Senior Planner in Dundee

Some see what’s behind them. We see what’s beyond.

Location: Tayside

At Robertson, we see challenges, opportunities, and solutions our way. We’re bold enough to ask questions, brave enough to look at things differently, and confident enough to be ourselves. Join us and you’ll join the UK’s largest family-owned construction, infrastructure and support services business. As a Senior Planner, you’ll be part of a team that’s doing incredible things – for ourselves, for the built environment around us, and for a truly sustainable future.

About the role:

• Overseeing the Planning process, exemplifying our commitment to Health & Safety, ensuring quality and best practice.
• Strategic development of planning procedures to ensure best practice and robustness, including regional protocol for bid and construction stage planning, programme control and reporting.
• Provide planning support to all regional bids, managing the appraisal and review process to identify programme constraints, statutory and contractual obligations, analyse and manage programme risk, and develop efficient programme and logistics solutions in support of bid submissions.
• Support the bid team to achieve commercially attractive tender solutions.
• Liaise with key supply chain to ensure compliance and alignment with programme strategy.
• Co-ordinate / assist in the preparation and presentation of bid appraisal material for regional Board settlement.
• Co-ordinate / assist in the preparation and delivery of Client presentations / interviews.
• Manage the transfer of programme intelligence from bid to contract stage, including programme assumptions, resource and output calculations, supply chain agreements, supporting logistics, time risk allowance, and opportunity.

About you:

As a Senior Planner, you’ll have experience in a Planning role or significant experience in front-end construction project management, with the ability to operate at a strategic level, reviewing and developing procedures to reflect industry best practice. Knowledge of design, procurement and commercial processes, and the interdependencies and impact on planning and programming is essential. You’ll be ambitious and able to pursue a career where you can grow and progress.

Our Principles - The Robertson Way:

• We listen: Listening enables us to work positively and collaboratively, assuring customers, partners, and colleagues that their voices are always heard.
• We are professional: Our mix of prudence and diligence, care and attention to detail means that our customers have certainty and assurance in everything we do.
• We take responsibility: Each of us is accountable for what we do, knowing that everything matters.
• We are determined to succeed: Every challenge is an opportunity. We work collaboratively and focus on safety, productivity, and quality.
• We are one team: We work as one - in our teams and partnerships, and with our customers.

Benefits of working with Robertson:

• 33 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time or FTC positions, increases with length of service).
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme.
• Life Assurance.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Discounts (gym memberships, restaurants, days out etc.) with Hapi Rewards App.
• Access to E-Learning.

Diversity & Inclusion:

When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we see things differently at Robertson. We encourage applications from people of all races, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations, and more.

Apply now:

If you’ve got what it takes to look at things differently, to find new perspectives, and to discover the extraordinary within the ordinary, we’d love to meet you. To apply for this role and to start seeing things our way, submit your CV. This role will be subject to pre-employment screening, including references.