STRABAG
Senior Planner
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Senior Planner – Build Division (Stratag UK)
About STRABAG UK
STRABAG UK is part of one of Europe’s leading construction and infrastructure groups, delivering innovative, sustainable, and technically complex projects across the UK. Within our Build Division, we deliver high-quality projects across a range of sectors including commercial, high-rise, and industrial/logistical developments.
About the Role
You will lead and manage all planning and programme control activities across pre-construction and project delivery phases, ensuring projects are planned, monitored, and delivered in alignment with:
- Contractual requirements
- Client expectations
- Company objectives
The Senior Planner will:
- Develop, maintain and manage detailed project programmes.
- Identify and mitigate risks.
- Provide strategic planning support to project teams and senior management.
- Promote best practice planning standards across the business.
- Enhance project delivery through effective programme management, stakeholder engagement, and performance reporting.
Key Responsibilities
Programme Management & Planning
- Develop, maintain, and manage tender, pre-construction, and contract programmes using Asta Powerproject and/or Microsoft Project.
- Establish project baselines, perform critical path analysis, and set up programme reporting structures.
- Monitor project progress against programme, identify variances, delays, and opportunities.
- Produce recovery, mitigation, and acceleration programmes as needed.
- Lead programme review meetings with project teams, clients, consultants, and subcontractors.
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Risk & Compliance
- Coordinate planning activities across design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover phases.
- Support project teams in identifying programme risks and developing mitigation strategies.
- Ensure compliance with company planning procedures, standards, and governance requirements.
- Promote collaborative planning techniques and continuous improvement across projects.
Strategic & Commercial Support
- Prepare weekly and monthly programme reports, dashboards, and progress updates.
- Analyse programme impacts from design changes, compensation events, variations, and commercial issues.
- Assist commercial teams with extension of time submissions, delay analysis, and contractual programme requirements.
Mentorship & Leadership
- Support bid and tender submissions with tender programmes, logistics plans, and phasing strategies.
- Mentor and support planners, graduate planners, and project teams in planning best practices.
- Provide strategic planning advice to Senior Planning Managers, Project Directors, Project Managers, and Commercial Managers.
- Support resource planning, cash flow forecasting, and project performance monitoring.
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Requirements
Qualifications & Experience
Required
- Strong understanding of NEC (New Engineering Contract) and JCT (forms of contract).
- Experience in programme management on projects exceeding £50m.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience leading planning workshops and programme reviews.
- Ability to carry out critical path, delay, and risk analysis.
- Proven experience in a Planning role within construction or civil engineering.
- Proven experience developing and managing programmes using Asta Powerproject.
- Experience producing tender, contract, and target programmes.
- Ability to conduct critical path analysis, programme reporting, and progress monitoring.
Desirable
- Experience working with Major Build, Infrastructure, or Tier 1 contractors.
- Forensic planning and delay analysis experience.
- Membership of CIOB (Chartered Institute of Building) or ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers).
- Experience managing and mentoring junior planners.
- Experience undertaking delay analysis and programme assurance reviews.
- Experience in the Industrial and Logistics Sector.
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