & Certifications
- Education: Degree, HND, or equivalent project planning & engineering experience
- Card Validation: Relevant CSCS (Construction Skills Card System), H&S (Health & Safety) qualification
- Culture Fit: Team player with relationship-building capability
Professional and Personal Development
Balfour Beatty Academy
At Balfour Beatty, every employee’s growth matters. Our **70:20:10 **development approach ensures long-term career success:
- 70% learning through job experience
- 20% learn a valuable insight from peers and experienced colleagues
- 10% training courses, apprenticeships, and mentorship
Starting from qualifications and soft skills, we’ll set you up to pursue professional certifications, enrich leadership skillsets, and secure promotions.
Why Work for Us
Community Impact Through Work
Building nation-scale infrastructure—roads, hospitals, energy systems—supporting lasting economic and environmental progress.
Rewarding Benefits
Our benefits can adapt to you—because we know your life is as unique as your career.
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Flexible Working:
- Up to 40% remote working where applicable (for civil sector roles)
- Staggered hours for more lifelike pacing
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Paid Leave:
- 25 days annual leave (including public holidays and adjustments for part-time)
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Family-Friendly Policies:
- 28 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave
- Four weeks paid paternity or partner support
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Long-Term Strengthening:
- Comprehensive pension plans
- Share incentive schemes and recognition awards
- Volunteer leave supported through volunteering
About Us
100 Years of Building Trust Since 1909
From installing Scotland’s trams in Dunfermline to constructing world-class hospitals, Balfour Beatty is a century old authority in delivering and maintaining crucial infrastructurenationwide.
With expertise in complex public and private sector projects, our legacy is focused on:
- Safety: First time right completion standards
- Value: Maximising budget efficiency
- Sustainability: Community-focused and economically inclusive growth
Our Award-Winning portfolio includes sustainable active travel schemes, Passivhaus construction, and deep cuts in embodied carbon—all aligned with Scotland’s Net Zero climate targets.
Diversity & Inclusion
At Balfour Beatty, we back the belief that every ideal, perspective, experience—and identity—enriches our culture.
Strategic Commitments
- Member of: WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum, Association for Black & Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE)
- Audeliss/Involve Open Letter Signatory for Black inclusion advancement
- MoD Gold Standard Employer Support Scheme for Armed Forces, veterans, and resdive personnel
Furthermore, as a Disability Confident Employer, Balfour Beatty works to:
- Remove obstacles for candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions
- Offer interviews if essential skills are met, per government disability support standards
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