Senior Planner
This is a Full Time/Flexible Working, Permanent vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
Wates Construction is seeking an experienced and forward‑thinking Senior Planner to deliver a professional, reliable and innovative planning service across pre‑contract and live project environments. This is a key opportunity to influence major projects and support the continued growth of our Business Unit.
About the Role
As a Senior Planner, you will lead the planning function on major projects or a portfolio of smaller schemes, working from pre‑qualification through to handover.
Collaborating closely with the Planning Manager, Project Directors, Bid Centre teams and planning peers to drive best practice, ensure robust programme governance and enhance planning capability across the Business Unit.
Your responsibilities will include:
Staff & Management
- Identifying planning resourcing needs and supporting recruitment and development activity.
- Mentoring and motivating junior planners, delivering training and completing PDRs.
- Maintaining high-quality planning outputs for project teams.
- Leading planning responsibilities on complex or large-scale schemes, including supervision of other planners.
Governance
- Implementing best practice and sharing knowledge across the planning discipline.
- Exploring innovation in construction or planning techniques.
- Leading peer reviews and programme audits.
Business Reporting
- Reporting audit outcomes and recommending corrective measures.
- Contributing to business-wide operational and planning reports.
Operational Delivery
- Preparing or contributing to detailed project reports.
- Establishing KPIs and monitoring performance across a project’s lifecycle.
- Supporting non-planning colleagues with programme-related training.
- Maintaining accurate as‑built programmes and programme issue logs.
- Managing supply chain programme protocols, approvals and integration.
- Supporting change management, including programme impact and EOT assessments.
- Ensuring seamless integration of design, procurement and construction sequences.
- Reviewing programmes produced by junior planners and supporting short‑term or target programmes.
Bidding
- Providing construction methodology advice to clients and consultants.
- Supporting pre‑qualification submissions.
- Producing integrated tender programmes and method statements and presenting proposals at settlement.
- Preparing schedules and analysing quotes for time‑related preliminaries.
What We’re Looking for in You
We’re looking for an experienced Senior Planner who combines technical expertise, leadership capability and a collaborative approach.
You will bring:
- Substantial construction planning experience, ideally gained with a main contractor.
- Advanced experience using Asta Powerproject and a strong understanding of JCT contract mechanisms, including change management and EOT assessment.
- Experience planning tenders, including supporting bid strategies, methodology, sequencing and producing high‑quality tender programmes.
- Experience planning for Schools, Colleges, or Universities, or strong transferable experience from similarly complex, multi‑stakeholder project types.
- Proven ability to mentor junior colleagues and promote continuous improvement.
- Strong analytical and programme-reporting capability, with excellent attention to detail.
- The confidence to challenge assumptions, influence decision-making and propose innovative planning solutions.
What we offer:
- Competitive salary & profit share scheme
- Flexible working
- Car Allowance / Company Car (subject to Role/Grade)
- Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
- Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers’ contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
- Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression.
- Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.
Work for Wates
Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.
We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:
Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.
We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.
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