Senior Planner

July 15, 2022 | Comments Off on Senior Planner

At Kier we believe that - wherever we can, whether office or site-based - we should embrace an agile/flexible approach to working. We are proud to offer our employees the opportunity, where we can, to do this. With full flexibility available with this opportunity, as long as you can attend an office or site visit where needed, this position can be carried from any location.


Job Title: Tendor Planner

Location: Liverpool/Manchester, England - we can offer agile working for this position

Business area: Kier Construction - Build Northern & Scotland

Contract: Full time, permanent, Monday to Friday, (we are able to consider part time working, please state in your application)


Benefits: You can expect a competitive salary and an outstanding package that includes private healthcare, a matched pension scheme up to 7.5%, 26 days' annual leave + bank holidays (with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday) together with two employee Share Scheme options (Sharesave and Share Incentive Plan). To find out more about the rewards and benefits at Kier, click here.


Being one of the leading regional builders in the UK means many things to the team here at Kier Group. Our people are trusted to deliver projects of all sizes and complexities, across very diverse sectors, throughout the country. Join us and you could be involved in building anything from a strategic asset costing hundreds of millions of pounds, to a small-budget school extension that creates priceless classroom space. Whatever you do, you'll be making a difference on projects that matter, every day of your working life.


Key Responsibilities

As a Tendor Planner within our Northern business, based in the North West, you will be responsible for providing project planning support for all aspects of the designated business stream activities from pre-tender to final account stage.??This will involve you managing stakeholder and client's expectations by reporting on performance, budgets, time frames and logistics of the project. You will also conduct programme audits, prepare and develop full tender programmes, develop and maintain the contractors plan and attend tender handover meetings.


What do we need from you?

The successful candidate will have experience in navigating around consultants' models to develop construction phasing and sequence plans, We will also need you to be educated to degree level, or hold equivalent experience, as well as extensive Asta PowerProject experience and be an excellent communicator.


Kier is committed to creating supportive and inclusive opportunities for all our applicants and employees. We appreciate applicants from all backgrounds and we specifically encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. Take a look here to learn more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please let us know so we can discuss and arrange these by emailing InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk.


Closing Date:
14th August 2022


Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.

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