Lead Planner / Planning Manager
Bridgwater, Somerset
£120,000 - £135,000 + Travel Allowance + Bonus + Pension + Private Medical Insurance + Career Progression + Immediate Start
Are you a Lead Planner who wants to own the master programme on a major mission-critical project, not just update it? This role suits someone who understands how projects are actually built, not just sequenced, and wants to work alongside senior leadership driving delivery from construction through to commissioning and handover.
Join one of the fastest-growing leading contractors delivering major construction projects across the UK. They need a Lead Planner in a fast-paced, technically demanding environment where planning sits at the centre of delivery, not in a back-office function, with a strong emphasis on site engagement, technical understanding and real programme ownership.
This Lead Planner role offers real long-term security. The business has a strong pipeline of data centre and mission-critical projects, ensuring a clear next project. Planners here have progressed to Head of Planning / Project Director. You'll join the senior leadership team in a business that rewards performance, so this is a role to build a career in, not a one-project contract.
Your role as a Lead Planner will include:
* Ownership and management of the master construction programme
* Working closely with project managers, engineers and site teams to align programme logic with real installation methodology
* Managing design, procurement, construction and commissioning activities
* Coordinating complex MEP/CSA sequences and interfaces, ensuring programme certainty on a mission-critical project
* Identifying programme risks, constraints and clashes early, and driving practical mitigation strategies
* Tracking progress on site, producing accurate reports and supporting delivery teams to maintain programme integrity
* Supporting and mentoring planners within the project team
The successful Lead Planner will need:
* Strong construction planning experience on major projects, with leadership skills
* Experience on large-scale, technically complex projects, ideally data centres, industrial or high-tech facilities
* Strong working knowledge of Primavera P6 and/or Asta Powerproject, backed by real cons...
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