Senior Planner P6

Matchtech · Lancashire, England

Senior Planner P6 at Matchtech, based in Lancashire, England, paying £60,000 per annum. This is a contract role.

Salary
£60,000 per annum
Location
Lancashire, England
Contract
Contract
Posted
1 month ago
Closes
27 Sep 2026

Reference 592399

About the role

Our client, a specialist in the water sector, is looking to strengthen their Planning team with a Senior Planner for the North West region. The Senior Planner will ensure that project plans have achievable timescales and are accurately monitored and updated.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Work with the estimating team to prepare programmes from tender documentation, ensuring compliance and realism
  • Prepare programmes in accordance with contract requirements, update them and submit for acceptance
  • Assist with, and deliver, collaborative planning workshops
  • Liaise with project teams to ensure consistency of key assumptions on methodology and outputs
  • Identify opportunities and key risks during the planning process
  • Gather, collate and distribute progress information and reasons for deviations/delays
  • Maintain a baseline programme and measure progress against it
  • Monitor and analyse changes to scope, revising programmes accordingly
  • Attend progress/project meetings and present programmes for review
  • Attend site meetings to gather progress information
  • Lead the development of Construction phase 4D Planning
  • Report programme issues to the Senior Planning Manager and site management team
  • Distribute regular look-ahead programmes
  • Ensure an As Built programme is available at project closedown
  • Maintain knowledge of site processes and costs
  • Record the effects of changes on site and the effects on the contract programme
  • Assist with the monthly progress report in line with customer requirements
  • Build and maintain relationships with the Senior Planning Manager, Project Manager, Commercial team and client representatives
  • Assist with the administration of Primavera P6 planning software
  • Deliver planning software training to new users when required

Job Requirements:

  • Experience in planning of civil, M&E design and delivery projects as contractor
  • Knowledge of current HSE practices and CSCS card holder
  • Experience of working with NEC3/4 contracts
  • Proficient in use of Primavera P6 planning software
  • Ability to identify risks and opportunities
  • Comfortable working to tight deadlines
  • Able to focus on deliverables
  • Able to manage own workload to meet deadlines

Desirable:

  • Water Industry experience
  • Site-based engineering background
  • Professional qualification
  • Current Water Hygiene card holder
  • Familiar with contract management software such as CEMAR and Aconnex

Benefits:

  • Competitive salary
  • Hybrid working (job needs dependent)
  • Car/car allowance (job needs dependent)
  • 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
  • Contribution Pension Scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Health Insurance
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, Kids Pass and many more benefits

If you are an experienced Senior Planner with expertise in the water sector and are looking for a new opportunity with significant career growth, we would love to hear from you.

Reference: 592399 · Posted 1 month ago · Closes 27 Sep 2026 · Listed via Matchtech

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