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Senior Planner
December 7, 2022 | Comments Off on Senior Planner
We're looking for a Senior Planner to join Kier Construction within our Clients & Markets business unit. The role itself is flexible on location in the UK. Within this role, you can enjoy company car/car allowance, pension matched up to 7.5%, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and even more.
Location: Flexible
Contract: Permanent - flexible and part-time hours available if desired, just let us know.
Responsibilities
As a Senior Planner, you will manage the planning phase to determine the construction sequences, produce tender programmes whilst working closely with the bid team, attend regular site visits to assist the team with planning issues, collate progress information and understand any areas of concern during the planning stage.
Initially time allocation would be split 60% tender planning and 40% contract planning
Who are we looking for?
Working on education, commercial, leisure, healthcare, MOJ, MOD and mixed-use projects valued up over £100m, we are looking for like for like industry experience. You will need to hold the relevant qualifications, along with a solid history of working on build tenders and projects with a main contractor. We will also need you to be an experienced operator of Asta Powerproject and Primavera P6.
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at to discuss and arrange these.
Benefits at Kier
We're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. Some of our favourites include:
- new and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
- Company car/car allowance
- 26 days holidays per annum + bank holidays
- Pension matched up to 7.5%
Who is Kier?
We're made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives:
At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.
Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.
You can see more about our D&I action plan here:
Closing date: 7th January 2023
Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.